Gary lives in a City which sacrifices neighborhoods to fit the City's agenda.  Gary tries to drive to other parts of the city, but he's always stuck in traffic because the City put roads on diets, and sacrificed lanes for phantom bicycle riders.  Gary lives in a city where people get roads mixed up with building codes and zoning.  They don't think very well, and so decided to let people working in bureaus do the thinking for them, and trust that they know what's best for them.