YMMV is the key phrase. Doubtful that many families can effectively/practically use bicycles to travel year round about as they do now to/from home, work, school, activities, vacation travel, etc. I suppose carfree living sabbaticals will be more likely if/when people decide to live like yourself, or like others who boast of their simple lifestyle and choose to do nothing that cannot be accomplished by bicycle or a couple of hundred$ a year for public transit.