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Why COVID-19 won't kill cities

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageCities are breeding grounds for creativity – and infectious diseases. Salvator Barki/Moment via Getty Images

Editor’s note: For those of you who live in cities, ask yourself: What it is about your urban lifestyle that makes it worth it despite the pollution, the noise and the traffic? Perhaps it’s the hundreds of unique...

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