[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Duisburg, Macau, San Francisco, Brussels, Rive-Sud of Montréal

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• Guardian Cities notes how the German hub of Duisburg is taking on an outsized role as a linchpin in China's overseas trade.


• The SCMP reports on the terrible level of poverty, and income inequality generally, in a Macau that is one of the richest cities in the world.


• This VICE report examining how people of normal, never mind modest, incomes can afford to live in the San Francisco area is eye-opening.


• Guardian Cities reports on the new street names being given to routes in the Belgian capital of Brussels.


• This Cyberpresse report on the transit ambitions of the municipalities of the Rive-Sud, the South Shore of Montréal, reminds me of discussions about GTA transit.