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Originally Posted by brickell
If we take the whole southern US, there was a big shift from the coasts (Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington) to points further inland (Atlanta, Colombia, Charlotte).
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that's a shift that has always perplexed me because in the northeast the early colonial seaport powerhouses (NYC, Philly, boston) have maintained their stature for centuries. why did the south flip? why isn't savannah a metro area of 4-5 million people today?