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From the Ted Talk by Mark Raymond: Victims of the city

Unscramble the Blue Letters

But as we all know, that process grew also on a kind of mcaro scale as well. We have the elouivotn and the development of this big conurbation that stretches from Port of Spain to the west and over to Arouca in the east and seems to be continuing. So we've developed into this concept or idea that far exceeds the original Laws of the Indies plan. And it's turned into a complex arrangement and matrix of infrastructures and colmepx issues, issues that, in many ways, have led to a lot of problems. They've led to a lot of infrastructural problems. And we share this with many, many cities in the world. Cities all over the world are expanding, they're inarsiencg, they're undergoing the same type of dpemnveoelt that we've undergone to the point where the onigrail Port of Spain and the downtown Port of Spain that used to comprise the city, used to constitute the city, has now turned into this sort of megalopolis, this sprawl, and it's difficult to comprehend. And when we think of the problems, we think of the infrastructural problems: the water, the power, the traffic congestion, the cmire, the segregation, the polarization that exists, the situation that has led to what's hpeaenpd in this ctrouny recently with the state of emergency ... Sometimes it seems completely iaulnunmosbrte. It seems like we've got to a point where we can't really crotonl it in the way that we can control that original plan. We can't really control this aormyne. It's almost as if we're victims of the city, rather than poeple that have willingly or willfully designed the city or formulated the city.

Open Cloze

But as we all know, that process grew also on a kind of _____ scale as well. We have the _________ and the development of this big conurbation that stretches from Port of Spain to the west and over to Arouca in the east and seems to be continuing. So we've developed into this concept or idea that far exceeds the original Laws of the Indies plan. And it's turned into a complex arrangement and matrix of infrastructures and _______ issues, issues that, in many ways, have led to a lot of problems. They've led to a lot of infrastructural problems. And we share this with many, many cities in the world. Cities all over the world are expanding, they're __________, they're undergoing the same type of ___________ that we've undergone to the point where the ________ Port of Spain and the downtown Port of Spain that used to comprise the city, used to constitute the city, has now turned into this sort of megalopolis, this sprawl, and it's difficult to comprehend. And when we think of the problems, we think of the infrastructural problems: the water, the power, the traffic congestion, the _____, the segregation, the polarization that exists, the situation that has led to what's ________ in this _______ recently with the state of emergency ... Sometimes it seems completely ______________. It seems like we've got to a point where we can't really _______ it in the way that we can control that original plan. We can't really control this _______. It's almost as if we're victims of the city, rather than ______ that have willingly or willfully designed the city or formulated the city.

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Original Text

But as we all know, that process grew also on a kind of macro scale as well. We have the evolution and the development of this big conurbation that stretches from Port of Spain to the west and over to Arouca in the east and seems to be continuing. So we've developed into this concept or idea that far exceeds the original Laws of the Indies plan. And it's turned into a complex arrangement and matrix of infrastructures and complex issues, issues that, in many ways, have led to a lot of problems. They've led to a lot of infrastructural problems. And we share this with many, many cities in the world. Cities all over the world are expanding, they're increasing, they're undergoing the same type of development that we've undergone to the point where the original Port of Spain and the downtown Port of Spain that used to comprise the city, used to constitute the city, has now turned into this sort of megalopolis, this sprawl, and it's difficult to comprehend. And when we think of the problems, we think of the infrastructural problems: the water, the power, the traffic congestion, the crime, the segregation, the polarization that exists, the situation that has led to what's happened in this country recently with the state of emergency ... Sometimes it seems completely insurmountable. It seems like we've got to a point where we can't really control it in the way that we can control that original plan. We can't really control this anymore. It's almost as if we're victims of the city, rather than people that have willingly or willfully designed the city or formulated the city.

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