How Do Cities Change Over Time?

Cities are like living things, they grow and change over time. Imagine a city as a tree: when it starts, it’s just a small sapling with a few houses around it. But as more people come to live there, the city grows bigger, adding new roads, buildings, and even parks. Sometimes cities get crowded and busy, like a full-grown tree with lots of leaves. Other times, they might slow down or even shrink if not enough people stay.

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Examples

  1. A small town with only one street grows into a bustling city when more people move in.
  2. Old buildings are replaced by new ones as the city changes over time.
  3. Parks and roads appear in places where there were once just fields.

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