• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He places the blame on “laws” when it is really capitalism. People want a single family home so capitalism provides it the absolutely cheapest way possible: cookie cutter suburbs.

    It’s no different than Campbell’s soup. It’s not meant to be the best soup. It’s meant to be the soup you can afford to buy.

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      1 year 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.