Cars and Factory Work (was Cars and Victorians)

[hoov]

> Car-centered development discriminates against the
> poorest section of the working class, who either cannot afford cars or can
> only buy cars that regularly break down and cost a whole lot to repair.
> Investment in efficient and reliable mass tranportation would benefit us
> greatly. Given the fact that the poorest of the working class tend to be
> people of color, it is also a matter of racial justice.
> Yoshie

One of the costs of sprawled development in the US is a mismatch 
between jobs and housing...jobs in manufacturing, wholesaling, and
retailing have been moving to suburbs, meanwhile, exclusionary
practices of suburbs make it difficult for poor folks and minorities
in central cities to follow the jobs..they can't move to follow them, 
nor can they travel to them because they do not have access to an 
automobile or to adequate public transit...the result is high 
unemployment and income deprivation...Michael Hoover