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How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream | Climate Town

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “shows how public perception over cars has been influenced over many many years”

    How public perception of cars was shaped over many years.

    woile, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Pandora papers: biggest leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich”

  2. “These are pretty snarky, but fun videos and the authors list their sources.”

    Auto industry's impact on US cities; sourced and snarky.

    fayten, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Americans do not want to return to urban living”

  3. “here's a video that explains it”

    Explains car industry advertising and political influence on cities.

    otikik, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “When cities treated cars as dangerous intruders”

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Topics: urbanism, auto industry, jaywalking, lobbying, american cities

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