I think we are talking about pretty much about the same phenomenon, but you are using the difference is the scale as a justification for its effects. I don't get why.
> And American cities were being reshaped by this.
It's one thing to have cities building infrastructure in their existing areas to make room for cars. It's another to have suburban sprawl of the post-war, where cities would grow exclusively by spreading to the outskirt and building single-zoning areas.
> The USA has many cities that were highly populated before cars. Particularly Manhattan.
And there were also many big, developed cities which had their downtowns destroyed in favor of highways. Manhattan being an island protected it from this fate, but lots of cities in the Midwest or Texas had walkable areas.
> And American cities were being reshaped by this.
It's one thing to have cities building infrastructure in their existing areas to make room for cars. It's another to have suburban sprawl of the post-war, where cities would grow exclusively by spreading to the outskirt and building single-zoning areas.
> The USA has many cities that were highly populated before cars. Particularly Manhattan.
And there were also many big, developed cities which had their downtowns destroyed in favor of highways. Manhattan being an island protected it from this fate, but lots of cities in the Midwest or Texas had walkable areas.