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The Social Costs of Car-Free Living in Small Cities

Sarah Goodyear, 24 August 2009, StreetsBlog.org
What kind of a statement does car-free living make in a small city? Today on the Streetsblog Network, Aaron Renn at The Urbanophile poses that question in a provocative post. Sure, it's about walking the walk of sustainable transportation, he says, but it also represents a withdrawal from the community structure in places such as Columbus and Cincinnati:
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