Reply #12: Not necessarily true

[Snoggera]

While much of the population is in cities, particularly in the East, many millions live in smaller towns west of the Mississippi. For an example, take New Mexico. According to my knowledge, there are bus systems that run on a regular schedule in Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Roswell. That takes care of maybe 600,000 people potentially. In Clovis, there is a bus that will pick you up and bring you home if you call at least one day in advance to reserve the ride. What do the other 1 million people in the state do? They drive because they have to. Mass transit is not an option, and the distances are great from one place to the next.

Carpooling is an option.

BTW - my community has neither a Walmart (thank the gods) nor a transit system.