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    14 hours ago

    Also because everything in the US is spread out except for urban areas, mass transit just won’t work well for a large part of the population. Didn’t help that what transit infrastructure existed came under assault by the oil/car companies of the time, so many places went full automobile.

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      Half of the US is a stripmall 20km away from a suburb on one end and corn on the other with a parking lot in the middle