But that is not the case for many cities that have risen, often anarchically, on a coastal arc from China to the Arabian Sea, luring millions in search of a better life.
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Case in point is Windows Phone, as Microsoft has just announced that it's adopted traffic information from Nokia into the Maps app of its mobile OS. In addition to providing Windows Phone users in the US with more detailed overviews of traffic flows and congestion, the functionality will soon become available for many cities across the globe.
For many host cities, the curse has overshadowed the blessing.
At the very least, fewer competitors in the business--and bond insurers would need to maintain the highest rating to stay in the game--would raise the cost of bond issuance for many smaller cities and make some projects too expensive to finance.
Remember that once-stable municipalities like Jefferson County, Alabama, and Stockton, California have all filed for bankruptcy and many other cities and towns stand on the brink.
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Tier-one cities suffered the sharpest decline as many residents left their cities for vacations or to return to their ancestral homes during the holidays.
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But an NRA spokesman noted that crime has been dropping in many cities nationwide for decades, regardless of the gun laws.
New technologies, such as the typewriter, allowed many women to support themselves financially for the first time, and many flocked to the cities.
So today, many cities are looking for more innovative, cost-effective approaches to managing their polluted storm water.
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The Toronto firm considered as many as 15 cities for its new headquarters, but only one ever really had a chance.
Lord Grocott referred to the recent referendums on installing directly elected mayors for many of England's biggest cities, in which only Bristol voted in favour and low voter turnout was common.
But over the past decade many cities have gone for broke with dense condo and rental housing and have produced far more product, often at very high cost, than the market can reasonably bear.
Our ranking of the best cities for job growth includes many college towns--from Fargo, N.
ResultSource booked us for various speaking events in many of our cities during our 2010 book tour, where we went to 23 cities over 3.5 months on the Delivering Happiness bus.
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Consider Yelp, a popular site for finding and reviewing local businesses in many large cities.
In many cities it can be harder for Mexicans to integrate with other groups given that they are so numerous.
The Queen told MPs and peer the HS2 project would provide "further opportunities for economic growth in many of Britain's cities".
Damage from the tsunami and nuclear accident prompted many to leave towns and villages for big cities, sapping energy out of communities.
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Mr Bertrand also urged people to visit elderly friends, neighbours and relatives - especially those living on their own during the holiday season, when the French traditionally vacate the cities for the countryside, including many care workers, doctors and nurses.
Many of these smaller cities are becoming hubs for fast growing industries such as electronics, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and machinery.
But many major towns and cities now organise events for St George's Day and Mr Clemence said the gap between the profile of the two days was narrowing.
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This year, as has been true for many years now, all across this nation, in cities and towns thousands of miles away from here, families are saying a word of thanks to a Senator they never knew or met because a Pell Grant helped open the door to college.
For many years San Jose has been one of the safest large cities in the United States.
Tree-sellers scour distant mountainsides for older trees (though when uprooted and moved to cities many do not survive).
Yet there is a shortage of safe water for drinking and sanitation in many places, not least in the cities to which so many people are now flocking.
If you or someone you know is over 50, has been out of work for many months and lives in one of the Platform to Employment cities, I urge you to consider enrolling in its program.
For many people who live there, Rio is a tale of two cities: the best place to live, the worst place to live.
If organisers get their way, future championships may feature even more punishing travel schedules, with cities in a dozen countries hosting matches for twice as many teams.
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Just as urban planner Robert Moses shaped the way many modern cities are structured, Jobs set the standard for how digital music is bought, consumed, and (sometimes) created.
One who is sceptical is Gustavo Franco, a former central-bank president, who points out that many states and cities still have big hidden liabilities, for example, in their pension schemes.
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