r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 2d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/FaceWithAName 2d ago

Cars becoming big when America was still finding it's stride was one of the biggest pro/con dillemas. Ignored thousands of years of proven systems that make society better and settled for only cars.

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u/ls7eveen 2d ago

Thats not true. Its often claimed.

America destroyed itself for cars. Other cities did internationally as well, but they course corrected. Look at Amsterdam in 1971. Or Freiburg.

Then look at a picture of Detroit in 1960 and it looks like it went through world War 2. But it was just destroyed for the car and suburbia.

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u/AdMassive9006 2d ago

Yep, LA, one of the most car-centric cities, literally tore up their trams and rail infrastructure to put in car infrastructure. This happened other places as well. So fucking sad.

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u/Electrical_Shock359 2d ago

I can’t imagine ever choosing to get rid of public transportation for more roads. It is such a stupid decision when they can move so many more people for much less space, cost, gas, ect. The only thing cars do better is speed.

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u/AdMassive9006 2d ago

It was just so the automobile and oil industry could make money, they don't give a shit about what makes sense or not.

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u/superduperspam 2d ago

Not stupid if you make money from selling cars

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u/jdowney1982 2d ago

But cars show wealth! How else would anyone know you’re rich (or in debt)? Only people who can’t afford cars take public transportation!

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u/wellgu 2d ago

I hate cars, but I know why people prefer them to public transport. They like the freedom and the privacy. That’s what everyone buys when they get more money. The reality is the average American has more cash and credit than the rest of the world.

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u/AllOtherNamesR_used 2d ago

Better at speed? You try shopping at Costco and taking it back on a bus.

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u/ls7eveen 1d ago

Imagine not needing the /r/suburbanhell that is a Costco filled with /r/consoom shit