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Sam Butler

re: twitter.com/19th_c_Houston/sta

If we're asking, "Do we have so many oversized trucks because consumers wanted oversized trucks — or because car companies wanted to sell them?"

I think we'd find it's mostly because companies wanted to sell oversized trucks. Advertising, product placement, pricing, promotions all shape consumer preferences.

Also, car companies can only offer cheap trucks by skirting regulations. This is why the oversized truck Mike drives in LA is regulated less than every other car driving to get coffee in the morning.

nytimes.com/1997/12/19/us/plan

Also posted on — a low-energy, low-data client in development with cross-platform posting: groundtalk.land/#2023-08-07T13

TwitterHouston Lodging Project (NH=neighborhood) on Twitter“@mrlevine This is consumer preference that got us to this point. Trucks and SUVs have been increasing in popularity for decades. It's dumb, but US consumers are dumb about cars.”
#trucks#cars#FuckCars
Aug 07, 2023, 01:46 PM·Public·Web
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