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Shrinking city
Dense cities that have experienced notable population loss / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shrinking cities or urban depopulation are dense cities that have experienced a notable population loss. Emigration is a common reason for city shrinkage. Since the infrastructure of such cities was built to support a larger population, its maintenance can become a serious concern. A related phenomenon is counterurbanization.
![]() | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (May 2014) |
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