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I don't take it for granted—it's a travesty I pay for your convenient transport.

Parking is one of many reasons why housing density is so low across the bay compared to many other cities in the world.

I can step outside, hop into my car right now, and drive literally anywhere in the US. I drive home from the Bay Area to LA all the time and I always find this very cool.

I don't think anybody disputes that the Interstate Highway system between cities is a modern marvel. It's what we did inside cities that's tragic.

> I can step outside, hop into my car right now, and drive literally anywhere in the US.

Where can't you do this? It's possible to drive from London to Beijing if you really want to.

And comparatively easy to use trains as well. Likely much more convenient, faster and safer too.

Or if you do not care about climate change, a plane trip is still better than a car trip.

> Or if you do not care about climate change, a plane trip is still better than a car trip.

IIRC it's actually better than a car trip greater than a few hundred miles, especially if you're driving alone.

> I drive home from the Bay Area to LA all the time and I always find this very cool.

Driving home from Bay Area to Bay Area can take 1.5 hours at a bad time of a day.