You're right, but in a car youre isolated from that, see the difference ?

A car driving through a crappy neighborhood os better than getting on a subway in a carappy neighborhood. Now, this isnt even a question of are cars good or bad but more of if the streets were cleaned up decently and we had well taken care of public transit.

Inner city I agree cars are a nightmare. Sub 100k people towns and rural areas, they are necessary.

They're also necessary if you haul a lot of stuff for work/hobbies, as I do.