If the culture consists of people with a short-sighted mentality such as this, is it a culture worth living amongst?
Do you really think that art only exists in the biggest cities like SF, NYC, and LA? Where do you think most of those artists came from? BTW, the only non-car-centric city is NYC, but all large cities have older, usually midtown neighborhoods that are full of sidewalks, bus routes, nearby groceries, restaurants, bars and even (shocker) artistic venues.
Get out more and have an open mind; you would be pleasantly shocked at what is available out there.