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Well, I think it would make sense to look at cities that are on islands, peninsulas, or have navy bases or large ports.
For major cities: New Orleans, Boston, Miami, Charleston SC, Honolulu. For smaller cities, think about places like Key West, many of the resort towns of New Jersey like Cape May, and especially much of coastal New England.
Seattle's got to be up there...They've got a large cargo port in addition to a large fishing terminal while the downtown is basically connected to multiple islands by ferry. Although the fishing industry isn't as strong as it used to be Puget Sound still has a lot of commercial fisherman. I've also heard the statistic that the city has more boats per capita than any other major US city. Check out all the boat traffic on a summer day going through the Ballard Locks towards Puget Sound from Lake Union and Lake Washington.
Plus their baseball team is called the Mariners...
From the Mid-Atlantic up through New England for the Northeast.
Parts of southern Florida and the Gulf Coast for the South.
San Francisco up to Seattle for the west.
That is a starting point. My guess is that the highest concentration of places that are steeped in maritime history and economy are located between New York City and downeast Maine. For the West Coast, the whole area of northwestern Washington would be the equivalent.
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