When Western businesses and Western culture flow into smaller, more local areas:
a. they remove all aspects of local indigenous culture.
b. they are themselves changed by local conditions.
c. they are usually rejected out right by rural inhabitants.
d. they create a dynamic environment of upward growth and creativity.
ANSWER:
b
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