The car broke down distance and made suburbian life possible. But it has become the most unsustainable way of living. Could we make it recilient for the future?

This is a story of how humans fought distance and with modern invensions won. Now we must win a different battle and bring humans closer together again.

Small Circles Forward by Daniel Karlsson Lönnö 2023.
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00:00 Intro
02:16 Suburbs grew from cities
03:37 The democratization of the car
05:11 Segregation
06:48 Commercial interests
07:20 The cities left behind
08:20 Environmental impacts
08:50 The rest of the world
10:25 The future
12:18 Outro

Sources:
Kunstler, James Howard. The Geography of Nowhere (1993)
Carmona, Matthew. Public Places, Urban Spaces 3rd Edition (2021)
Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961)
Rybczynski, Witold. Makeshift Metropolis (2010)
Glaeser, Edward. Triumph of the City (2011)
Newbold, K Bruce. Population Geography (2014)

Music from Epidemic Sounds:
"Aurora Polaris" by Cospe downloaded from Epidemic Sounds. https://www.epidemicsound.com/

"Blue Lantern" by Yi Nantiro downloaded from Epidemic Sounds. https://www.epidemicsound.com/

"Cheryl and Jim" by Binkley downloaded from Epidemic Sounds. https://www.epidemicsound.com/

"Gloomy Thoughts" by Matt Large downloaded from Epidemic Sounds. https://www.epidemicsound.com/

"Car Door Close 18" by SFX Producers downloaded from Epidemic Sounds. https://www.epidemicsound.com/

All videos and images are either in the Public Domain or from Storyblocks; https://www.videoblocks.com/.