Why commerce left London and went to New York

England many years ago was a resource rich country, it was this which gave us a head start compared with other countries. All transportation at the time was done by horse and cart. When goods were delivered from one location to another they would cross other routes on the way. These cross roads became market places, and it's where villages and towns grew from. The major towns were situated at main crossing, like a bridge across the river. At the time people who had goods to deliver did not have much choice but to travel over the bridge and pay a toll fee.

When one asks where was the number one major crossing in the UK, the answer was London Bridge.



 





Unfortunately with the fiancial benefits of ships compared with the horse and cart, it completely changed the rules on where the central location should be for commerce to take place when delivering goods. London Docklands was not a central location to transport goods all over the world by ship. While new york was the central location which had far better access to all the other main countries.





 
I will try my best to explain this, above is a picture of the Buckminster map of the earth (Drawn to scale)  When you look at the map laid out flat from a certain angle you see a massive pond of water in the middle and New York can reach every main country from this, while in England it's a bit tucked away and not a central location

In the next blog will explain where the huge benefits of ships were compared with the limitation of horse drawn carriage.