World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural

biohack writes "A major demographic shift took place on Wednesday, May 23, 2007: For the first time in human history, the earth's population is more urban than rural. According to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia, on that day, a predicted global urban population of 3,303,992,253 exceeded that of 3,303,866,404 rural people. In the US, the tipping point from a majority rural to a majority urban population came early in the late 1910s."

Comments

Re:Let's hear it for urbanism!

[achurch]

So stop playing in the mud and come to the city! We're open all night!

Which is exactly the problem. I like to, you know, sleep at night--not listen to cars zooming around, people getting stabbed, ambulance sirens blaring, that kind of thing.