The country wasn't built (literally) for people to not drive long distances. If it were, there would be a lot more farmland where suburbia currently is and a lot more housing in what is now inner-cities. But the urban planners in here can speak to that a lot better than I can.
Actually it was but people just won't use public transportation, trains, buses. High speed rails are needed here but this is most definitely a car culture. I drive by the local library when it's closed on Sunday and see huge monster trucks idling in the parking lot while they use the free wireless...don't even shut off the motor. It's not a problem of geography but an addiction to convenience. I spend very little on gas but I drive a hybrid
It is over $4 here for regular, but I have been driving my wife's EV in the last week. No gas stops needed. This will change this coming week as she is back from her flight and I am back to one of my old cars. The e-Golf is not a great driver's car (it is the nicest EV this side of a Tesla however), but it sure is convenient.
