And one of the biggest culprits IMO...urban sprawl. Once I could easily run 12 city blocks to see my friends and my entire Italian family lived within walking distance in the city. That all changed when people began moving out of the cities.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"