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When Margarita Lugo de Castillo first started selling food from an outdoor stall here in 1945, this area had just begun to urbanize.
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Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
But more Chinese people are frequently swapping soup and noodle dishes for salads and sandwiches as the country urbanizes and growing numbers find employment in the private sector.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
South Korea, for example, has urbanized at blistering speed, with the percentage of people living in and around cities doubling between 1966 and 1986, from 33 to 67 percent.
—Monica Das Gupta, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2017
The urge to urbanize is hard-wired in us because cities are life.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
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Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
But more Chinese people are frequently swapping soup and noodle dishes for salads and sandwiches as the country urbanizes and growing numbers find employment in the private sector.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
South Korea, for example, has urbanized at blistering speed, with the percentage of people living in and around cities doubling between 1966 and 1986, from 33 to 67 percent.
—Monica Das Gupta, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2017
The urge to urbanize is hard-wired in us because cities are life.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
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“Urbanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanize. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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