when i was visiting family recently i realized that one of the biggest differences between Texas and MA is that MA has sooo many towns and cities. i drive through like 4 towns in 20 minutes just on my way to work. in Texas you can drive for two hours and still be in San Antonio somehow
New England has so many towns because all the early settlers hated basically everyone else, so their solution to any disagreement was “fuck you, I’ll make my own town then”. For efficiency, they only moved far enough away to glare back at the last guys (and have to clear minimal trees.)
