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djn24 t1_j7byj5g wrote

Reply to comment by us1087 in Westchester was one vote away from becoming part of NYC and Brooklyn barely made it by Furschitzengiggels

It's hard to predict what would have happened to the outer boroughs if they continued to develop independently of Manhattan.

Considering how much the Jersey side of the river has grown in the same timeframe, I think those areas would have still grown into something similar as they are today. But transportation projects would have definitely had more red tape at points, so that could have slowed down the ability of people to move further away from downtown Manhattan.

As long as the transportation options exist, the culture probably would too.

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truthofmasks t1_j7c6hft wrote

It would've also slowed or prevented the development of a lot of city-wide institutions, like CUNY and the NYPL (which I know is really only the Bronx, Manhattan, and SI, but still).

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