The rise and fall of manufacturing centers demonstrates economic gravity shifts: Manchester was the richest city around 1830-1840, then manufacturing shifted to the US East Coast, then to the Midwest around Chicago and Great Lakes, then to California, suggesting permanent reversal of urbanization patterns is possible.
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Mark FaberEvidence Quote
“Manchester was lucky it was the one of the richest cities in around 1830 1840 and then the manufacturing uh Center shifted more to the US”
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