Kyoto Treaty

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Settled after the invention of the car? The population increased but most of the states and major cities were in place.

True but what really exploded the cities and urban centers was the National Defense Act of 1954 which funded the construction of the freeway system as a means to rapidly evacuate the city centers in the event of a nuclear attack.

Those freeways unintentionally led to the creation and growth of suburbia and the massive sprawl we see today.