Answer: the Soviet government has very strict and oppressive control over the people.
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The development of new cities-Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Buffalo-away from the Atlantic coast was possible because they had access rivers that made it easy for them to trade.
It was one of America's best trading routes, it was used as a commercial, military, and immigrant trail. And then in 18-something they started building it into a train track... I think.
