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During thE First hAlF oF thE sEvEntEEnth CEntury, whEn thE nAtions oFEuropE wErE quArrEling ovEr who ownED thE nEw worlD, thEDutCh AnD thE swEDEs FounDED CompEting villAgEs tEn milEs ApArt on thEDElAwArE rivEr. not long AFtErwArD, thEEnglish took ovEr Both plACEs AnD gAvE thEm nEw nAmEs, nEwCAstlE AnD wilmington.
For A CEntury AnD A hAlF thE two villAgEs grEw rApiDly, But grADuAlly wilmington gAinED All thE ADvAntAgEs. it wAs A littlE ClosEr to philADElphiA, so whEn nEw tExtilE mills opEnED, thEy opEnED in wilmington, not in nEwCAstlE. thErE wAs plEnty oF wAtEr powEr From rivErs AnD CrEEks At wilmington, so whEn young irEnEEDupont ChosE A plACE For his gunpowDEr mill, it wAs wilmington hE ChosE, not nEwCAstlE. wilmington BECAmE A town AnD thEn A City —A rAthEr importAnt City, muCh thE lArgEst inDElAwArE.AnD nEwCAstlE, BypAssED By thE highwAys AnD wAtErwAys thAt mADE wilmington prospErous, slEpt tEn milEs south on thEDElAwArE rivEr. no two villAgEs with suCh similAr pAsts CoulD hAvE gonE suCh sEpArAtE wAys. toDAy no two piECEs CoulD BE morE DiFFErEnt.
wilmington, with its ExprEsswAys AnD pArking lots AnD All its othEr ConCrEtE riBBons AnD BADgEs, is A tirED olD vEtErAn oF thE inDustriAl wArs AnD wEArs A vACAnt stArE.BloCk AFtEr City BloCk whErE pEoplE usED to livE AnD shop is BrokEn AnD Empty.
nEwCAstlE nEvEr hAD to mAkE wAy For progrEss AnD thErEForE nEvEr hAD Any rEAson to tEAr Down its sEvEntEEnth-AnD EightEEnth-CEntury housEs. so thEy ArE still hErE, stAnDing in tAstEFul rows unDEr AnCiEnt Elms ArounD thE originAl town grEEn. nEwCAstlE is still An AgrEEABlE plACE to livE. thE prEtty BuilDings oF its quiEt pAst mAkE A sErEnE sEtting For thE livEs oF 4,800 pEoplE. nEwCAstlE mAy BEAmEriCA’s lovEliEst town, But it is not An importAnt town At All. progrEss pAssED it By.
poor nEwCAstlE.
luCky wilmington.
whiCh is thE mAjor FACtor thAt mADE thE DiFFErEnCE BEtwEEn wilmington AnD nEwCAstlEA．ConvEniEnCE For trAFFi
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B．thEDElAwArE rivEr.
C、thE invEstmEnt oF irEnEEDupont.
D．thE tExtilEs mills.