I look at this way. You choose where you live and where you work. If you choose to live in smaller community and/or far away from your employment, you're choosing to depend on vehicles. To each their own, but this is one reason we have chosen to live in a city, because we love walking, biking, and public transit. Some people love to get in the car for every trip outside the home, and some drive to every single location out of preference, routine habit or necessity. Personally, I avoid driving whenever possible