As the baby boomer bubble pushes into its eighties, we are driving into a demographic wall.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Yeah those Boomers really were the ones voting for redlining, the Eisenhower Interstate system, and bulldozing minority neighborhoods for freeways. Sure were a lot of Boomers running things in the 50s and 60s when these were at their height…

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        1 month ago

        To add, the shift to car centric began with jay walking laws in the 1920’s. A quarter century before the first boomers were born.