In 1995 george gilder, an American writer, declared that "cities are leftover baggage from the industrial era." Electronic communications would become so easy and universal that people and businesses would have no need to be near one another. Humanity, Mr Gilder thought, was "headed for the death of cities". It hasn't turned out that way. People are still flocking to cities, especially in developing countries. Cisco's Mr Elfrink reckons that in the next decade 100 cities, mainly in Asia, will reach a population of more than 1m.
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