The American Dream

Nowadays, automobiles and cars are so available to everyone that they are taken for granted. However, back then cars and automobiles weren’t that easy to get a hold of, therefore suburbs weren’t as easy to get to. The wealthy people were the only ones who owned cars and they used their automobiles as more of a touring car. Also, the wealthy had the money to create enormous houses to hold their belongings, which due to land constraints had to be a little outside the city. Ford decided to create more affordable cars in order for the rich and the poor to be able to own a car, which eventually led to life in the suburbs. Cars were getting more popular and the more car owners there was the more they needed roads to drive on, therefore, a large number of roads were crated.

Since New York City was being invaded by factories and pollution, the higher social class wanted to create the ideal living situation that would consist of big houses and living outside the city. Because cars were initially only owned by rich men, those people were considered luxurious people, with big houses with a lot of space. Wealthy people couldn't handle the idea of a living in the city, there were too much pollution, too many factories were opening which made life in the city no longer pleasant.

However as Ford was created and cars were easier to own by everyone, those deserted suburbs were starting to get busy, and therefore, more restaurants, cafes, and shops were being open. After cars began being more accessible to everyone people began moving to the suburbs, there were too many cars over crowding the city. Therefore the wealthy people weren’t the only ones moving outside of the city, they also began moving into the suburbs. This made the suburbs look like the city since they were little by little people were moving from the city life to the suburb life. Suburbs began to look like the city, each person owned more than one car, therefore there was a lot of pollution, and trees were cut down in order to build houses. And soon all city business were also shifted to the suburbs, which leads us to the fact that the evolution of automobiles reflected prevailing social values.