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The rural -> city hasn’t stopped and modern economies have the vast majority of their citizens in cities. Even for the US rural population is less than 20% [0]
by makeitdouble 4y ago
The rural -> city hasn’t stopped and modern economies have the vast majority of their citizens in cities. Even for the US rural population is less than 20%
[0] https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/about-us/what-is-rural https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/about-us/what-is-rural
- ryeights 4y agoThe US suburban population is over 50% [1]. It is impossible for these people to walk/bike/transit to work, and there is not an easy way to construct the infrastructure necessary for them to do so. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-14/u-s-is-majority-suburban-but-doesn-t-define-suburb https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-14/u-s-is-ma...
- amrocha 4y agoThe city should stop subsidizing these suburbs and I'm sure everyone will move into the city when they have to pay the real cost of their lifestyles
- gadflyinyoureye 4y agoWhere is the housing in the cities getting built? Most are not zoned nor regulated to support such a massive demographic shift.