Thread: What if Los Angeles became the largest city in the US?
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Old Posted Oct 22, 2019, 1:59 AM
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Both of those cities are in danger of running out of water soon. Growing populations will only exacerbate that.
Mexico City yes. São Paulo definitely not. It gets 1,500 of rainfall every year. Brazil is the country with the largest freshwater resevoirs in the world, more than the next two countries combined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ater_resources

If São Paulo is at risk, what to say about New York and Los Angeles? That's really a non issue. São Paulo is slowing down because TFR is falling, but it's been a soft landing. As 2017, there are still nearly 3x more births in São Paulo metro area than deaths: 310k and 130k. 16 years ago, it was almost the same: 331k and 109k.