New cars are full of IoT crap and I'm gonna keep my old one for as long as I can. Wouldn't be surprised if people start paying a premium for cars without spyware.
I too would love to see more walkable areas, reliable transportation, and dense housing in the US. Not everyone needs expensive single family homes, but apparently it isn't easy to re-zone land—zoning laws are a huge part of the shitshow of unaffordable housing in the US. I've considered moving closer to the city so I won't have to drive all of the time. Driving can be exhausting sometimes
Most of the bitcoiners I've spoken to have a more urbanist mindset, so I wouldn't say they're against carless cities. In fact, I've come to find that bitcoiners mostly have little in common with one another