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Little secret you weren't taught: Parenting as a concept basically didn't exist before the 1970s. The overwhelming job that we call "parenting" used to be a community effort. (lemmy.today)
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[โ€“] 1dalm@lemmy.today -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In 1913, 700 miles was practically across the country. That was further away than most adults traveled from their birth town in their lives.

[โ€“] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

Not really. The transcontinental railroad had been around for over fifty years.

Cars were already pretty popular. There were already about 5 million of them out there.

Ocean liners and tourism was available.

The St. Louis Worlds Fair of 1904 got 20 million visitors.