I see your point, and it’s a very valid observation. But I think it’s different when the overwhelming majority of people want cars and want to live in the suburbs. Organizing public goods to serve the collective desires of the vast majority is different than socially engineering society by forcing them to abandon their preferred way of life because a powerful minority thinks it’s backwards and unenlightened.
Maybe you are right, but I would challenge the assumption that the overwhelming majority of people want cars and want to live in the suburbs. Many lament having to live there, but have little choice due to factors such as cost, schools, crime, etc. It is interesting to see how many American's choose for vacation, a high density hotel, condos, cruises, etc. Maybe Americans prefer living in villages and higher density communities more than people realize.
