The Wordsmith's Forge

The post-war takes a lot of dammed up desire, matches it up with modern production, and gets going. But along with that you get the advertising machine and the planned obsolete. At first, that was a means of diffusion. The old car might be a fine starter car, but with the suburbs what was a 'nice way to get into the country' becomes more and more a requirement. (Ford had sped that himself because he hated beer gardens. Those anchored the ends of trolley lines and also served as 'family rooms' for people living in close quarters.)