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The GM thing is more myth than anything else, unfortunately. Pacific Electric was, at its core, a way to get people to buy real estate; much of the interurban s
by Zafira 9y ago
The GM thing is more myth than anything else, unfortunately. Pacific Electric was, at its core, a way to get people to buy real estate; much of the interurban systems in the United States can be traced back to basically being vehicles for real estate speculation.
That doesn't diminish how extensive the system was.
- pls2halp 9y agoThere's a pretty good 99% invisible episode on this: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-70-the-great-red-car-conspiracy/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-70-the-great-...