How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness

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22. I don't romanticize small town life in the U.S.A.

It's not a Hallmark Christmas movie. It's understandable that people leave these towns and never come back.

Some nations have excellent public transportation systems in towns large and small, so it's not impossible. You can travel all over Switzerland, for example, without a car.

Good public transportation services might revitalize small towns in the U.S.A. that are now decaying. Unfortunately many of the people living in these towns are wary of the people new bus and train services might bring.