By painting car shows as gang activity and by emphasizing the angry neighbors, the article has painted this entire genre of social gathering and an entire circle of enthusiasts as antisocial, and in need of policing.
Instead of thrilling
mass gatherings that push the limits of our car infrastructure and actually do something new and innovative with it (for once), cities will be hollowed out, denuded of their culture, so that sleepy suburbanites can move in and lodge noise complaints. Urban revival will only mean basic bitch breweries and putt putt, instead of mass gatherings of poor workers, with rowdy music and sizzling fajitas.
Imagine if an intersection was shut down for 3 weeks, or maybe 3 decades. Every night, it threw the best party you’ve ever attended in your life. Instead of being a place where you commute every morning and think about how cool it would be to quit, that intersection becomes the place you meet your best friends, or make the happiest memories of your life.
Cars and roads don’t just kill and maim us. Their psychic operation on us makes it impossible for us to dream.
Interesting article and thanks for posting it. I've been curious about that aspect of car culture since I have been rebuilding a Chrysler 300C and searching on youtube for how-to videos often brings up sideshows. Its been fascinating.
Instead of thrilling mass gatherings that push the limits of our car infrastructure and actually do something new and innovative with it (for once), cities will be hollowed out, denuded of their culture, so that sleepy suburbanites can move in and lodge noise complaints. Urban revival will only mean basic bitch breweries and putt putt, instead of mass gatherings of poor workers, with rowdy music and sizzling fajitas.
https://illwill.com/sideshows-and-wayward-lives