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Originally Posted by Docere
In the Western world, West sides have traditionally been more affluent and east sides more working class and industrial. It's true of London and most British cities, most Canadian cities, and in Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, Budapest etc. US doesn't really have this pattern though.
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Maybe it's just a coincidence that these cities all have affluent west sides? I would imagine that if a bit more investigating is done, one will find very specific reasons for these patterns in each city. Seems a bit far fetched to imply that European cities intentionally developed wealthy west sides based on "tradition".