[ItsDeathball]

iPhones and Facebook, for all their issues, were adopted by the masses by competing in an open market.

Mass motorization and suburbanization were driven by government policy and still are. For every consumer dollar spent on driving, the government spends ten (wish I could cite this, but I can't find it at the moment).

I'm not saying cars aren't appealing, or that they don't have utility, just that the situation most Americans find themselves in, where the built environment favors cars to the exclusion of all other modes of transportation, is the result of public policy interacting with (or distorting) markets rather than a pure expression of individual preference.

[DougN7]

I totally disagree. I personally don’t like cities, congestion and apartments. I would pay more to stay in my home with a yard. Most home owners aren’t in homes because of lower costs - this meets our living style priorities best.