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The World Economic Forum projects that in the next decade, nearly half of all global GDP growth will come from about 400 cities. As this blog explains, for online gig workers, urbanization seems to be a stronger force than digitization. Just because a job can be completed from anywhere, workers prioritize higher income, greater job opportunities, and better access to healthcare - all of which is found working in cities.

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