Whattaa goober. What's more common among all these disparate elements is time and convenience. They have nothing to do with not wanting to use our cars.
Agreed. If anything, handling mundane shopping trips and errands efficiently allow us to use our cars more for enjoyable and less routine trips. Routine use cheapens the experience.
Those rare times I chose to live far from my job I preferred working during my commute instead of staring at a bumper. This gave me more time for weekend roadtrips into the countryside.