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Originally Posted by Yuri
All those old towns were already all built up by 17th century? They are linked together precisely by modern ultra-low density sprawl.
If Boston were located anywhere in the world aside the US east of Mississippi, its urbanized footprint would 1/3 of the current size.
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I'm not sure why you think that. Boston basically has England's development patterns. It looks nothing like the Midwest or Southern U.S. And it is much less sprawly than almost anything west of the Mississippi River.