Abandoned by some city dwellers who are increasingly seeking a more natural environment, major cities can nonetheless count on one major advantage to add to their populations: the continually growing attraction of new information and communications technologies.
Since the onset of the pandemic, the question of counter-urbanization has cropped up a lot in all kinds of conversations. Everyone is fantasizing about escaping from the concrete jungle to live in the country. Having said that, large population centers still have some key advantages and the internet may be contributing to their appeal, suggests a new study published in the Journal Plos One.
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