Not in most places. If you don't live in a big city, it's probably too far to walk or bike, and there is no public transit.

That only goes for countries that consider public transit to be for the poor or extremely dense urban environments where cars couldn't work. It's far from the case worldwide. ( Of course I'm not talking about small villages with a population in the hundreds, but towns in the thousands should have public transit connections).

It goes for most of the US, and the US is too big to just ignore.