And markets for horses, horse food, horse-drawn carriages, large barns, and stable boys too. Just because it's a good thing doesn't mean it's not dramatic or even traumatic.

Can we please stop this "analogy?" As someone living in a area full of small horse farms, it makes me want to scream every time I see it :-)

Cars didn't kill the equine industry: they just made it more profitable since horses went from being commodities to companion animals and, to some people, luxury items.