To me the simpler theory is that the US has been quite wealthy since World War 2...

		maxerickson on May 31, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure To me the simpler theory is that the US has been quite wealthy since World War 2 and has lots and lots of space. Which doesn't mean that building sprawling subdivisions is a great idea, but space is a pretty easy thing to sell.

Those things enable sprawl, but they don't force it.