I have a friend who's the sales manager of a large automobile dealership. He's convinced me that in a very few years, urban folks won't own cars. We'll all subscribe to services that will deliver cars on demand to us only when we need/want them. At first, this might be accomplished by having a person deliver the car. Soon after, a self-driving car will just arrive on its own. Only collectors will own cars. The vast majority of sales will be fleet sales. People will be converting hundreds of square feet of unused garage into usable living area. Or, I suppose, storage space.
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