Most urban spaces these days are incredibly depressing. No points of interest within walking distance. Lots of large and difficult to cross roads. Combined with the very real danger of cycling in many places. As well as the loss of small businesses that used to be interspersed in residential areas.
You say urban, but this applies to suburban and rural areas as well. If anything, urban areas are the places that have probably resisted these factors the most effectively. For everyone else: "You get a stroad, and you get a stroad, everybody gets a stroad!"
Groups of teens hanging out at the mall buying a few small things are now considered a nuisance. They're not spending enough money to be welcome there.
I went to college in area where its absolutely car-dependent, the road sucks for the cars too. Not only it's very hard to walk to anywhere, there's just very little amount of free public spaces, like park for example..
It's very depressing. I wish my country doesn't follow US' style of building a city.
