• CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    My slightly educated guess would be that’s a consequence of America’s race westward in the 1800’s, only stopping long enough to annihilate the indigenous population and set up a rest stop for the next batch.

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      53 minutes ago

      It’s more modern than that. I don’t have time to look for stats, but I believe there’s been general migration to cities for like half a century or more