Why is it the case that in many cities of the world the Western part is more affluent than the Eastern area?

Question

Why is it the case that in many cities of the world the Western part is more affluent than the Eastern area?

Answer 1

I always think of a North South divide !  Early industry with older residential property , more affluent relocate to suburbs , leaving a social divide .

Answer 2

Because the prevailing wind is from the south west (norther hemisphere) so the wealthier people built their houses upwind (western) of the stink of the city leaving the poor to live downwind of the stink (East End).

Since then pollution has got better but the historical trend continues.  Also there is also a trend for wealthier homes to be built higher in areas with reduced risk of flooding!!

Answer 3

You could probably find as many examples of the Eastern part being more affluent, its more of a matter of location in relation to transportation/economic centers, as one of the answers states "where are the harbors?"

Answer 4

Where is the harbor on those cities?

Answer 5

Cities in Western areas began to develop technology much earlier than those in the East. These cities were the first to become industrialised and therefore their annual incomes grew, and still continue to grow today, bringing with it highly advanced services. Cities in the East have not long laid the basis for economic improvement and so it will take them a number of years to reach the same status as Western cities have today as their economies need to be developed.

Overall, cities in the West industrialised and mechanised much earlier than cities in the East.

Answer 6

Because our ancestors had tails it is logical that the less fat

section will always be above sea level, the poorer parts are always on the right therefore are not as well developed as the

rest of the thing.

Answer 7

A meaningful answer would need to start with some meaningful statistics. Is there really a significant bias in the direction implied by your question, or could the question just as easily have been asked with reference to North-South, for example? One might start by looking at supply lines, coastlines, ridge lines, natural geological phenomena implicated in the positioning of settlements that develop into more- or less-successful towns.