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It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)
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[–] rambaroo 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No it wasn't. Like 80% of the population lived in rural areas before the 50s. Apparently this sub really doesn't like facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1

Europe is much more population dense than the US, a quick fact check easily confirms this.