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You literally cannot grow sufficient food to feed the population of the city within the city. Every city requires massive rural areas for sustenance.
Rural areas have sufficient abundance to both sustain themselves and the cities.
But there's no jobs in rural areas. That's why they're emptying out
Why is "a job" considered so essential to life?
Everything costs money for some reason
When you understand that reason, you'll understand why it doesn't need to be so.