New and Old #228

Car-free small-town life, car headlight policy, "car blindness," and societal expectations (not cars)

I Remember Downtown, A Conservative Urbanist, Chip Clemmer, July 19, 2025

This is a trip down memory late and also a description of a time when cars had not quite yet become the default mode of transportation—or, perhaps they already were, but enough places still existed where they were optional.

It’s really striking to think of “car-free” life as being unselfconscio…