But families could have done so during the height of the SUV boom as well. People didn’t need SUVs. They wanted them. Most of the non-farmer world got on just fine without them for 100 years or so. SUVs were about marketing, not utility. Most big furniture and appliances are delivered anyway.
Read about Clotaire Rapaille if you’re interested in that sort of thing — he’s the mad shrink who basically convinced US automakers that the American public REALLY wanted SUVs and it was a good idea to market them to the average burb-dweller.
My parents never owned a truck and they renovated a few houses, took long road trips, etc. It wasn’t that hard.
Hopefully smart controls without the spyware will become more popular. I want my thermostat to talk directly to my phone or computer, not have data-mining swine like Google as an intermediary. If I get smart controls, I’ll go the following route. Kloudkrap optional, not mandatory like in Scroogle Nests.
