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#116: Are Cities Bad for Mental Health? (ft. Andrew J. Steir)

It's Not Just In Your Head

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Urban Scaling Theory

In a community like Stye Town, there's a sense that people will look out for you because you're familiar in the city. But where we go in the country, I decided I'd get to know my neighbors and people were so unused to talking about their lives. The idea of urban scaling theory came from biology but it can be applied to all kinds of social situations. We see it in kind of how fast people grow with higher incomes or how fast new inventions are created.

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