Farming and natural resources generally. Where there was a mine to open or lumber to chop a town would spring up. Otherwise you'd typically get small towns spr

Farming and natural resources generally. Where there was a mine to open or lumber to chop a town would spring up. Otherwise you'd typically get small towns springing up in the middle of farming areas. But back then a family might have 100 or 200 acres so you'd get a lot of people in a fairly small area. Now with modern tech farms can be 10 times that and corporations probably own most of them so they don't each have their own family. Thank you as well. It was a good one for thinking about stuff even if we disagree on the basic idea. :)