>First, it allowed the building of suburbs, which just wasn't feasible before. This in turn led people to push zoning laws such that building anything other tha

>First, it allowed the building of suburbs, which just wasn't feasible before. This in turn led people to push zoning laws such that building anything other than a SFH became illegal. Possibly, because blaming the car by taking a detour through a motivated political movement doesn't make sense to people? Suburbs would be impossible without cars, true, and airstrikes would be impossible without airplanes, but that seems like a poor case for blaming government policy on an inanimate object. >Third, all these cars new housing developments needed roads All economic activity needs roads. Those roads get wider because of cars, but their existence is felt most strongly in the wider economy because of trucks. Being able to transport goods anywhere with low latency makes a huge difference to the operation of thousands if not millions of businesses. >Fourth, driving everywhere is like living in an insulated bubble. You don't have to deal with your fellow man. Just earlier tonight I was driving and nearly got hit by some other driver who ran a red light. >Things like Skid Row (LA) or the Tenderloin (SF) don't touch you Liberals really need to work on not sounding like they want people to get robbed. >I honestly think this contributed to making people care less about the plight of their fellow man. Someone in Utah honestly believes that the reason Californians won't deal with the homeless problem is because they don't go to church. But neither of you gave me any evidence.