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• Skyrmir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Same thing with a lot of ‘large’ cities in the US. The city seems absolutely huge, but in reality it’s just a part of the metro area around it. Makes me wonder how New York and LA got so big without being a collection of a dozen smaller towns, even though they both have lots of surrounding suburbs of course.

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  • MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They were devolved before widespread car adoption

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    • Skyrmir@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Another form of generational wealth being locked in for generations? As good a theory as any I can think of.

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