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Production has always moved to where it was cheapest. For example, that's why manufacturers used to be located along waterways, because transporting the materia
by skookumchuck 10y ago
Production has always moved to where it was cheapest. For example, that's why manufacturers used to be located along waterways, because transporting the materials was cheapest over water.
- bogomipz 10y agoThats not the same at all or even true. Land with access to a waterway was never "cheaper" than non-waterfront land. They were located there because it was the quickest route to market.
- skookumchuck 10y agoWater was by far the cheapest way to get goods to market until railroads came along.
- bogomipz 10y agoNo it was not and that just defies all business logic. Do you really believe that a freight forwarder using steam ships that could guarantee your delivery in matter of days vs a matter of weeks via a service that employed horses didn't charge a premium for that service? What would be the point of that?
- skookumchuck 10y agoWhy do you think towns and cities are usually located adjacent to navigable waterways and natural harbors, going back thousands of years? Take a trip down the Rhein river some day. There's a medieval castle at every opportunity next to the river. They were built to extract tax from the river traffic. The Rhein was the highway through Germany until railroads.
- bobosha 10y agoyou contradict yourself as well as you can quickest=cheapest
- bogomipz 10y agoI didn't contradict myself at all. Speed and price are two separate concerns. One does not imply the other.