• capital
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    156 months ago

    True. Plus the whole backstory of car companies buying and destroying what little public transit there was in this country to force us into cars.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      destroying what little public transit there was

      Hey now, let’s not stray into historical revisionism. Make no mistake: there was a lot of public transit back in the early 20th century. For example, here’s Atlanta’s streetcar map from exactly 100 years ago:

      That’s not just a fuck-ton more streetcar (or subway/other rail) routes than Atlanta has now; that was legitimately good coverage of most of the city!


      Edit: Oh yeah, and that applies to intercity rail too, by the way:

      Never forget the full breadth and scope of what was stolen from us.