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In a TL I've been 'working' (more like musing) on for the past year or so I'm toying with the idea of New York/Nieuw Amsterdam staying in Dutch hands. What I'm wondering about is if ATL New York/Amsterdam would be just as destined for greatness as OTL New York. Was the geographical of New York indispensible to the economy of Eastern North America or would it's political situation make it a backwater?
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