CARS also called the walking city people got around a lot on foot Colonial Boston Street car tracks them Ernest Burgess houses close to the street car tracks were more expensive than those far away from Made a model for modern cities set of different zones center business zone middle transitional zone cheapest housing where factories are moving out more expensive housing Downtown Institutions Department Store manufactured goods factories Movie Palace Ford made cars for regular people reliable cheap unified all the same interested in getting a lot of cars sold Fordism mass production assembly line Car centered suburb no longer matters where the street car is it matters where the streets are Levitt town small houses with a driveway for your car Cars transform the economy McDonald s can t get there if you do not have a car Southdale Mall first fully enclosed climate controlled shopping mall Boston transformed because of cars defined by highways Downtown begins to deteriorate center city or combat zone Interstate highway system Cars take up a lot of space walking city becomes impossible Questions arise should women be able to drive Insurance rates Sexual aspect Fuel places young people could go anywhere and do anything portable bedrooms
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