New York Magazine has a piece on what causes big cities to thrive based on a new book Triumph of the City. A few good tidbits here.
1.People live longer and have more productive lives in cities as opposed to the country. I guess the mythic countryside we all yearn for is not actually all that good for us!
2.The higher the average temperature in January, the higher home prices are."For every five degrees that a city’s January temperatures top the national average, its real-estate prices will beat the national mean by 3 percent..." So this explains the growth of warmer Southern climates.
A city's January temperature is the single best predictor of its prosperity.
I wonder how global climate change with impact the divide between North and South?
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