Were streetcars more or less dangerous than cars? The accident and death rate was probably a lot lower than cars although I'm not sure, maybe during that era ca

Were streetcars more or less dangerous than cars? The accident and death rate was probably a lot lower than cars although I'm not sure, maybe during that era cars were slower. Yeah the problem in my opinion mostly lies in the fact that so much of the United States is quite habitable and real estate is (and especially 70-100 years ago) relatively plentiful. Without a forcing function to live in a dense city people with families tend to opt to live on a piece of land they own with a nice house. It's a major source of wealth for Americans as well. There's definitely major tradeoffs with the suburban lifestyle. I do think dynamic cities with dense urban cores and lots of foot traffic and clean public transport are really fun and interesting, but I can also see the appeal of carving out your own slice of the American dream as well.