Re:Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal'
by Retric on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:05PM
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Suburbanization was heavily subsidized in the US for a variety of political reasons. That just happened to line politically connected peoples pockets. It's actually terrible from an economic standpoint.
The US also focuses on extremely local school funding which promotes heavy economic segregation and is extremely harmful for the overall economy.
PS: Early on post WWII it was assumed to be a good defense from the at the time low yield nuclear weapons. But, this is hard to trace back and might not have had significant impact.
The US also focuses on extremely local school funding which promotes heavy economic segregation and is extremely harmful for the overall economy.
PS: Early on post WWII it was assumed to be a good defense from the at the time low yield nuclear weapons. But, this is hard to trace back and might not have had significant impact.