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An old illustration - Four river valley civilizations dominated early human settlement. Or, Rome, economically, dominated that Roman Empire.
Contemporarily, London generates more than a fifth of the UK's GDP. California generates almost a sixth of USA’s GDP by itself. It clubbed with Texas and NY, they combined to almost a third. Within California and Texas you have vast low productivity areas. Northern Cal, anything beyond Berkeley basically, is a vast nothing. And that is almost a four hour plus drive at 100+ k’s an hour to Oregon.
You’ll find ‘x’ number of examples of loop sided growth across the world. London, NY, LA, SF, Paris, Rhine valley, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo. Take your pick.