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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “In a short few decades we've moved from a rural to an urban way of life, and before long we shall be a nation with a…”

On the recordMay 13, 1962
In a short few decades we've moved from a rural to an urban way of life, and before long we shall be a nation with a vastly extended population, living in great urban areas in housing that does not now exist, served by community facilities that do not now exist, and moved about by means of transportation systems that do not now exist.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks by Telephone to the Mayors' Conference at Miami Beach.

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