[modriano]

> ... historically, the US is a car-centric suburban-centric culture, and that's just who we largely are.

While we now do have a suburban-centric subculture, the car is just a tool that enables that subculture to easily access economic opportunities without having to interact with the classes segregated out of desirable locations by contemporary (explicitly racist) federal housing policies [0]. Although, I guess now that I look at it in that light (and noting the fact that every major city is still very racially segregated), I suppose that is just who we largely are and historically have been.

[0] https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/Feder...