I think you may have missed the point a bit. It's exactly these 'empty promises' which have been the democrats issue over the past 30 years.
They get elected on messages like 'make the economy work work everyday americans' and then once in office they prioritize the status quo and making sure that nothing major changes. This benefits the wealth and damages everyday people, many of whom voted for them in the hopes that the democrats would improve their situation.
As awful as much of their platform is, the Republicans have proven that they aren't scared to break things and make big changes. This appeals to many voters who feel let down by empty promises.
I use tumbleweed and it's fine. I've been using it for about 2 years and there are a few things that were easier with fedora (e.g. Waydroid) but it's not enough of a difference that I felt the need to switch back.
That being said, if I had to choose today and do a fresh install I would probably use Fedora.
Or how people tend to prefer Pepsi in blind tests (I think it's sweeter or something, if i remember correctly) but overwhelmingly chose CocaCola if given the choice.
I'm not in a particularly desirable area... I'm also not in the US though.
A bug reason why the only desirable areas tend to be walkable in the US is just because there are so few.
If you promoted widespread walkable city-design, then prices will become more accessible to everyone. Even the poorest areas lf my city are super walkable, even moreso than many of the richer areas.
I know this is unpopular and goes against the ideals of the early internet, but the open internet (especially social networks) is hugely damaging at the moment.
This isn't just "people having different opinions", but rather full-scale cyber warfare that's currently happening. It's also only going to get worse...
Propaganda works, and it works quite well. Nobody is fully immune.
So unless you feel like having Musk/Russia/China dictate your life (through forcing their shit agenda), banning their attack vectors is really the only play.
It's definitely true. There are so few places that are really walkable in the US and the demand is quite high... once you live that way, it's hard to go back.
We really need to build more walkable areas, but it's difficult for a lot of (mostly-nonsensical) reasons.
The only thing to keep in mind, however, is that the math changes significantly when you remove cars from the equation. Our rent is higher than somewhere less walkable, but it's also roughly equivalent to the full price of owning two cars. So comparatively, we save a bunch of money despite higher rent.
We used to do 12-hour, all-night Empire Earth games!