>> 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. <<
Steve and Bucky hate planned obsolescence.
>> 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.) <<
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Re: Getting Through
Date: 2014-04-26 06:37 am (UTC)Steve and Bucky hate planned obsolescence.
>> 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. <<
Yes, that's true. America's walkability plummeted.
>> (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.) <<
They were good places, though, some of them.