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People wanted cars because, for most of the US, they are the only practical transportation method. And even the people who live in the few dense urban areas tha
by avalys 4y ago
People wanted cars because, for most of the US, they are the only practical transportation method. And even the people who live in the few dense urban areas that could get by without cars don’t want to cut themselves off from access to the rest of the country, so they invariably still owned one and wanted to use it.
- jason0597 4y ago> People wanted cars because, for most of the US, they are the only practical transportation method. And that's because government zoning at the time prioritised suburban single-family house zoning, which in turn created the car-dependent culture. It didn't have to be this way, Rotterdam isn't built this way for example.
- tablespoon 4y ago> And that's because government zoning at the time prioritised suburban single-family house zoning, which in turn created the car-dependent culture. It didn't have to be this way, Rotterdam isn't built this way for example. Could that be because the people actually wanted single-family homes?
- avalys 4y agoAnd that the US was a wealthy country with enormous amounts of undeveloped land?