Personally I enjoy having my own vehicle but plenty of people, mostly younger, do not.
@Weird Tolkienish Figure Well,in those rat mazes known as "Big Northern Cities",if you have a car you can't drive it to work because there is no place to park. Hell,unless you have a garage attached to your house or live in a partmint bilding with underground parking,you can't drive it to work even if you have parking at work because you won't find a place to park it when you get back home.
I wouldn't own a car if I had to live there,either. It makes more sense to take uber/rideshare/whatever rides if you are in a hurry,or maybe a bus for normal "going somewhere",and then renting a car if you want to go out of town for the weekend.
Not to mention a HELL of a lot cheaper because you avoi d spending 30 grand plus for something you will rarely use,plus you avoid having to pay the insurance,parking fees,property taxes,maintenence and other upkeep,etc,etc,etc.
No,you won't save enough money to make up for the high rent or house payments plus the other normal big city taxes,but not adding to them is BIG plus for not owning a car.