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Brotendo88 t1_iup310d wrote

The short answer is capitalism and racism. Poor, immigrant, and Black neighborhoods were bulldozed to make way for the highways.

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Jmac3366 t1_iuqm2s7 wrote

Part of it is that but the larger reason was to have direct access to the port of providence which at the time was much more important than today

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ananda_yogi t1_iuqzi2c wrote

I would argue the former is actually a very large reason and it shouldn't be disregarded. It's fairly obvious how the East end is completely blocked off from poorer neighborhoods via the highway.

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