GEOG 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Short Sea Shipping, New Netherland, Primate City
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New york is the primate city arguably of u. s. and even the world. Rst rank: capital: head, metropolis: mother city. all these words just mean the city dominates, a country"s leading city is always disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national capacity and feeling. mark jefferson. New york dominates the whole of the western hemisphere post. New york is overwhelming; its total assets are nearly eight times those of its nearest rival, chicago. goodwin. New york is like the emperor that runs the country -prof. Fifth avenue the heart of american wealth, concentration of wealth on this street, hotel, family residences. Thither ows an unending stream of the young and ambitious in search of fame and fortune, and there fame and fortune are found. mark jefferson law of the primate. If i can make it there, i"ll make it anywhere!