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Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Netherlands#Population_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Netherlands#..., the populat
by Someone 4y ago
Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Netherlands#Population_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Netherlands#..., the population of the Netherlands about doubled since 1945, so the vast majority of its cities may predate cars, but the vast majority of its neighborhoods won’t.
I expect average household size to have decreased significantly, so it wouldn’t surprise me if at least 75% of inhabitants lived in post-war houses.
Because of that, I don’t see suburban construction as a major difference between the USA and the Netherlands.
A major difference likely is that the USA has room for sprawl, while the Netherlands doesn’t. Dutch suburbs likely are more dense than ones in the USA.
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