The neatest trick motordom pulled off was convincing people—mostly in developed economies—that widespread car ownership was a triumph for the "working people" of the world.

@straphanger Especially in small U.S. cities, the ratio of parking to residential density is sometimes grotesque. Des Moines (215,000 residents) has 30 parking spaces per acre (4043 square meters), which is 20 times the residential density (1 household per acre). In other words, there are 20 parking spaces for every household. (Source: Eric Scharnhorst, Research Institute for Housing America.) https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Parkplaetze-Vergeudung-von-urbanem-Raum-4122552.html