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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

It’s not because it wasn’t how a lot of people wanted to live. It should be no secret why, despite these cores’ population dropping, rural population is also shrinking while urban populations grow.

The issue is that a lot of housing in these areas have turned into offices, stores, and other business-use buildings. As you remove livable areas, you create scarcity, which raises the prices, etc. People didn’t want to stop living in tight-knit, busy, walkable neighbourhoods. They were forced out. That’s also why a lot of these suburban areas people were forced out to do their best to mimic a tiny city with everything people need at arms length.

“Cars saved cities because nobody wants to live in cities” is too silly to stomach.

It could be arms length if not for the vast parking lots between each store. God bless cars.