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We do?
Major cities are packed with parking decks, but decks are expensive, so they'll only be built if land values are high. For most of America's history it was simply cheaper to build out than up in most places.
It may be ugly, inconvenient, and environmentally problematic, but it shouldn't be confusing.
Edit: it occurs to me that more parking, decks or otherwise, would actually be good for cars which seems antithetical to the point of this community... so I'm unsure what point is even trying to be made aside from calling America stupid
It would actually be bad for the cars, they would spend less time out in the sun causing them to develop a vitamin D deficiency, then they'd die from having weak bones.
But having parking garages wouldn't reduce the number of cars as you say, but could potentially free up some land for useful things, which could make the cities more walkable at the very least