Freedom of movement is not just freedom to drive a car, in fact, car ownership is extremely expensive and you have to sit in traffic a lot. Rather, it’s about going where you want to, when and how you want to. About walkable cities and affordable or free and abundant options for public transit. Therefore, the suburbs in America are less ‘free’ than the 15-minute city (source: The Netherlands has a LOT of 15-minute cities, and they’re really nice to live in, even without a car!