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What If? WI: All Of The Worlds Urban Areas Vanish?
The earlier statement that cities of around ~64,000 in size remain fine makes me doubtful of such. Why I think Appalachia is poised to do good is the general absence of cities much larger than that limit (beyond exceptions like Knoxville and Pittsburgh) within it, ensuring minimal disruption...- Word Count: 170
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What If? WI: All Of The Worlds Urban Areas Vanish?
One thing of note is that the rural areas of China and India are both more comparable to Subsaharan Africa in terms of economic development. I have no doubt in this scenario the United States is still the world's most powerful nation, and would probably recover pretty quickly once the...- Word Count: 55
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What If? WI: All Of The Worlds Urban Areas Vanish?
The balance of population and economics in the United States would thus, ironically, shift to Appalachia. West Virginia, East Tennessee, and Southwest Virginia would be largely unaffected, sans the loss of Knoxville. The Tri-Cities would probably be the largest unaffected metropolitan area in...- Word Count: 46
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What If? WI: All Of The Worlds Urban Areas Vanish?
What do we define as an urban area? Any town of at least 1,000 people per square mile?- Word Count: 20
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