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Bucharest Becomes Crowded Capital
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ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-29-2004
Dateline: BUCHAREST, Romania
No parking spaces. Crippling traffic jams. Sky-high rents. Is this London, Rome, or Athens? No, it's Bucharest, where communism and capitalism have conspired to make it Europe's most crowded capital.
The crowding began when dictator Nicolae Ceausescu set out to industrialize Romania overnight by forcing peasants into factories and making them live in tiny apartments in the capital. The inflow continues today, as rootless young people come seeking their fortune.
Romanians "come here like it's Mecca, thinking ...
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Magazine article from: Fanfare
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Magazine article from: Notes
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
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