Big Ideas For Busy PeopleCities at their heart is the absence of space. Cities are the closeness and proximity of the people. The most dense countries have 50% higher incomes than incomes in the least dense counties. Our 3 largest metropolitan areas produce more than 18% of our national GDP. If all areas GDP would rise to the level of out metropolitan areas the national GDP would rise 43%. Now more than 50% of our population lives in urban areas. Cities are machines for learning because we learn from each other. We are social species that get smart from being around other smart people. Cities make it so that ideas don’t get lost within translation. Cities have become more and more important over time.
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