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Partially this is social engineering. Progressives at the time zoning became popular thought that if you isolated people with their families and made it less c
by Symmetry 8y ago
Partially this is social engineering. Progressives at the time zoning became popular thought that if you isolated people with their families and made it less convenient to get to, e.g., taverns then they would become more responsible. This was considered particularly important when the people affected were Irish, Italians, Poles, etc who were considered in need of becoming more responsible at the time.
- emodendroket 8y agoI don't think that's quite right. Such groups wouldn't be able to afford detached homes, which in many cases was the point (Atlanta, on an infamous example, also is deliberately designed to make it impossible for buses to get to done neighborhoods).
- Symmetry 8y agoWhat I'm talking about took place in the 1910s, things were different then.