I didn’t know yesterday was his birthday and ironically spend my day hating the character.

Turbo Graphix Tuesdays?

And create zoning that allows different types of housing and businesses in the same area. Something that could take 5 minutes to go to.

And, of course, alter everything to accommodate not having to have a car.

It's unfortunate, but true.
We built much of the country during the genesis of cars and we're built around them.

Maybe we all want better, but fantasizing that we can simply eliminate cars doesn't help anyone.

Also, it feels like people have really pigeonhole'd Edgar Wright into a guy who should only ever make one type of movie and if he doesn't make exactly the same movie every time then it's automatically bad.