1972 map of a dystopian USA in 2000

Posted by scouserdave

29 Comments

  1. So even back in 72 they were pitching nuclear energy as a bad thing. This is before Three Mile and Cherenobyl so I’m curious what influenced the perception.

  2. Interesting that they would have Chicago as part of a mega city with Detroit and Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee with the Twin Cities.

    In real life, Chicago and Milwaukee are only 90 miles apart on the same lakeshore, and their suburbs started to overlap in the 2000s.

  3. entrophy_maker on

    Funny. Even in their vision of a dystopia they had better space travel planned. We really dropped the ball on that.

  4. JustTheOneGoose22 on

    Ironic they thought U.S. cities would become megalopolis huge urban areas like Tokyo. Many U.S. cities like Detroit, Philadelphia or St. Louis have smaller populations now than in 1972.

  5. It’s worth pointing out how big of a fear overpopulation was at that exact point in time.

  6. AnnonymousPenguin_ on

    My favorite part is how they straight up just called New Orleans “loserville lmao.