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World Development Report 2009

[Waco]

Boo hoo, oh boo hoo.

[101voodoo]

There is a valid reason why 95% of the people live on 10% of the available land, which of course are the urban areas. By living in the cities they do not have to travel as far to pick up their welfare checks from the gubmint.

[RayChuang88]

This trend is not surprising considering that even during the ancient times, if you wanted to be successful you had to go to the cities. That’s why places like Athens, Rome, Jeruselem, etc. became vitally important centers of economic and political power back then.

[blueplum]

so much for the theory of global overpopulation

best regards, blu

[Taichi]

Obama’s election is proof of this. Look at a map break down of the voting and it's obvious the majority of the country in the outlying areas went Republican but the concentration of “urban” voters in the cities gave the electoral votes to The One.