Is the City for the City Economy?

Cities are increasingly oriented towards attracting higher income residents by creating an attractive urban environment. There's this idea that the kinds of workers that you want in your city that are either going to take high paying jobs and increase the property tax base or themselves create new startups. The irony is that those workers typically bring cars with them right so yes maybe they don't want to use them on a daily basis like I don't use my car to get to work.