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"BosWash" was the term E.F. Schumacher used for the east-coast conurbanation, in 1973. Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington. In Small is Beautifu
by dredmorbius 2y ago
"BosWash" was the term E.F. Schumacher used for the east-coast conurbanation, in 1973. Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington. In Small is Beautiful: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful>
It's sprawled more since.
Apparently the term was coined by Herman Kahn in 1967: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BosWash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BosWash>