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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City#/media/File:GezichtOpNieuwAmsterdam.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City#/medi... Even New York started out looking like a small town. There are lots of places that look like this in California today, and are under comparable economic pressure to grow. They're just choosing not to respond.