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Sarah Beth Comfort
By Sarah Beth ComfortSep 04, 2014
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What is it that displaces people from their native lands? War? Poverty? The dream of a better life? The answer is quite often a combination of all of the above. As part of the GOOD Cities Project, we explore which metropolitan centers across the globe have the highest concentrations of immigrant populations. From Dubai to Dallas, Los Angeles to Oslo, take a closer look at where the world’s diaspora live.

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