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I'm not a history expert, but wasn't it basically the industrial revolution that made the city important? Before then, most people were farmers, and the cities
by jensen123 11y ago
I'm not a history expert, but wasn't it basically the industrial revolution that made the city important? Before then, most people were farmers, and the cities didn't matter that much, no? Ok, so how do the latest technological developments, such as computers and Internet affect things? It makes online shopping and remote work possible, so you no longer need a city for those things. The only thing that I can see that you still really need a big city for is an interesting social life, and admittedly, that is important.
- ghaff 11y ago>but wasn't it basically the industrial revolution that made the city important Not really. Cities were important since basically the transition from hunter-gatherers to agriculture going back to Babylon and Nineveh. >The only thing that I can see that you still really need a big city for is an interesting social life, and admittedly, that is important. Which isn't to everyone's tastes but there does appear to be real and perceived value in concentrating specific industries. As others have remarked many times, it's ironic that the industry that should be among the most amenable to being distributed has instead so concentrated in specific places like the Bay area. (With the result that so many people have convinced themselves their life is over if they can't work there that they'll put most of their income into a crappy apartment.)