Urban Sprawl in the 1920s
Urban Sprawl was caused by industrialized that was occuring rapidly and more and more factory jobs were opening up. Farmers did not want to work on the farms because if they had a tough year, they would not produce enough food and crops, and even on good years they would just get by. They saw cities to have more opportunties for success. With the invention and development of the Automobile, travel from in and out of the city became much easier and more common. This led to more people living outside of the city and just commuting for work, otherwise known as Urban sprawl.
Urban Sprawl was caused by industrialized that was occuring rapidly and more and more factory jobs were opening up. Farmers did not want to work on the farms because if they had a tough year, they would not produce enough food and crops, and even on good years they would just get by. They saw cities to have more opportunties for success. With the invention and development of the Automobile, travel from in and out of the city became much easier and more common. This led to more people living outside of the city and just commuting for work, otherwise known as Urban sprawl.
Because of the revolutionary steel structure of the skyscraper, buildings were able to be built straight upward without collapsing on themselves. This allowed for more square footage of usable space for things like businesses. With all of the new businesses being added to the cities, there was a spike in employment in urban populations.