cities

[Joe R. Golowka]

Dddddd0814 at aol.com wrote:
>
> You guys keep forgetting that, until the turn of the 20th century, the vast 
> majority of all agricultural production was *in* cities, and on their very 
> periphery. They had to be because the transit system wasn't as complete or 
> complex as it is now. "Urban agriculture," as it is called now, was the norm. 
> This meant that millions of acres outside of cities did not have to be plowed 
> just to send things by trucks and rails to the metropoli....

This is not true.  For most of human history the vast majority of people 

  didn't live in cities they lived in rural areas - which is also where 
the majority of food production occured.

-- 
Joe R. Golowka
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