Most folks in there want to imagine everyone in the world lives in a dense metropolis with easily accessible, 24/7/365, cheap/free, and timely public transportation. Alternatively they seem to believe people shouldn't live anywhere but that dense metropolis. While most of that criteria does certainly exist in small pockets scattered around the globe, the other 98% of where people live or need to get to farther than walking/cycling can where public transportation doesn't exist need cars.

Not the "rural places need cars" argument lmao. Tell me you haven't lived in a rural town without telling me you haven't lived in a rural town.

See also https://youtu.be/REni8Oi1QJQ