US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, Study Finds

Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by cjs_ac on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @11:11AM (#39014992)

If the legacy infrastructure of the current cities becomes too difficult to maintain and operate for smaller populations, we might see the populations establish newer communities in adjacent areas, like mediaeval Lundenwic and Lundenburg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_London#Lundenwic

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Re:US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, St... by telotortium on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @12:06PM (#39015692)

Aren't the suburbs in the US essentially this, especially for the really decayed cities like Detroit and Baltimore? Many suburbs even have a lot of employment, so the city isn't necessary for that.

Another reason that cities are abandoned historically is that they become too hard to defend. In such cases, the people often relocate to a more defensible location. Similarly, in the US, many cities were abandoned by those who could afford it because of increasing crime, and they retreated to suburbs that were less hospitable to crime.

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