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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Sure. But that’s some of the richest agricultural land in the country.
It’s still not clear to me why we’ve decided economic activity in an enormous country of 38 million people should be concentrated in two or three megacities. With the technology we have today, shouldn’t geographical proximity to other workers matter less and less?
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I think some of the reasons are:
1. Immigrants tend to go to city centers to be close to their own ethnic group.
2. City administrators have plans to increase the density of the inner cores.
3. The central neighborhoods are in high demand in order to reduce their commute, and to gain access to services and entertainment.
However, with the pandemic and technology, I think this is beginning to change to some degree. I see large groups of immigrants moving into my hometown, 100 miles from Toronto, and taking over large recently built neighborhoods.