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hunter

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3. Millions of people in the U.S.A. pay huge rents to do exactly that.

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 01:07 PM

Jan 2015

If living in a dense urban area doesn't appeal to you, then live somewhere else.

In many cities it's all the wealthy people moving in who are forcing ordinary working people out.

Why is this?

For many people cities are a very desirable place to live.

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Low-energy urbanisation 'can help climate goals' (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Jan 2015 OP

The wealthy have some autonomy in their urban housing and so do the poor of "developing" nations. hunter Jan 2015 #1

Yeah, just imagine how low emissions could be dumbcat Jan 2015 #2

Millions of people in the U.S.A. pay huge rents to do exactly that. hunter Jan 2015 #3