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Galveston already had them....... they considered Houston because they realized how much risk they faced on the island.
Galveston had no industries. You are mistaken.
In Fact TEXAS had very little industries that were not directly related to agriculture at the time. By the time industries (such as oil in HOuston, Finance in DAllas, etc) were taking hold in Texas, Galveston was already dead.
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New Orleans was the richest city in the North America at one point. It was All that and a bag of chips when NY was a fledgling
It was a major port for riches fromthe caribbean.
Most stuff from that area all had to pass through NOLA before it went up the mississippi.
Most of the lists we have today, back then NOLA would have been number one in all of them.
New York would not have come close. Chicago was puny back then and LA was not even settled.
A fun fact is that the reason Louisiana Purchase happened was because the US then wanted to acquire New Orleans, which at the time was the most prosperous port in the western hemisphere, all the extra land which was 1/3 the size of the country was really just a bonus to go along with New Orleans.
You're right.
Chicago had them, and they had it bad- But Chicago is a huge city, so it wasn't as bad of an impact the way Newark was hit.
Newark had a population over 440K at one point, mostly white, and it is only 23 square miles- So the white flight and race riots in Newark was dramatic. The city went from being nearly 60% white to now, 17% White.
It's been making unbelievable strides lately ever since the city elected Booker for mayor- So the city is somewhat getting back up..
Even a few of Newarks inner-ring suburbs experienced huge white flights because of the general small land masses. East Orange is a big suburb with about a 90% Black population, and Irvington is about 80% Black. These 2 suburbs combined have a total population of about 120K
Especially since Newark was at the top in terms of having ans Industrial job market- Which is what brought lot of blacks who came from the south and replaced those jobs during WWII.
Newark is not 17% white it is 27% white you are off by ten percent .
A fun fact is that the reason Louisiana Purchase happened was because the US then wanted to acquire New Orleans, which at the time was the most prosperous port in the western hemisphere, all the extra land which was 1/3 the size of the country was really just a bonus to go along with New Orleans.
The crazy part is that the U.S. only wanted New Orleans, but because of the revolt in Haiti; Napoleon just gave it all up for a little of nothing.
Another interesting fact: The current state of Louisiana was not considered the Louisiana territory. It was the Territory of Orleans, while the rest of the Louisiana was the Louisiana Territory. New Orleans was known as the "Island of Orleans".
I disagree. A city doesn't need an arbitrary amount of people to be considered "major."
I agree. It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion in the ocean. I tell that to my girl every day. That said, having a single major company located in your city doesn't necessarily make your city major. With that logic, Bentonville, Arkansas is a major city.
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Insurance industry professionals who work in Midtown and the Loop answer to CEOs in Omaha and Hartford.
That's a bit of an overstatement. Omaha and Hartford are home to some very important institutions (Berkshire, Mutual of Omaha, The Hartford, Travelers, Aetna, etc)...but to suggest that insurance professionals in Midtown all have to answer to Omaha & Hartford is absurd. In case you hadn't noticed, there are quite a few majors in Manhattan too: MetLife, New York Life, AIG...with Prudential located minutes away in Newark.
So yes, there are a few very influential companies located in Hartford & Omaha...but to imply they are the ones calling the shots of the entire industry is a big stretch.
And once again, one or two major companies doesn't necessarily make a city "major". In fact, it's very comparable to when you said "a city doesn't need an arbitrary amount of people to be major". I totally agree. I think it takes several things: private company influence, major educational institutions, sizable (not necessarily huge) population, significant GDP, perhaps government influence, then to a lesser extent cultural attractions like museums, etc.
That only has to do with municipal growth, not metro area growth which is county-based.
Well, no. There was not much growth of any kind in Franklin County, except for the state government and tOSU. Columbus tied water and sewer service to annexation, and in the 1970s started grabbing land out to and past I-270, and into adjoining counties. Bottom line: If a company wanted to build along I-270, taking advantage of tax breaks and relatively inexpensive land, and it also wanted water and sewer service, that company had to agree to have its land annexed into the city.
A fun fact is that the reason Louisiana Purchase happened was because the US then wanted to acquire New Orleans, which at the time was the most prosperous port in the western hemisphere, all the extra land which was 1/3 the size of the country was really just a bonus to go along with New Orleans.
It's ironic that N.O. has turned into such a pit.
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