Massimo2002
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Why did people create a city here ? Instead of just leaving it as countryside ? And what draws humans to Edmonton at all ?
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Why does Edmonton exist ?
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Looks like it was started as a fur trading post.
Regiomontanus
Eastern Orthodox
Why does any city exist? You need a hobby brother.
Well, city history can be a worthwhile hobby.
I'm not one myself, but there's been bits and pieces I've picked up about my own city I've found interesting, and even helped me understand why it is the way it is.
Daemon Sophic
Avatar in flux
Why create Kansas City?
They're there for the farming.
They're there for the farming.
Massimo2002
Active Member
Indeed why do cities exist at all ?
Because its easier, generally speaking. You have what you need in one place without having to travel great distances.
There's also the social aspects. Most people desire some companionship, and you run across a wider pool of people in a city.
I don't know. I was under the impression that its growth was due to an oil boom in that area.
Prior to that, a lot of cities in both the U.S. and Canada grew as the frontier moved further and further west. Expansionism and the desire for more land fueled much of it. In Arizona, schoolkids learn about the three C's: Copper, Cattle, and Cotton. Kind of a wild time in the early days. People came out here to get away from what was going on back east.
Regiomontanus
Eastern Orthodox
Historically, the answer would be trading, defense of the 'the borders', etc. no mystery.
I hope you are doing well brother.
Regiomontanus
Eastern Orthodox
Historically, the answer would be trading, defense of the 'the borders', etc. no mystery.
I hope you are doing well brother.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It's because of Mike from Canmore
Massimo2002
Active Member
But why ? Why create people to even live in Edmonton anyway ?
Jimmy
King Phenomenon
His choice. He could of created 18 legged humans but I think he made a good choice with 2 legs.
RabbiO
הרב יונה בן זכריה
G-d didn’t. The people were created to live in Calgary, but the train derailed and…. well, you know the rest.
It's oftentimes easy to see why a city might have grown originally, but some cities manage to become even bigger and maintain themselves, while other cities decline and become less significant over time.
I think city-dwellers who have been in the same city for a long time develop an attachment to their cities. Even people who may not care much about their country or state, there's still an attachment to the city they grew up in.
I think city-dwellers who have been in the same city for a long time develop an attachment to their cities. Even people who may not care much about their country or state, there's still an attachment to the city they grew up in.
That's pretty observant.
It rings true for me, in a way. I'm not so much attached to my city; its a trash hole, really. But, I recognize its influence was strong on me(stronger than the influence than my parents, even), and for that, I'm thankful.
Massimo2002
Active Member
Yeah but what are the reasons behind why cities attract people ? And why cities decline and become less relevant with fewer people ?
Massimo2002
Active Member
That's an unsatisfactory answer I'm tired of things being a mystery.
Sometimes jobs or opportunities might be available. A lot of cities in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. were once booming metropolises, driven largely by the growth of industry, in states with ample farmland to feed their growing populations. But industries started to get outsourced overseas, and the affected cities experienced a slow decline.
Detroit is a particularly sad tale, as it was once the center of the U.S. automobile industry, but I've seen more recent videos where it shows street after street of nothing but condemned buildings or vacant lots. A lot of older cities are pretty rundown and deteriorated. Even Los Angeles has started to show signs of age.