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That low-density sprawl didn't come about through diktat. Americans chose it, mainly because of racism. Newly-constructed suburban municipalities used exclusion
by jdietrich 11y ago
That low-density sprawl didn't come about through diktat. Americans chose it, mainly because of racism. Newly-constructed suburban municipalities used exclusionary covenants and redlining to contain black people in the inner cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoSome of that was (emphasis was) pretty explicit racism, but some of it was about cost per square foot of land and the desire for the new. I'd say that things are moving away from racism fairly rapidly.