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A childless city is a poor city

August 12, 2013/in
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Colin McNickle

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

— a child-free city is anathema to the city in history and its very health, say scholars Joel Kotkin and Ali Modarres.
“Ever since cities first emerged thousands of years ago, they have been places where families could congregate and flourish,” the pair note, writing in the current edition of City Journal, published by the Manhattan Institute.

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