all experiences are to further you along. you alone can control many of them.
as far as a car,yeah i get made fun of for riding a bike everywhere but i alos am probably in better shape than them/waste less money on gas/"save the planet"
clothes have two reasons, warmth, decency. don't break those and you are wearing the right clothes.
there are people anywhere who will be the way you don't want them to be, try instead to be around more and more people who are the way you want to be