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Re: Why hasn't Cincinnati grown as a city?
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Originally Posted by Yachtzee
There were reasons why Ohio and the Midwest in general were the center of economic development in the US for much of its history.
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The Ohio River, part of a great inland transportation system that flowed through New Orleans and onto the rest of the world.
It became less important after the St. Lawrence opened. Same thing happened to a lot of small towns on the Erie Canal.
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