> I mean, before cars, streets tended to be narrow and generally ad hoc. It's also worthwhile to consider all that cars have added to our society. People stay

> I mean, before cars, streets tended to be narrow and generally ad hoc. It's also worthwhile to consider all that cars have added to our society. People stayed in the streets because that's as far as they could go. Vendors came to the streets because that's where their customers could get to. Travel was limited, the movement of goods was basically nonexistent compared to today and "moving for a job" was not even a possibility for the majority of Americans. We introduced cars, then made them faster because that enabled more of what we wanted for ourselves, and sure, we made a sacrifice in that trade but I don't understand this modern trend of decrying our future for love of navel gazing through the past.