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How do economic change,technological change, and urban change work together to show how cities look?

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1. You clearly haven't even bothered thinking about this question. What do you think cities were like before cars or even electricity? I know you studied some of this in American history, http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/11/16/091116crbo_books_kolbert What do you think building were like before the days of cheap steel and skyscrapers? With no affordable elevator technology? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel#Modern_steelmaking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper#Before_the_19th_century Almost all cities are on rivers. What were bridges like before modern technology? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge