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by kalleboo 4619 days ago
Meanwhile the Japanese countryside is depopulating at an amazing rate, leaving ghost towns in their wake, with elementary schools built for 700 students housing 2.
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That's not necessarily a bad thing! People move to cities to find a better life, and they usually find it. That's great unless you think a life of rural poverty is some kind of noble virtue.

The global population is 7.1 billion and rising fast. We should all cheer when we hear these statistics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization#Environmental_eff...