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Fair point. A car wouldn't be nearly as useful on a small, densely populated island like Singapore as it is in the US. I was just responding to a comment talki
by leereeves 3y ago
Fair point. A car wouldn't be nearly as useful on a small, densely populated island like Singapore as it is in the US.
I was just responding to a comment talking about every country.
- acuozzo 3y ago> as it is in the US Which is only the case because the then-nascent car industry worked hard to make it so. There's no conspiracy theory here. Lobbying to remove city trolley systems; propaganda to establish and spread the idea of jaywalking; funds put toward undermining passenger rail; and so on— it's all well-documented. These moneyed interests are the reason the US still doesn't have a high speed rail system and likely never will.
- leereeves 3y agoNot only (I'd argue not even mostly) because of that. The US is huge and people want to own land. Suburbs sold because people wanted them.