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> it’s pretty interesting to me that especially US society has accepted these facts so seemingly easily Because in the 1960s and 70s the US was rebuilt to be e
by wongarsu 3y ago
> it’s pretty interesting to me that especially US society has accepted these facts so seemingly easily
Because in the 1960s and 70s the US was rebuilt to be entirely car-dependent. And most Americans today accept that as the norm, because the only places they know that are different are New York and those quaint European and Asian cities rich people travel to.
- alexwhb 3y agoVery true. Actually fun fact… historically LA had the biggest rail network in the U.S. i believe it was over 1000 miles. The ripped it all out for lots of reasons, but arguably one was that the car companies bought many of the rail lines and scrapped them. What a shame.