In europe, houses are usually in hills, grouped together, with a town/village center, and the farmed land is outside the town. And there are/were no farmers? U

In europe, houses are usually in hills, grouped together, with a town/village center, and the farmed land is outside the town. And there are/were no farmers? U.S. urban population share, 1800-2000: http://www.demographia.com/db-usrur1800.htm http://www.demographia.com/db-usrur1800.htm 1800 6.1% 1850 15.3% 1900 39.7% 1950 59.0% 2000 79.0% http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib3/eib3.htm http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib3/eib3.htm Early 20th century agriculture was labor intensive, and it took place on a large number of small, diversified farms in rural areas where more than half of the U.S. population lived. These farms employed close to half of the U.S. workforce