...irresistible markets to anyone with a surplus that can't be liquidated in a sparsely populated rural economy.
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Replying to @InaneImperium
yes, this is how they work cities are founded on, and live and die by, trade--inherently commercial
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Replying to @380kmh
Great, glad we agree. But nb even where, say, Puritans found Boston just for defense/administration/fishing, trade comes anyway.
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Replying to @InaneImperium
right--but notice how many cities founded for defense/admin never become *cities* in that sense? a lot just stay tiny
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Replying to @380kmh
Causally speaking, size/density of cities ca be driven (often) by stochastic processes. If they get big, pressures for trade are big
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Replying to @InaneImperium
you should definitely check out "The Economy of Cities" by Jane Jacobs
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Replying to @380kmh
I actually have "Life and Death" on my reading list. Btw, have you read "Darwinian Reactionary" essays on diversity/bio-semantics?
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Replying to @InaneImperium
I would skip Death and Life if I were you, literally all of her other books are more worthwhile
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Replying to @380kmh
Oh? It is the most famous one, so I feel like it must have made an impact for a reason. Pitch me on ignoring it for the other one?
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Replying to @InaneImperium
It is the most famous one mainly because it's her first--which is also why it's not as good as later books. It's like a draft
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Death and Life is just a collection of her observations about cities; Economy is a startling theory of how economies work
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