Friday, October 15, 2010

Megalopolis

map of Megalopolis

The term Megalopolis means "very large city."  It is a chain of metropolitan areas and Baltimore falls into this region.  As mentioned in the book, Megalopolis gradually formed on the northeastern coast and consists of independent metropolitan areas like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C.  Quality harbors are essential for Megaloposis one of the areas with the most visits in the city of Baltimore is the Inner Harbor.  In the 1700's the Inner Harbor was considered to be one of the major seaports in Baltimore and has since devoloped to be the cultural center of Baltimore since the 1970's.




http://baltimore.org/about-baltimore/inner-harborhttp://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2008/May/20080614181129eaifas0.3639185.html

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