Comment by thriftwy

This reminds me how SF writers were expecting that people will colonize other planets, 50 years ago.

We'll somehow go all the way over there and find a way to live in those hostile conditions.

Guess what, fast forward, people don't just want to stay on Earth, but will also prefer SF proper, Manhattan and/or Paris within 20 arrondissements.

Even smaller cities are losing population. I guess that Spengler's narrative lives on.