The very wealthy have always had options not open to the rest of us.
Private trains in the olden days. Private jets now.
It's not so different from living in a large East Coast city now. Parking is such hell in NYC that people with cars pay a premium to have a space in a garage, and God help you if you try to drive in the city. I mean, you can drive, but unless you have a parking space reserved at the other end, you can just drive right home again, after waving at your destination. Mass transit is very good, cabs are everywhere, and so private cars are kept to travel out of the city, not within it.
Like everything else, including measuring utensils, things will be adapted to the American market. We are still big enough to be worth the adaptation.