Well, if we’re going to get picky about it:

“Here, however, everyone drives: there is no local public transport of which to speak and everything is so spread out.”

It’d be wrong to point this out without also highlighting how little it matters. The fact that we’re even discussing it shows that we understood it in its original form, and the fact we understood it shows it doesn’t need correction.

I can’t comment on the colour. Were it up to me, it’d be teal. In fact, everything would be teal.