墨西哥城的人口从1950年的310万增加到1984年的1,700万,并且有逐渐超过世界上最大的城市东京的趋势。这种曾经被引为自豪的人口增长,现在却是一场灾难。以每天约1,000人的速度从农村不断涌人大批无业农民是这场灾祸的起因。人口过度拥挤、贫困、环境污染和腐败堕落搀杂在一起,不仅向世界所有其他大城市(尤其是第三世界的大城市),而且也向纽约或洛杉矶提出了警告:墨西哥城正发生的事情也在威胁着它们。 The population of Mexico City increased from 3.1 million in 1950 to 17 million in 1984 and has gradually outpaced that of Tokyo, the largest city in the world. This population growth, once prized, is now a catastrophe. The cause of this catastrophe is the continuous influx of unemployed peasants from the countryside at a rate of about 1,000 a day. The combination of overcrowding, poverty, environmental pollution and corruption has not only warned all other major cities in the world, especially in the Third World, but also New York or Los Angeles: what is happening in Mexico City Threatening them.