Owning a car in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive countries, has always been something of a luxury. But costs have now soared to an all time high.
It never was a need. This is a myth build by the car manufacturers. They lobbied for the car centered model with oil companies. This never was the model.
As someone who has lived in a large city, with a fully functional public transportation system, I was thankful for it, although it took me 2 extra hours of my life every day.
But living in a city, packed and stacked like merchandise in shelves is not a good way to live.
I got out the first opportunity I could take. Cost me family, friends and lower income but I don't regret it.
Metropolises are not the way for civilization and CoViD was a cruel demononstration of how flawed the concept is.
Smaller cities, in the 10-15k range, have an added benefit: large enough to have large scale industry, small enough for people to know each other. Creates more security, as you tend to know if one face or another is new.