This is apparently in Columbus, Ohio – a pretty major city by any stretch of the imagination.

And yet there are people who rail (geddit?) against 15-minute cities and efficient public transit that ensures no one ever gets stuck like this.

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    with vast portions of the land outside of larger cities without public transportation

    I mean, yeah? That’s the OP’s point? That too much for North America consists of poorly-designed car-centric urban planning.

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          and they will use cars to get to the city to get things from store that are not available locally, like home depots and wall arts.

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            Ok? And the relevance of that small minority to either the principles of good urban design, or to the story in the OP is?

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                There are lots of logical reasons why someone would take a car to a supermarket in a city. Even in a well-designed city many people will choose to do it.

                The lady in this story got stranded when her car broke down after she drove it to the store. That should not happen. She should have alternative options.

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      I mean, yeah? That’s the OP’s point? That too much for North America consists of poorly-designed car-centric urban planning.

      Talk to me about the public transit options - besides the one bus that runs from Kalgoorlie to Esperance - in Norseman, WA.

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        I’m not sure what you mean. I didn’t hold out Australia as some bastion of urbanism. I simply reinforced OP’s point that North America is bad.

        Australia is also terrible at this. It just wasn’t relevant to mention.