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When Cities Became Infrastructure

Most people think cities are places where people live and work.

But cities support something much larger.

Population concentration.

Service concentration.

Economic concentration.

Infrastructure concentration.

Modern civilization increasingly operates through cities.

The skyline is visible.

The civilization infrastructure is not.

#DGCP #Cities #UrbanSystems #Infrastructure #Civilization #SystemsThinking

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