You seem to think that if you spread everyone out, they all need to commute back to the same place. That's not true at all however. With small cities/large towns I don't need to commute to "the big city" because the small city has all I need. My work, food, etc.. is less than a 5 minute drive away. Instead of ultra dense miserable housing, huge commute times, etc... we now have a much simpler lifestyle.
It's moving the need for everyone to commute (via mass transit or w/e) to just a much smaller amount of shipping to happen between cities to move goods.
It's moving the need for everyone to commute (via mass transit or w/e) to just a much smaller amount of shipping to happen between cities to move goods.