When I was in college in the 70’s I knew a guy who was in pre-law. His goal was to be an environmental lawyer. He seriously believed that nobody should be able to go anywhere they could not walk to. In his mind, the vast majority of people would live their lives within 30 miles of where they were born. He also believed it was immoral for people in snow country to have fresh vegetables and fruit in the winter. If you couldn’t grow it yourself, you could not have it. IMHO it seems that everything that has happened since is part of a slow march toward this kind of world.
What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?
1930 all over again. People might have moved across country but when the family settled in they stayed. Thirty miles to a city was a big deal.