Re: Optimal location of world capital

DJensen <i_m0nk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>With communications and high speed trans****tation being what they are,
>pretty much any spot with reasonable geographic features, free of
>recurring natural disasters would work. It needn't be based in the
>industrial or economic heart of the world, or (if all nations are
>truly equal) in the most populous areas. Any empty corner of
>Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, or St Lucia would work just as well as
>Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, or Monaco.

Ever read the history of Brasília?  You might try it sometimes.

D.
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