I agree Ebbie.

I work 18 miles from where I live- I know it's neither ideal nor sustainable, but it serves its purpose at the moment. It would take me a good 6 hours to walk that distance through snow, without breaks, and I would be in no fit state to do a day's work after that, never mind walk home again afterwards, have 4 hours sleep before doing the same again...

These days we do rely on the car to allow us to live the way we do. Without my car I wouldn't have been able to take my present job.