Well, in most places in the US you literally can't go without a vehicle if you want employment and food. Even if you're physically proximate to food and other activities of daily living, there are often no sidewalks or paths to safely walk or bike there. There's also a social stigma of walking (the person must be poor or lost their license for drunk driving).
> Well, in most places in the US you literally can't go without a vehicle if you want employment and food.
That's due to zoning laws being the way that they are. If you'd change the way you'd build up and zone things it would be possible.
The YouTube channel "Not Just Bikes" goes into this in various videos. I couldn't find the exact video that explained the zoning laws, did find another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul_xzyCDT98 (kids in Netherlands go to school on their own).
Despite Netherlands being considered great for cyclists there's loads to improve. The channel goes into that detail as well, e.g. that major roads are being closed. See e.g. this video of a big road being closed in Utrecht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fePpwYCs_JM (different channel)
