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You might want to go ahead and concede this one now and chalk it up to a learning experience. The updated figures represent less than a 3% increase over the older figures. Do you know that the population of Tokyo will have to triple in 35 years and others cities will have to increase between 5 and 10 fold in those same 35 years to reach 23 cities of over 100 million? With growth rates between .05 and 3%, that ain't gonna happen.
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glad to be living in a country where the total country population yet needs YEARS to reach one million....
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I will put it this way, if the head of UN Habitat says 100 million in 2050. I will agree with him.
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You've got to be joking. Ever since I've moved to a smaller town I've been much happier - I like the relaxed atmosphere and the shorter distances. I don't think I could live in a big city like NY or Tokyo.
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yeah paindoos usually cant handle big cities.
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Fine fine.
Wasay thats a negative term to use. I always thought it meant a backwards/ignorant (or something along those lines) person? I could be wrong of course. And a person who prefers small cities might not wish to live in a place such as NYC. Asay kyun nahen kaha app nai.
(ps cm sorry for going off topic)
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okay so find-replace all "paindoo" with "gaaon walay"
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What does my preference for small cities have to do with being paindoo 
I prefer being closer to nature, rather than a cemented jungle called Chicago.
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The human population right now is increasing, but no longer exponentially. Therefore, growth has slowed. Which is different from saying that growth has decreased.
What you will see, if you do see anything, is the transition of smaller towns into cities, and then into big cities.
Overall, though, it seems that the human race is subject to the forces of a carrying capacity. Population ecologists are not sure, but they think we might be reaching the carrying capacity.
The theory of a megacity is absolutely improbable. You would need massive division of labor to manage the different areas of the city. And I doubt the infrastructure is there to develop one present city into such a big city.
I think your UN people need to talk to some population biologists. Oh right, the government people never listen to ecologists. They think they’re smarter.
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so when are you moving to the congo basin? I mean anyplace that has broad band access and TV is not really THAT close to nature 