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Population dispersal would reduce economic productivity, leading to poverty: https://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v86y1996i1p54-70.html

"Using data on gross state output, the authors find that a doubling of employment density increases average labor productivity by around 6 percent. More than half of the variance of output per worker across states can be explained by differences in the density of economic activity."