My point never disagreed with the fact that the suburbs were worse off than cities. Just because the suburbs are worse than the cities in the US doesn’t discount that the cities are still lacking in pedestrian infrastructure and that walkability is something that is few and far between in the US, even among its cities, nor that being able to live in the city is a privilege that is only available to those who can afford such a luxury.

So the claim that “it is doable” is shortsighted. For the vast majority in the US it most certainly is not “doable” due to systemic forces beyond their immediate control.

And the insinuation that it is equivalent to an experience to living abroad in places with far better pedestrian infrastructure, such as Japan and Germany like the users above, and not an objective downgrade is absurd as well. You can live in a US city and it would still be leagues worse than those in the countries mentioned; so it isn’t doable to have an equivalent experience in that regard either.

Your claim that it is “totally doable” is what makes no sense.