Urban Marginalization Alarming

Population growth and rural migration in urban areas, along with the rise in rents and home prices, have driven many people to the suburban areas of cities and consequently contributed to the rise in social harms. 
In the fiscal 2020-21, as many as 90,000 people were added to the population of those living in the suburban areas of metropolises and large cities. The total population of new towns exceeded one million, which was 2.2 times more than the annual average population of migrants over the last two decades, the Persian daily Arman-e Melli reported. 
Urban marginalization has deprived thousands, if not millions, of basic amenities; absence of security has led to the jump in crimes in these areas. The phenomenon is not restricted to Tehran. Marginalization is on the rise in smaller cities like Kurdestan and big cities such as Mashhad.