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:or is it urban sprawl

[Gyga]

Same where I live. I moved into a place where my neighbors property measures in the hundreds of acres of woods. Now developers are clear cutting them and building ugly cookie cutter homes which are bringing city problems. You can see it clearly with the public utilities: sewer lines use to be nonexistant (all wells), now sewer lines are everywhere. Power lines have doubled in the amount (which confuses me). Roads have been widened. Three new schools in 5 years (better than over crowding)

It is 12 I don't give a damn about my spelling.

Obiligatory joke

[tylersoze]

Geez 80 comments and no one's made this joke yet? Oh well, I guess I'll have to be the one:

"I, for one, welcome our urban dwelling overlords."