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Huge cities dramatically boost resident social interactions

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Cramming millions of people into tiny vertical boxes is an antisocial person's ultimate nightmare, but a networking miracle. Agglomeration effects mean sheer density exponentially increases the likelihood of highly random, incredibly beneficial knowledge spillovers.

Huge cities dramatically boost resident social interactions
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