Consider Delft and Leuven. Two small vibrant cities, near Rotterdam and Brussels respectively. Both don't have a lot of cars in their center, are completely walkable, both are wealthy cities, both are not tourist traps, both offer employment for all ages from retail clerk to PhD computer chip researcher, they are most certainly not outdoor strip malls. Those are just two examples that I know personally, but there are hundreds more the world over.
Cars indeed have benefits, but they are noxious to cities. In my experience, the fewer cars there are in the city, the more pleasant that city is. And as the above examples demonstrate, that doesn't mean you are suddenly killing the economy or your job prospects.
Cars indeed have benefits, but they are noxious to cities. In my experience, the fewer cars there are in the city, the more pleasant that city is. And as the above examples demonstrate, that doesn't mean you are suddenly killing the economy or your job prospects.