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      How City Size Boosts the Economy [Video]

      Data from hundreds of U.S. cities show that, on average, larger cities produce more wealth and innovation per capita than smaller ones do

      • By Davide Castelvecchi on August 17, 2011
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      Davide Castelvecchi

      Davide Castelvecchi is a senior reporter at Nature in London covering physics, astronomy, mathematics and computer science.

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