why are the biggest cities closest to the water?

Answer 1

New York City, Shanghai, Tokyo, Mumbai, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, St Petersburg, Stockholm to name some if you mean ocean or sea when you say water.
Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, London, Paris Rome, Cairo, if you mean lakes or rivers

Answer 2

Biggest cities are always closest to water, highways, and railroads because the transportation hubs provide lots of jobs in distributing and reselling goods and food and lodging for travellers. In the 19th century, new towns would spring up where the railroads were built and the larger bypassed cities would shrink and sometimes be abandoned. In the 20th century, it was where a new highway was built. I saw where a new highway was built in Kentucky to take a shortcut from an old highway. A lot of businesses failed on the old highway. This pattern holds true more so with cities with ports because boats can carry more goods than trains, trucks, or aircraft. Shipping is still used very heavily as it is still cheaper to ship overseas by boat than by air and there is still a heavy reliance on international trade that transports such things as food, oil, and goods made by cheaper labor (i.e. cars, toys, and electronics)

Answer 3

The biggest cities are usually the oldest. The time they had to develope is one of the reasons because of which they are so big. In those times the only way to get watter was directly from the source.The biggest cities are near rivers because it is the only source that can provide enough watter as oppose to streams and wells. However some are near seas and oceans because theses are good places for ports, this adds to its industrial development which leads to the cities growth.

Answer 4

Well New York City is pretty large and that is definitely close to the water.

To be honest, most of the large cities are near some body of water. be it the Atlantic Ocean, or the Hudson or Mississippi Rivers, or Stone Creek ditch.

Answer 5

100 years ago, most people and cargo traveled by water--shipping was the primary mode of transportation since there were no airplanes yet. Inland, cities like Chicago relied on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes as their trade routes.

Throughout the world, you will find most citiies on oceans or next to navigable rivers.

Answer 6

the cities use them as a form of income. some countries build dams over them. some use the water to their advantage like, building ports and harbours. some use the hydro-electric energy to power the whole city. And, most of the biggest cities only have income from the working people. they can use the water to provide another source of income!

Answer 7

the earliest civilizations were located close to rivers because the water could be used for drinking and planting crops. This satisfies the 2 main survival tools that humans need - water and food.

Answer 8

Cities grow because there are jobs and services available. Trade allows for jobs. Trade along water routes are good because it allows one to transport large amounts of goods for little cost.

Answer 9

I think it would be safe to say most big cities are by the water - LA, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Boston, DC, NYC, London, Tokyo ect.

Answer 10

Back before cars, they used ships to efficiently transport goods. Since they "cites" had a head start on getting goods transported, they are obpvious the "bigger" cities in this modern age.