@Amalek_Respector @WilhelmIII @Some_German_Guy @Bunsen The city being a source of economic activity is mostly an accounting fiction in 2024 America. When cities were shipping powerhouses with factories on shorelines to get to boats fast, sure.

But what we've seen post covid is that most of them are now office jobs of questionable real value and headquarters to things like pharma companies, while their R&D labs and production facilities are elsewhere ( where the land isn't so expensive )