Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
by jasode on Thursday December 05, 2024 @08:19AM
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>With regard to the United States, you’re not even close. 80% of the US population live in cities. [0]
For purposes of this discussion thread, we're just using "living in the cities" as shorthand for "high-density living with convenient mass-transit and walkable amenities". E.g. downtowns or multi-family housing near the city center where people can walk to the grocery store.
The majority of USA citizens do not live in that arrangement. Instead, most Americans live in areas that depend on cars.
The web page you're citing is using "cities" as shorthand for "downtowns + suburbs i.e. metroplexes" - vs - "rural farms".
Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
by infecto on Thursday December 05, 2024 @08:20AM
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Have you ever been to the US? Sure, 80% live in cities but the majority of that number are suburban cities. LA, DFW, Miami...all cities with large populations but all requiring a car.
Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
by davemp on Thursday December 05, 2024 @08:31AM
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> According to the Census Bureau, 80% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas. The remaining 20% lives in areas classified as rural. *There isn’t a specific category for suburban areas*
Sounds like the suburbs are counted as urban wrt the census.
Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
by NeutralCrane on Thursday December 05, 2024 @09:00AM
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That statistic is defined as “urban” vs “rural”. By that definition, all American suburbs are counted as cities/urban areas. So the statistic doesn’t disprove their assertion.
With regard to the United States, you’re not even close. 80% of the US population live in cities. [0]
[0] https://pac.org/impact/rural-americans-vs-urban-americans#:~....