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How the Auto Industry Created American Car Dependency

Climate Town · Explainer · YouTube title: How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream | Climate Town
Why it's here

Recommended in urbanism threads as a well-sourced account of how car dependency was manufactured.

What it covers

A Climate Town video on how the auto industry reshaped American cities and culture through advertising, lobbying and campaigns like the 1939 World's Fair. It is snarky in tone but backed by a published source document.