You have heard of trains, planes, buses and the like, right? I can only assume by your statement above you live in an area with federally subsidized mass transit that includes bus or train and have an airport close at hand. Sorry Charlie, those are not options for tens of millions here in the USA.
Your assumption could not be more wrong. I live at the end of a half-mile gravel road in the Blue Ridge Mountains, 15 minutes from the nearest town, population 1,000. Assumptions are not your friend.
John / Billybob