Small towns almost always need personal transport. But the definition of a small town in US is much bigger than most other developed places (my experience is EU, SKorea, Japan)

If it’s a small town, there’s not going to be many big or small schools. Why such a weird system 😅

If significant travel is required, the school should organise travel and stay. Unless the kid is participating in state level at U-12, there is no significant travel for play in Japan and Germany (for popular sports). The kid is a kid afterall. And study is also important

Couple of miles away feels dystopian.

Imagine a video game where all activity is in one region and you need to periodically gather resources from a much different region.

This mechanic would flop hard.

Why do kids have to go to different cities to play? There are enough kids in nearby schools

Driving under the influence is a ban able offence (reckless endangerment) in most countries.

So is a proper driver’s ed before giving even a learner’s permit. US loves giving a multi ton killing machine to untrained people with impulse control. And teenagers

That spam pizza has to be from okinawa 😂

Also, no kitkat pizza? :O