That statement was very tongue in cheek. I'm from Ohio originally and love driving. I brought a car with me to college, and will be living in Northern California with a car (I actually plan to buy a new one soon). Having lived with a "convenient public transit system" in NYC for 3 months, I can safely say I far prefer driving, if only for the purely selfish and capitalistic reasons :)

You're hitting on what I was getting at though, which is that it's just not that big of a deal to the average American, because we drive. Next time I will leave being clever to the professionals :P