Mark Weaver wrote:

A) The LA basin isn't representative of the country as a whole, and

Agreed, but Fredricksburg, Va is now as crowded as Alexandria was just
20 years ago and the farms between Rockville and Fredrick Md have been
buried under houses and apartments, and ....

B) Nobody said there was no population growth going on 50 years ago -- 50
years ago the country was in the middle of the post WWII baby boom.

Thank you. I hear there's another boom starting.