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"How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness"

Skimming it, seems to say that having a car increases satisfaction, but overuse does the opposite.  It's supposedly not the ownership, it's the excessive use that's the problem.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 … -americans

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