News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Fruits of Immigration. Parent comment

Re:The Fruits of Immigration by anigbrowl on Monday July 18, 2011 @08:59PM (#2779136)
So? It's not like we are never going to build any more cities or that none of the existing towns are going to grow into cities in the future. Nor am I claiming that this is the only statistic that matters.

In any case, this is a curious objection to raise in a thread about a story documenting the inability of rural farmers to hire a productive labor force following a change in the law. Quite a lot of immigrants work in the agricultural sector and live a good way away from major cities.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Fruits of Immigration by sliverstorm on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @12:04AM (#2779566)
I'm not saying I'm afraid cities will overflow; I'm just attempting to further expand on the point that the people/land ratio is not as transparent and directly comparable between countries as it is sometimes assumed to be.
[ Parent | on HN ]