That's on an individual basis, but it can have collective side effects. For example, most would rather a personal car rather than the bus, but that makes bus stops less frequent due to less ridership which then makes cars even more desireable.
Or flight from urban crime to the suburbs then makes urban crime more likely for the remaining people, who then have more reasons to flee.
Would they prefer the car, or is it just that the bus with poor routing and infrequent service is not a viable alternative and those in charge waste a ton of money which makes useful expansions not affordable.
Or flight from urban crime to the suburbs then makes urban crime more likely for the remaining people, who then have more reasons to flee.