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Land between large cities increasingly turns to human desert in many places of the world. People find no reason to continue living in small settlements and no e
by guard-of-terra 11y ago
Land between large cities increasingly turns to human desert in many places of the world. People find no reason to continue living in small settlements and no ecomonical backing for doing so.
Places where people lived for thousand years now become deserted.
This might be another nail in the coffin after rail (only stops at large cities) and air (flies over entirely).
- waterlesscloud 11y agoWhat if it works the other way round? What if automation eliminates most, if not all, jobs, and thus reduces the appeal of living in cities where work is easily found? What if land remains expensive in urban areas, but the economic support for people to afford it isn't there? What if automated delivery makes it cheaper to deliver to anywhere, so that it becomes easier and more practical to live far apart from others?
- guard-of-terra 11y agoThis might as well happen. I think that decent Basic Income will cause just that: millions of people leaving expensive cities to live cheaply in the country. This thought is backed by Russian dacha phenomenon.