Surely few could have imagined the impact the car would have as it tore through cities, countries, and economies worldwide.
Self-Driving Cars Will Improve Our Cities. If They Don’t Ruin Them.
Robin Chase
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I’m curious if you intended for this statement to be both metaphorical and literal, considering large swaths of Detroit in particular were destroyed to make way for massive freeways (resulting in mass displacement, primarily of racial minorities).