Some of the logic behind the incentivization of all this was to make the US less vulnerable to nuclear attack during the Cold War. Basically it would be harder

Some of the logic behind the incentivization of all this was to make the US less vulnerable to nuclear attack during the Cold War. Basically it would be harder to kill all of us if we were more spread out. http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjuly10/Cold.War.Urban.Vulnerability.pdf http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjuly10/Cold.War.Urban.Vulnerab...