It is a bit like breaking up your house and burning it in the fireplace to stay warm. Eventually you are left out in the cold with no house and no fire. But this very domination inevitably destroys its value. We forgot that roads and cars run both ways. While we are gaining access to distant resources, others are gaining access to, and consuming, our local jobs and other resources.
Wildlife are no longer the only victims of drive-by shootings.
Cars and high-speed roads remove those eyes. The greatness of any city can be judged by the way it treats its weakest member. The other day, it was cold and cloudy outside. I let in my cat, Joe. He wandered around the house for half an hour, and then finally asked to go back out.