The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Towns exist because we have motorised transport.
********, there were towns long before we had any mechanical transport.
when do you ever read what people write before spouting such utter
********.

Ships existed before diesel engines too, or bunker old fired steam
turbines,but modern ships and their carrying capacity could not exist
without bunker oil or diesel,.

Towns were started for commerce and protection.
Utterly irrelevant.

I don't think you can get away from the fact that towns existed before
there was motorised transport. Danum, Camulodunum, and Londinium spring
to mind.

Bill