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such modern megacities as São Paulo and Mexico City
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The International Land-Sea Center rises 1,503 feet above the dense skyline of Chongqing, a mountainous megacity in southwestern China.
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Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe, Architectural Digest, 7 Apr. 2026
Hospitality heavyweights like Orient Express, The Ritz-Carlton, Aman and Four Seasons are taking their brand of high-end service to the high seas, betting that affluent travelers would rather board a boutique yacht than a floating megacity.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
The fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is delicately strung together: a mainland with a populace that spills onto several islands in a lagoon that brushes against the Atlantic Ocean.
—Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
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Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe, Architectural Digest, 7 Apr. 2026
Hospitality heavyweights like Orient Express, The Ritz-Carlton, Aman and Four Seasons are taking their brand of high-end service to the high seas, betting that affluent travelers would rather board a boutique yacht than a floating megacity.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
The fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is delicately strung together: a mainland with a populace that spills onto several islands in a lagoon that brushes against the Atlantic Ocean.
—Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megacity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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