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One of the things about collapse in the US is the only place most people in the US have left to budge is getting rid of their car, and thus places with functional mass transit in the US are going to grow MUCH more than car suburban car wastelands and cities built entirely around cars which will likely be hit brutally hard as the US goes into another Great Depression.
Not at all likely to happen. Rural citizens can't function without their cars because you can't get to work or anywhere else without it, so the cars will remain and other corners will be cut.
I don't think you understand how desperate things are about to get for the average person in the US, they will have no choice. It will not be optional, people will be forced into getting rid of their cars consequences be damned they needed the money/couldnt afford the expenditure.
Rural people aren't paying rent. They can afford to fill up their vehicles. The only things that may change for some of them is switching to more fuel-efficient vehicles or foregoing car insurance (which is a good thing.)
What?
They own their homes at much higher rates than people living in major cities.
Do you think people living in rural areas have more extra money to spend than people living in cities....?
Some people do of course but I highly doubt that generalization holds.
They have more than enough for their vehicles. You don't know how much of a drain on people's finances paying rent actually is or how cheap it can be to own a car.
You should see for yourself sometime.
You should stop assuming that when you declare things as true that you have experienced that others will magically take your word for it especially after they have provided actual evidence in their arguments.
Keep being confident in things you know nothing about.