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Re:Rents in Megacities Can't Go Up Forever by AJ007 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @10:07AM (#13939831)
This book does a good job of explaining why: https://www.amazon.com/New-Geography-Jobs-Enrico-Moretti/dp/...

Pretty much it is a networking effect issue. The same reason why you are posting this on hackernews instead of reddit. Physical proximity matters a lot, even when work is digital.

Re:Rents in Megacities Can't Go Up Forever by bpicolo on Friday March 24, 2017 @08:56AM (#13948568)
Ordered a copy. Thanks for the suggestion! I've been looking to read a bit more non-fiction :)