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and way bigger. Those cities are mostly new, relatively seen, the population exploded not so long ago. Medieval cities were small towns in comparison.
by LeanderK 4y ago
and way bigger. Those cities are mostly new, relatively seen, the population exploded not so long ago. Medieval cities were small towns in comparison.
- vel0city 4y agoThe big part though is the urban core existed hundreds before many US cities even had a name. Sure, Munich's borders looked very different 800 years ago, but the rest of the city largely continued to expand and rebuild around that core central idea. Dallas literally didn't exist until the 1850s, and at that point it was essentially just a train stop and a place to load and unload small barges on the small river. By 1850 Munich was definitely a large city with an obvious urban area. Dallas wouldn't even approach something like Munich until well into the 1900s, well into the oil boom and it grew further from just oil fields. Also it's practically always been cheaper to own and operate an automobile in the US compared to most of Europe. We're really only starting to get to the point where US people are actually evaluating if driving a car is really worth it, if the US had high oil prices since the 1970s oil shocks I imagine our current cities would look a lot different.