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Pope George Ringo II

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8. Yes it does

Reply to Not Ruth (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 02:16 PM

Aug 2017

The refineries are near the port because that's where the tankers are. The oil companies are spread out but there's a limit to how far from the port they'll go. Between the refineries, the energy sector generally, and the port you have a huge percentage of the industrial base that drives the city. The largest medical center in the world has to follow the population, as do service and support industries.
Ultimately, cities weren't built somewhere in the first place because somebody decided it was pretty. Geography always wins these arguments.

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