If people walk with bags of groceries then maybe I just never noticed before but I've always had a car and worked since I was 16 so I've never had to do any walking aside from 5+ miles I regularly walk for exercise. I also live about 15 miles from the nearest city but I did live in a big city for a couple of years unfortunately.

Only people that wants to keep a new car will pay upward of $800 per month to have a car. I learned a lot regarding auto mechanics going back to when I was a kid and I prefer buying vehicles in cash without payments. Sometimes I like a project vehicle to fix up as a hobby. The last one of those I had was a 1969 truck which I regret getting rid of but at the time, I didn't have time to work on it so instead of letting it sit and rot away I got rid of it.

I can't speak for anything in Europe though, I've never cared to travel over there. I prefer to do at least a full month's worth of grocery shopping at a time so there's no way I could do it without a vehicle. Surely though, anyone on this website would know that cities designed to be walkable or good for public transportation are going to be liberal shit holes in most cases which don't appeal to me personally but to each their own.