Suburban sprawl and the associated car infrastructure are a terrible use of land that makes housing overall more expensive. It's also an unsustainable ponzi scheme. These two videos explain part of it:
If you prefer living in a town, that's fine, but you should consider that towns and villages in other parts of the world are much more densely-packed than America's sprawling suburbs, and the people who live in those places get along just fine.
Suburban sprawl and the associated car infrastructure are a terrible use of land that makes housing overall more expensive. It's also an unsustainable ponzi scheme. These two videos explain part of it:
How America Bankrupted its Cities - The Growth Ponzi Scheme
The Case Against Single-Family Zoning
If you prefer living in a town, that's fine, but you should consider that towns and villages in other parts of the world are much more densely-packed than America's sprawling suburbs, and the people who live in those places get along just fine.