Originally Posted by
pushFD
That's just, "economic activity," but weirdly disregarding economic activity due to any of those "big tech" or "financial centers." It is obvious that millions of people (likely billions) are using the "big tech" and "financial centers" and find them to be useful goods and services. Same for service economy. I don't get this point at all.
Controlling economic activity is not the same as generating economic activity.
In the digital age the cornerstones of CA's economy can be moved rather quickly. In fact some would say it's already happening. CA will still have an economy of some sort due to the service needs of the large population. And maybe agriculture if they can find enough water to keep that going.
You can say the same for BOS, NY, PHL, and DC but they are all in different states.
London was the center of the universe at the height of the British Empire. Their main economic product was control. And beer I suppose.