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>> At one time, before urban neighbourhoods were demolished for freeways, Americans more commonly lived in denser neighbourhoods. Before freeways, there was a
by rufus_foreman 2y ago
>> At one time, before urban neighbourhoods were demolished for freeways, Americans more commonly lived in denser neighbourhoods.
Before freeways, there was a huge rural population. 60% in 1900, still 36% by 1950. If your theory was correct there should have been a massive mental health crisis in rural areas during that period.
- sseagull 2y agoHang around HN enough and you will realize that the root cause of all societal (and most non-societal) problems is suburbia, and that if everyone would just live in cities we could finally reach the ultimate utopia.
- randomdata 2y agoTo be fair, those rural communities were largely self-sufficient. You didn't need a car to drive into the city to do anything. You could do everything right at home. This kept the community fairly tight-knit. In fact, with respect to the topic of third places, I was recently looking at an old township map of where my family's farm is located from the 1800s. What really stood out was that there was a church found approximately every mile. A little surprising by today's standards, but stands to reason when you think about it. I mean, what else were those people going to do? There wasn't much else to do other than socialize with your closest neighbours, providing sufficient concentration for a third place to emerge. Now imagine putting some kind of social centre every mile in those suburbs today. I don't see it working out too well.
- rufus_foreman 2y ago>> what else were those people going to do? My grandparents owned farms, my parents and stepparents all grew up on them. What they did was work.
- randomdata 2y agoIf your parents grew up on farms in the 1800s, how old does that make you?
- rufus_foreman 2y agoCount the rings around my eyes.