• Jesus@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    That’s one of many factors.

    Lots of people have studied this over the years, many people also attribute this to the GI Bill, the post WWII economic boom, Racism / White Flight, the National Highway Act, and social norms that developed after man Americans grew accustomed to the concept of suburban life.

    It’s a complex things that was fueled by war, money, affordable land, cars, big roads, etc.

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      6 months ago

      While I agree with all your statements about the fuel for suburban sprawl, without demand all that money would have gone into high density urban construction. Even white flight would have been a flight to new high density housing if that’s what people preferred.

      It’s the problem that all the best urban planning can’t address.