Archive - The American Village Letters

How I broke out of the car-centric matrix and why you should too.

February 2025

It Takes a Village—But We Bulldozed It: How Car Dependency Broke Communities for Parents and Non-Parents Alike

I ran across a comment on an instagram reel by Diane Alisa about parenting in suburbia and felt it needed a more thorough response.

Feb 2, 2025 • Spencer James

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