Loved reading this thread! Love driving my car! I love walking, too, but there aren't many places I can walk. I could go visit the neighbors, maybe. Within 30 miles of my house there are two "large cities" (10 to 16 thousand), and at least 26 smaller cities and towns with 4 thousand to 20 people in them. These are just the ones that have names on the road as you approach them. Some don't have their own zip code. These are scattered all around among all the cows and corn. Not too much forest but some patches of trees. I live 4 miles from a 4000 town and four miles from a 400 town.
I'm still driving, and I drive when others much younger than I are in the car but they don't want to drive. That includes my daughter. I even drive my grand-kids around. And many of them have their license. Now I can drive the great-grands, too. If I can't drive anymore, I'm sure I will be moving into one of these little towns. But I'll stay happy right where I am for as long as I can.