The End of America's Car Culture?

Blog Post October 23rd 2013

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This article “The End of America's Car Culture?” by Alessandra Potenza talks about how teenagers are getting out of the habit of cars. It also talks about how teenagers rather prefer there mobile phones and bikes than cars.

Alessandra Potenza talks about how teenagers are getting out of the habit of cars. It also talks about how teenagers rather prefer there mobile phones and bikes than cars. For example, it shows that since 1983 the percentage of teenagers getting drivers licenses went down 20 percent. Also it included that almost half (46%) of teenagers would choose Internet access over owning a car. It also includes that car companies such as Ford, Chevrolet and Mercedes-Benz have all started to produce cars that are basically like moving smartphones. Car brands are trying to make teenagers buy their cars by making them like the things teenagers like. These teenagers parents and grandparents were obsessed withs cars and getting a drivers liscence as their 16^th birthday present. Back then, ALL teenagers wanted cars just as teenagers today ALL want smartphones. In this article “The End of America's Car Culture?” Thilo Koslowski states that the iPhone is the Ford Mustang of today. This shows how back then everyone wanted ford mustangs just as how everyone wants an iPhone today.

This article “The End of America's Car Culture?” by Alessandra Potenza connects to teenages because it shows how teenagers want different things every generation. Just how back then teenagers used to want cars and how everything now is about smartphones and internet access.