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<P>Good points. To be clear, I am focusing on a freight point of view, not passenger except as it coexists with freight, and when I used "North Jersey" I was definitely including the Port of New York and New Jersey. Freight traffic on the Manhattan side of the river is very little now, but that hasn't changed the importance of this rail center. It's probably a good thing from a freight point of view that Grand Central Terminal and Metro-North is an almost completely isolated operation. Imagine if all that traffic entered from the Jersey side of the river ...</P> <P>I wouldn't include the Port of Philadelphia today, and "back in the day" Philadelphia, while it was an important seaport, wasn't a standout like the Port of New York. And if one included Philadelphia, then why not Baltimore and the coal docks at Curtis Bay, Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, etc.? (But I think we can definitely rule out Boston.)</P> <P>Speaking of New York, the original film "Naked City" is something worth owning and watching again and again, just for the wonderful footage of the city.</P> <P>S. Hadid</P>
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