In an ideal world, absolutely. But for everyone who lives outside of (their city’s equivalent of) the old “Zone 1” region of metropolitan Melbourne - it becomes less and less feasible the further into suburbia you get.

My commute to work one way is 35 minutes driving (without traffic, 60-75 minutes peak); or ~2hrs once you factor in the walk from our house to the train station, two trains (or train and a tram, or train and a bus), and then walk to the office.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of us, scattered throughout. We aren’t car-brained, we are car burdened.