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Comment by kaycebasques

8 years ago

> “Cities are supposed to impoverish the regions directly around them in this way, as well.”

Where’d you hear that?

Where’d you hear that?

I read it in an Indian social geography paper while writing an undergraduate Geography "101" paper. (The course number was actually 1)

  • The Indian model is very different: cities create large "suburban" slums and poor villages around them. Not because of resources, but because of overpopulation.