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Originally Posted by edale
So far, we have the following characteristics suggested as identifiers of east vs west:
- Presence of heavy industry
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Probably more like, historical presence and legacy of heavy industry, in order to distinguish from cities in the western US which have much more recently engaged in heavy manufacturing.
There's obviously major differences between cities that were built up in the age of iron forges and textile mills and those that were built up in the age of jet engine assembly and semiconductor fabrication plants.
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Originally Posted by Obadno
This list makes no sense. Age of Development? Tucson and Santa Fe were founded before the USA was founded. "Catholic" ? the southwest is all catholic. "Ethnic groups" the west has literally the oldest ones... "Heavy Industry" what do you think goes on in California, Washington? Rain? The rainiest places in the USA are in the west. Etc.
This list is awful.
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One can hardly claim that Tucson and Santa Fe (or anywhere else in the southwest, northwest, mountain west, etc. US for that matter) developed as cities earlier and in the same sense that eastern US cities developed.
We're talking about
American cities here -- that's the context. Not pueblos, not pre-Colonial settlements. You're attempting to make an argument that is way outside of the context of what everyone else is talking about.