And disregard the tone and listen to the words.
We're supposed to be geeks here, do facts or feelings matter more?
The facts are that whoever is advocating for this have not thought past their subjective experience and are exhibiting a serious lack of empathy for the majority of human beings they quite obviously are unaware of who are living in many environments which are completely different from the ones advocating.
Most people in the world don't live in rural areas, and where they are the majority, you wouldn't want to live like that because they're subsistence farmers living in undervedeloped countries (think Somalia, Afghanistan, etc).
In developed countries and developing countries people are being "herded" in to cities, and they like it because the alternative is worse. And they are the majority.
The fact that you don't know this basic fact kind of says all there is to be said about this conversation...
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Also, off-topic but still relevant:
One of the greatest triumphs of civilization is urbanization. All the cradle of civilizations are called like that because they built great cities, for their time.
Neighbor noise (and other issues) is a huge issue that these threads always ignore.
I suspect that your experiences and expectations may differ from others in this thread. What are your expectations and experiences in this area?
It is why I will _never_ share walls again.
What you're really saying is that you are a person who is not bothered by neighbor noise. That's fine, you've self-selected into an environment where tolerating that is necessary. You should realize that most people find neighbor noise to be a stressor, especially as they get older.
Also, as an aside, everyone I know who below the top economic tier and lives in SF _commonly_ complains about neighbor noise. I think you might just be insensitive to it.
Scotland is _very_ hilly. And cold. And _rainy_. Your proposals would NOT work here. Apart from Glasgow and Edinburgh, most towns, villages and other cities here are not suitable to forgoing cars in favour of cycles - electric or not - and that's not down to a lack of cycle lanes or tracks, it's down to the practicalities of life here.
Your Utopia cannot happen, and in fact would eventually turn into a dystopia.