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I know the POD is 1898 but the effects are almost all post 1900.

The consolidation referendum to merge what are the 5 boroughs of NYC fail. IOTL it won in Brooklyn by less than 1%. How would that effect life as we know it in NYC and the US? Would NYC even be the largest city in the U.S.? The 1900 population of NYC was 3.4 million. As separate cities NYC (Manhattan) had 1.9 million and Brooklyn had 1.2 million. Rival cities like Chicago and Philadelphia had 1.7 million and 1.3 million respectively.
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