And are impotent to solve, b/c London has what those northern cities do not--which is why people try to live there, etc
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Be that as it may, the northern cities can't be made suddenly desirable by fiat--London's size is a crucial part of what makes it desirable
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London didn't get to where it is today by "attracting" industry & wealth, but by *creating* it, and that creative capacity is what drew ppl
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It drew people, I would add, despite severe *disincentives* like industrial pollution and crowding.
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They don't "see" it that way, it *is* that way--if a northern city became a place to succeed, it would start picking up quick growth too
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Struggling cities cajole and beg for transplanted industries from successful cities *all the time* here in the USA too, guess what?
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It never works out after the fact! For all the effort of *thousands* of mayors around the country, NYC, DC, and SF are still the best bets
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Economic growth has a logic of its own and doesn't get moved around. The Soviets tried this too, concerned abt concentration in Moscow...
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...to no avail. Stagnant outlying cities stayed stagnant.
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Obviously *something* makes cities grow--but it's not by having people and companies shipped to them from some city that actually works
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