Reading the high-speed rail thread made me ponder whether Car Culture was over, and if so, when its apex was. I *think* this answer is easy - I think it was the 1950s, as my older sister maintained. But I might be wrong - there were certainly more songs about cars in the 1960s, and advertising took a bigger role in trying to get us to identify with our cars even later on. And maybe there are other considerations - because of longer commutes we probably spend more time in cars in this century. And when did AC really kick in?
So what do you think was the high decade for car culture in the US - the culture that defined a car as central and critical to our very identities to the point that we'd spend more in money and time on it than was ever really necessary? (In the US, because a large part of the world still is reaching for a vehicle.)
So what do you think was the high decade for car culture in the US - the culture that defined a car as central and critical to our very identities to the point that we'd spend more in money and time on it than was ever really necessary? (In the US, because a large part of the world still is reaching for a vehicle.)