Two-thirds of postwar Los Angeles homes were built on hillside lots

Evidence

In Los Angeles, a few pioneers had begun to build hillside homes in the 1920s, and the hills became the site of mass building after World War II: In the 1950s, two-thirds of the city’s new homes were on hillside lots. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 671

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• Floodplain residential construction skyrocketed in postwar boom cities #complicates (0.75) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 682