And are impotent to solve, b/c London has what those northern cities do not--which is why people try to live there, etc
...instead of those cities closer to resources, or home to large mill complexes. What made London different? That's the key here.
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Yeah, works for me. I'm not offering other solutions because I don't know of any that reliably work. But there's one option that might...
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...which would be to divide the country itself, so that successor states could mint their own currency, set their own trade policies, etc...
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...this worked to bring Norway back from the grinding poverty and interminable stagnation it endured while united with Sweden.
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This also worked for Slovakia; Bratislava was never able to compete with Prague while they were part of the same country and using same $$$
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Yeah Norway and Slovakia really hurting these days huh
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The expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia really impoverished both parties too didn't it
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I agree with p much 100% of the rest of your case & this doesn't change it. But IR way more a Northern phenomenon than a Southern one
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Maybe I just misread your wording. But damn! Look at those wonderful town halls and lavish old city centres across N. Built on IR wealth
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When Sir Edward Watkin (pbuh) wanted to build the 1906 chunnel legend has it the key goal was connecting Manchester + N to continent!
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Ofc, we mothballed and destroyed the existing high speed line he already built between LDN & N in 1967

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wait now what now? Which line was this?
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Thank you!!
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Watkin last great Victorian guy imo. Saw Eiffel Tower and tried to build bigger better one in LDN. Invented the tube. Nearly built chunnel
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So *build more housing*
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