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		PhasmaFelis on Feb 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian fut... When people rhapsodize about the aesthetic appeal of densely packed cities, I always wonder how that translates into quality of life for the majority of residents, especially those below the poverty line.

thinkpad20 on Feb 23, 2018 [–]

Poverty exists within cities and without. I’m not sure how suburban sprawl is helpful to those in poverty.

nerfhammer on Feb 23, 2018 | [–]

Maybe it doesn't cause poverty so much as it allows you to see poverty, so it's natural to assume that cities must have created it.

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