[URBAN NOTE] Four city links: global distribution, smaller cities, AI in cities, shopping mall music

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• Marginal Revolution links to a paper suggesting that whereas cities in developed countries tend to be spread evenly across resource-rich agricultural areas, cities in developing countries tend to cluster near coasts where transport is easier.


• At In Medias Res, Russell Arben Fox responds to Krugman in considering what role there is for smaller cities and towns in the 21st century.


• Tracey Lauriault at Policy Options argues that, in projects like Google's involvement in Toronto's Quayside, the underlying values of the AI systems used should always be thoughtfully considered. What do they represent?


• Dangerous Minds shares the oddly haunting YouTube videos of a man who plays classic 1980s pop songs in deserted shopping malls.