> outside of a few large cities

Yeah and this is the exact reason why people call the US car-centric. Only in the US the large cities are car-centric too. You just proved the parent comment's point.

> They came for a single reason: To avoid import tariffs. Please stop romanticising this for any other reason.

You're hallucinating. There is zero romanticization in the parent comment about why they came to the US.