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minus-squareadrian783@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down4·3 years agoUSA didn’t start building bullshit suburbs until 1950s. before that it was dense cities.
minus-squarerambaroo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-23 years agoNo it wasn’t. Like 80% of the population lived in rural areas before the 50s. Apparently this sub really doesn’t like facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1 Europe is much more population dense than the US, a quick fact check easily confirms this.
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minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·3 years agoIndeed, prior to European settlement it was extremely rural.
minus-squarecoffeebiscuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoAnd yet everything in a village was a walk away. If a man shagged his wife, he could hear his neighbor complain.
USA didn’t start building bullshit suburbs until 1950s. before that it was dense cities.
No it wasn’t. Like 80% of the population lived in rural areas before the 50s. Apparently this sub really doesn’t like facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1
Europe is much more population dense than the US, a quick fact check easily confirms this.
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Indeed, prior to European settlement it was extremely rural.
And yet everything in a village was a walk away. If a man shagged his wife, he could hear his neighbor complain.
Not necessarily.