>Building a city around cars means building it around people who live far away. No, that's what the suburban rail is for (see: NYC). If anything, the suburban

>Building a city around cars means building it around people who live far away. No, that's what the suburban rail is for (see: NYC). If anything, the suburban people can always park on the outskirts of city centers, and use public transportation (or walk) in the city. But no, the cities had to be designed for the automobile. There was a lot of money to be made that way for the auto companies. Think it sounds like a conspiracy theory? You are right, except that it's actually true[1]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...