I own a car, ive lived rurally and needed it. I still hate the massive over built direction trucks and SUVs have gone and i absolutely hate over built car infrastructure and that transit barely exists. I hate the massive impacts these factors have on our planet and our cities. I hate that pedestrian injuries and deaths are increasing.

Well, I disagree.

In my experience it is quite the opposite:
The people who complain about all the private cars are mostly not the ones that can't afford a car, but the ones that can afford not to have a car.
Typically those are people with higher income living in urban areas.

What exactly are you criticising? Cars, or jealous people?

Because I think everyone wants transport / freedom to move wherever they want no, so isn't cost just a valid argument against car dependency? Because they are expensive

IDK. I have 2 vehicles and wish there was public transit where I lived so I wouldn't need to drive. So much time wasted driving. I could do work or read or whatever on a bus or train.

Wake Up, babe. The new projection just dropped.

I can certainly understand any American as hating cars because you cannot get around here well without one. The roads and layouts were not made with pedestrians in mind. Sidewalks and bike lanes just start and stop randomly, forcing pedestrians onto two lane roads. And the public transportation in most cities hasn't changed a bit since the 1970s, so idk I def get it here. There are no other options unless you wanna get a ride or risk your life

No offense, but it's telling that you didn't post this in any of the anti-car communities...

Obviously, this heavily depends on where you live (I'm assuming the UK based on your username). In the US, for instance, it's almost necessary to have a vehicle in most places. Our public transit is seriously terrible and underfunded, and passenger trains are almost non-existent.

lol. cars suck and I hate them. that being said my wife loves em and I have not been able to live car free since college. For her they are the ultimate freedom but for me they are a ball and chain weighing us down. They are the source of our biggest economic challenges outside of unemployment. Can't really get rid of it at this point as she has health issues and is handicapped. She could not really handle transit before and sure as can't now. That being said the only time im in car is when she is driving unless im driving her back from the hospital. I walk, ride my bike, and take the train/bus.

Meh used car market is a thing. If you can't afford old used car to move your ass around you're really scrapping the bottom of the barrel and you aren't representative to the remaining 90% of society

I own two personal vehicles and still use them as sparingly as I reasonably can. Rural Japan still is pretty car-dependent especially as tax revenues decrease with the aging population leading to cuts to things like bus service. I wish they'd focus more on good bus service. That would leave those of us who still need them for business (one of my jobs is as a farmer and I sometimes need to go pick up and delivery things) and cases such as disability.

I grew up in rural Ohio, USA where a car was hard-required to have any effective life. Europe as a teen showed me some of what could be (though, as chance would have it, I got to experience several transport strikes while there which did not really improve my opinion at the time) and Japan completely changed me. Once I saw what even suburban Japan could do, I never wanted to go back.