Would moving government offices out of Mexico City solve its overcrowding problem?

Jorge Valencia Nov 30, 2018
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Mexico's incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised to move federal offices out of the capital, and longer commutes are on the horizon. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

Would moving government offices out of Mexico City solve its overcrowding problem?

Jorge Valencia Nov 30, 2018
Mexico's incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised to move federal offices out of the capital, and longer commutes are on the horizon. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
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Mexico’s capital has long struggled with the problems of big cities: traffic, pollution, even water shortages. The country’s incoming president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has a controversial plan to reduce congestion by moving government offices out of the capital.

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