would you like me to whip up a more comprehensive list? it was just the first that popped into mind
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Baltimore is another fun inclusion: why did they put it on a dead-end harbor instead of at the mouth of the Susquehanna? This created a lot of interior access problems until railways were invented--ditto for Boston and the Merrimack
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On that note--isn't it weird that New Haven is nowhere near the mouth of the Connecticut? Even tho Hartford is on the river...people had to go overland between them, eventually building canals, but no better location rose to prominence over NH
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Well the Jews hate the water so it's the only place they could have a big city but a huge amount of their trade went to the phonecians on the Mediterranean
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