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City life can be incredibly stressful, and it appears humans aren’t the only urban inhabitants affected by the tension. According to a recent study, birds feel it, too.
Cities are complex systems. One visible artery of the city is traffic – the cluster of moving people and flowing goods – and mobility is critical for a city’s life.
Urbanization is often touted as a solution to the world’s various ills. It’s been heralded as a fix for issues such as poverty, mass migration, and climate change. Cities will make our societies healthier and more productive. Cities will make us happy. Cities are our inevitable future—or so we’re told.
Living the city life to you may mean having everything, but did you notice these missing things?
