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    There’s an few distinctions about American culture as it relates to car culture.

    • America had/has a lot of land

    • Much of this is/was vastly underdeveloped right outside of urban hubs, unlike Europe/related which benefits from a tighter interconnected network of cities that more immediately benefit from mass transit systems

    • In the US post-WWII middle class and privileged were often sold an idea of peaceful suburban lifestyles away from urbanized areas

    • Car manufacturers marketed this successfully as a way to encourage families away from city life and thus build a more solid reliance on their vehicles

    • City planning was therefore often built around a suburban-city sprawl rather than a cohesive urban community designed around efficiency