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I agree and disagree with this. I don't think the US inherently must be car centric because it's big. But I do agree that Europe has superior pedestrian infrastructure because it developed for most of its history without cars. Auto and oil industry lobbying has instigated the situation in the US, but their agenda was only achievable because the technology existed to make large scale changes to the terrain, mass produce vehicles, etc. It's very likely that there were people throughout Europe's history who tried to monopolize bridges or horse wagons or other forms of transport, but the technology wasn't sufficient for it to materialize. Warsaw was destroyed during WWII and rebuilt, and it's developed to be very car-centric compared to other cities in Poland and Europe.