It was an Enlightenment thinker (I believe) who said that the ideal town size was 7000 people (although I have looked for it, I can't find the reference). I wish I could. If you find it, please let me know.
Regardless, I believe that we are suffering the effects of overpopulation and it's symptoms (including entitlement). I think we were better off when we were an agrarian society. Absent were mass poverty, socialism, collectivism, overreaching government, and dependency. It may have been the height of our civilization. Were we ever more free?
I am reminded of what Jefferson said when he said that when we are falling over another like they are in the cities of Europe, then we will be as corrupt as they are.
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