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“What researchers found, after intensive analysis, was that high-density urban areas were correlated with dramatically higher levels of upward mobility. As the compactness of a region doubles, they write, “the likelihood that a child born into the bottom fifth of the national income distribution will reach the top fifth by age 30 increases by about 41 percent.” Spread-out urban sprawl, however, tends to maintain class distinctions from one generation to the next.”
(Via Facebook)