Cities exist because of people/trade/geography, occasionally humans miss a place, or something about the above changes and centrally planning one works.
And the reverse happens too, climate change, technology, and movement of people can all *end a city.
England has this in a microcosm in the north. Huge great cities sprung and died on the change in technology. America is going through the same process with Detroit and rust belt.
Cities exist because of people/trade/geography, occasionally humans miss a place, or something about the above changes and centrally planning one works.
And the reverse happens too, climate change, technology, and movement of people can all *end a city.
England has this in a microcosm in the north. Huge great cities sprung and died on the change in technology. America is going through the same process with Detroit and rust belt.