Note that all of these cites are located on major rivers or trade routes. In the past this made large concentrations of people and industry in these areas viable and profitable.
For the past 100 years, not so much. These urban centers lack their prior justification for their existence and are a drain on society in general.
67 posted on 06/12/2009 11:59:46 AM PDT by bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
These urban centers lack their prior justification for their existence and are a drain on society in general.
Hey, stop dragging logic into this.
100 posted on 06/12/2009 1:23:21 PM PDT by Terabitten
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