How Mexico City Grew So LARGE And Why It's Facing An Existential Problem

Listen to the companion podcast episode here: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geographybygeoff/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@geographybygeoff Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/geography-is-everything Linktree for everything: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff Mexico City is the largest city in North America by far at about 22 million people in its metro area. But despite being such an overwhelmingly dominant city, it's facing an existential crisis due to some absolutely god awful geography. So how did Mexico City grow to be so large? And what does its future hold if it can't fix its underlying issues? Templo Mayor image by GAED - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21219627 Stock footage is acquired from www.storyblocks.com. Animation support provided by DH Designs (needahittman.com)