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		geogra4 on Sept 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Commuting Principle That Shaped Urban History Whether we like it or not, it's already happening. https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/06/2019-Revision-%E2... But this doesn't really solve the city/urban problem as the vast majority of economic growth occurs in cities and the continual migration of rural to urban happens even when total population is shrinking.

spodek on Sept 3, 2019 [–]

That chart shows a positive growth rate beyond 2100, which means continued exponential growth, not a decreasing population.

Lowering population alone doesn't solve every problem, but without it, many problems are unsolvable.

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