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Note that this is not just due to geography but to actual urban planning/architecture. Post-WWII US cities were explicitly designed for cars, and that's a disas

Note that this is not just due to geography but to actual urban planning/architecture. Post-WWII US cities were explicitly designed for cars, and that's a disaster ecologically and practically. See also Ivan Illich's Tools for Conviviality which has a long analysis on why car-oriented cities has a terribly-low efficiency.

imtringued 5y ago
It's a disaster financially. Especially in california with prop 13 people don't pay enough property taxes to maintain the suburban infrastructure in front of their houses.