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> A few generations ago inner cities were too dense, filthy, undrivable and morally corrupt to allow civilisation to flourish. That’s part of why suburbs happened.

Orrrrr a good amount of racism lead to a great White Flight[1] which trapped minorities in downtown areas that were left to rot.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

parent stevenleeg 9 years ago

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