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I'd be careful with overgeneralizing that. Even though Latin American cultures also push for individualism to some extent, we do have tight-nit communities regardless because of the unified cultures that we have.
I’ve been to China plenty of times, I promise the car culture is alive and well.
We had nice things before.
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Extent of railway development from 1860 through 1870 to 1890
the story of streetcars in the US is similarly depressing; in the 1900s most large cities had trolly systems.
the automobile companies fixed that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
Gah, America as an empire is past its prime. Look what we had!!!
I've been to China as part of a company visit. They took us everywhere by car. Even what I would consider walking distance.
I did not see mass transit once.
Shenzen.
Yeah, I don't doubt it exists and probably is well used by the people living there. Just wanted to address the part of the comment saying "China would never allow for a “car culture” in the firsr place" because there sure was a car culture. It felt like an American city.
I'm also aware that Shenzen is different from the rest of China, and, well, that the rest of China is different from the other rest of China.