I'm fortunate my current company offers RSUs. so I have a bunch of equity with them. Our parent company is a Canadian holding company and the stock is worth about 3600CAD/share.
Car culture is definitely still a huge thing in the US, but it is fading. I hire a lot of young people, and it would shock you how many don't drive or even have a license.
my wife and I purposely have just one car. we like to limit our carbon footprint. its a paid off 2012 Outback. thinking about a 2nd car, but it will be an EV