american norm into the urban space of the united states. when they came to places like south lawndale, little village and oak cliffs, latinos especially notedthout any prompting, the role of cars in the way of life. - - will arrive tonight and i 71 from a small town - - 1971. said one of the reasons mexicans liked to live in oak cliff was it was small and compact enough to get place to place on foot. he explained, you can play in the streets. in the park. not like in north dallas where you never get out of your car. - - observed walking is a culture thing to me. they will walk to the bank, down the street. growing up, anglos mostly didn't. i should say this is not just anecdotal. it's very clear that latino households owned considerably fewer cars per person than anglo households. in a way this is just what you would expect. if you looked at the rate of car ownership in places like mexico or el salvador. you find in 1960 in mexico, there are 22 motor vehicle for every thousand people. it is 18 times higher at 4-1-1 per 100,000. if you look at liberal mexico where these immigrants come from, car ownership is even more rare. for example, in t