What If The Cost Of Living In Cities Has Started To Outweigh The Benefits?

A new paper provides evidence that city life may be losing its shine.

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In the United States and across the world, people have spent the past century migrating to cities in order to seek better economic opportunities. Central America, for instance, has one of the highest urbanization rates, a consequence of people moving out of economically deprived rural …