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> when the majority of Americans (and I believe the world in general now) live an urban life. I think you're underestimating the figures. 80.7% of Americans li
by input_sh 7y ago
> when the majority of Americans (and I believe the world in general now) live an urban life.
I think you're underestimating the figures. 80.7% of Americans lived in urban areas according to the 2010 census. Estimates for the entire world are over 50% for over a decade now (since 2007, to be more accurate). It increases slowly but steadily, so we were at about 55.27% in 2018. It's going to be about 68% by 2050 and about 85% by 2100.
- MadWombat 7y ago"It's going to be about 68% by 2050 and about 85% by 2100" If the trend doesn't change for the next 80 years. Which is a big if.
- jdminhbg 7y agoThe Census's definition of "urban area" doesn't quite match what most people think of, I don't think. It's any area of over 50k people. If you reverse sort the list provided on Wikipedia[0], you'll find a lot of places that aren't top of mind when people think about "urban life:" Grand Island, NE; Hazleton, PA; Albany, OR. Edit: I'm not disputing the larger point. I just think the number is probably a little lower than that if you adjusted for being "truly" urban.
- input_sh 7y agoYeah, I was thinking about adding that there's some talk about what constitutes as "urban area", but thought it wasn't relevant enough for the context of my comment.