I’m baffled by the ideas in the article’s intro that in the 50’s, cars were somehow the realm of hipsters and bohemians. If anything, cars became more popular with the growing (mostly white) middle class which moved to the newly built and expanded suburbs in the post WW2 years. The GI bill, home financing and other incentives helped growing families (baby boom) move into their new lives. Car ads promoted “All This and Victory Too”. After years of wartime rationing, people were eager to buy new shiny bulbous vehicles to drive on the new Eisenhower-era interstate system.