If you want to say part of the reason we have suburban sprawl is auto companies, I'll agree with you, but people had real increases in standard of living when m

If you want to say part of the reason we have suburban sprawl is auto companies, I'll agree with you, but people had real increases in standard of living when moving out of towns. The air was cleaner, the area safer for kids, and it was quieter (especially given our shoddy apartment buildings). The way the GI Bill was structured contributed as well. But Big Oil? Way down the list. If you aren't conceiving of the real reasons, you can't address people's true concerns. In a democracy their vote is just as valuable as yours.