>>1964023>It was not 30 years ago. Actually in 1990 the population was at its lowest since the 1950s. The "small towns" outside the perimeter weren't even towns, they were barely villages a couple hundred people until the '60s.The point is that the land around Atlanta is suitable for development and habitation extending in all directions for hundreds of miles. Americans living there have the option to spread out in a way that Japanese simply do not. This point is very obvious I'm not sure why you are too stupid to see it.
If you weren't a complete idiot, you would realize that when Atlanta began to grow substantially in the 70s, the city was able to grow outward in all directions because there was room to do so and there is still room.
>You're missing the point here and lying out your ass.No, you are.
>Oyama is surrounded by rural farmland."Rural farmland" lmao. Farmland in Japan is nothing like farmland in the US. Because the Japanese are crammed onto a mountainous island they have no choice but to live alongside the farms. In the US, farms can be way out in the actual countryside, with plenty of space left over.
I can explain exactly what your point is. You think you can take an isolated snapshot of a small section of Japan and slice up a similarly-sized portion of the United States and then tell parallel narratives about those places that totally ignores any outside influences (of geography) on growth and decision-making. Then you can cherry-pick whatever parts of that narrative suit your argument. This is a stupid point and fallacious argument and is not something I should have to even refute in the first place. If you had even a rudimentary ability follow the points actually made and reason about them, you would not be wasting time with this bullshit.
