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Yeah, I kind of added that sarcastically. My view of the US is that it needs some capitalist nuance to it or people won't like it. It's not enough if it's better, or just cheaper for society.
In reality, I understand that people in rural areas need their car. And it's a hassle to do the shopping for a family of 5 without a car. Unless you can have that delivered...
I'm not sure if Japan is a good example for exactly this. As far as I know a parking spot in central Tokyo is more expensive than an apartment in other places of the world. And the city mandates that you have some parking spot or you can't have a car in the first place. I suppose it actually is very expensive to own a car there. However I don't know what they do outside of the cities or how they tax the cars and fuel. And there are cities in the US like NYC where they also don't have space available to own cars.
But public transit in Japan is awesome. They're on time, get you everywhere, are affordable and run every few minutes... The scenic train routes have cute mascots. Everything works. There are colored lines on the floor (in the big city) and you can get by without being able to read... And there are shops with nice japanese snacks just around the corner or within the station. I'd like to have all of that where I live.