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Home to three out of every five Icelanders, Greater Reykjavik is composed of the neighbouring municipalities of Seltjarnarnes , northwest of the city centre, Mosfellsbaer to the northeast, and, in the southwest Hafnafjordur, Gardabaer and Kopavogur , the last three of which are passed through by the road into the city centre from from Keflavik airport. Comprising row upon row of neat, tidy suburban dwellings of dormitory overspill for Reykjavik, all but Hafnafjordur hold little of interest to the visitor. During the past twenty or thirty years several of these places, in particular Kopavogur and Gardabaer, have grown enormously, sending shivers down the spines of city planners and politicians in Reykjavik who admit to fighting a losing battle to stem the flow of people from the villages and towns in the rest of the country, and new tax breaks and other incentives are constantly being dreamed up to prevent population overload - and ever-rising prices - in Reykjavik. Whether these measures succeed in the long term remains to be seen
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