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This is what downtown Houston used to look like and America really spent the last 50 years wondering why its cities are dying(hexbear.net)

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NYC averages a population of 1400 people per city block with mixed use development. Pictured above in Houston they fit 126 cars per city block sized parking lot.

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opposide [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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Wait… we built our cities like this during the Cold War 😳

SECRET DEFENSE STRATEGY RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES

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Nuclear war breaks out and the US is basically untouched because all the bombs hit are parking lots

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crime [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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i thought that was an actual confirmed strategy

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opposide [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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I’d love a source for that because I wouldn’t be shocked but have no clue

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crime [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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I found this article which covers it pretty well and lists the policies and acts in question: https://www.treehugger.com/why-sprawl-was-caused-nuclear-arms-race-and-why-matters-more-ever-today-4854403

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