I&#x27;m not a history expert, but wasn&#x27;t it basically the industrial revolution that made the city important? Before then, most people were farmers, and the cities didn&#x27;t matter that much, no? Ok, so how do the latest technological developments, such as computers and Internet affect things? It makes online shopping and remote work possible, so you no longer need a city for those things. The only thing that I can see that you still really need a big city for is an interesting social life, and admittedly, that is important.