Also, it's ironic that cars are supposed to be a status symbol because "public transit is for poor people" but cars are practically mandated and cities where public transit exists are expensive to live in thanks to high rents.

Actually, it's public transit that should be the sign of wealth and cars that are "for poor people" but something tells me that by some strange alchemy, that means a car is a sign that one is a salt-of-the-earth working class type now.