TIL there exists a concept called a "primate city". It is a city much larger than a country's other cities. Bangkok has 13x the people of Thailand's 2nd city Chiang Mai. This has lead to the study of "urban macrocephaly" -the excessive concentration of people/$$$/power into one city.

TIL there exists a concept called a "primate city". It is a city much larger than a country's other cities. Bangkok has 13x the people of Thailand's 2nd city Chiang Mai. This has lead to the study of "urban macrocephaly" -the excessive concentration of people/$$$/power into one city.