[URBAN NOTE] Five world cities: Madrid, São Paulo, New York City, Jakarta, Ottawa and Montréal

[rfmcdonald]

• This is a nice study of the life of some Latin American migrant communities in Madrid, over at the Inter Press Society.


• Gentrification has driven the techno music of São Paulo from its haunts. VICE's Noisey reports.


• This New York Times study examining some potential fixes for the New York City subway system is illuminating.


• Jakarta is particularly vulnerable to flooding, as a city at sea level facing subsidence. National Geographic reports.


• Are home prices in Ottawa and Montréal starting to ascend sharply in the manner of Toronto and Vancouver? GLobal News reports.

Comments

[dewline]

As someone living in Ottawa, home prices will always be out of reach for me.