"Dystopian" is a great word for this.

I used to be north of Chicago for work once or twice a year. The hotel was right next to the office, so I could walk there. But that was the only place I could walk. I wanted to walk to the mall, as it was only 2km or so. But it was impossible. There was only a four lane road, no sidewalks. I also had to go to Princeton and it was better there, as the hotel was right next to a residential area and there were sidewalks there. But man, the US are incredibly car-centric.

Nope, can't imagine living next to a motorway. Or choosing to go to a restaurant tbh.

Why can’t he just walk across the street? There isn’t so much traffic that he’d be playing frogger so i don’t see the issue.