i'm not saying you have to live in cities. but even within a town, if you can usually get around locally on bicycles or if you prefer e-scooters, inline skates, whatever else and take the car for further distances, it's more comfortable. however i acknowledge you need public transport working well in the cities before it even makes sense to start a train station in a town and perhaps buses across multiple towns and the train station. to get to where switzerland is with public transit even making sense in a lot of towns, it takes a while... and train stations.
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