Many of our facilities are more centralized,
all the time, as out big corporations merge,
petroleum and chemical plants are expanded
rather than new plants built. Large buildings
like the Twin Towers have been built.

The only decentralizing, that I know of, was
20 years ago, NYC financial computers were
moved out of the City.

I am not an expert or even an active observer
of the above, so others probably know many more
specifics than I do. Its just my casual observation.

Eight years ago, most would not believe that
a big building would be brought down or that
New Orleans would be flooded. Because, though
experts say it could happen, it probably would
have happened, by now, if it could have happened.
Faulty Thinking, yes, but a prevailing thought process.

Illegals streaming in from Mexico and large illegal
populations in every city, make it easier for bad guys
to hide out: a huge security problem that can distract
a lot of our agents. It is hard for me to imagine that
Homeland Security has a handle on this, much less,
threats that come into our country from other ways.

So now we have to admit that attacks against Multiple
Cities and in Multiple Ways, could happen. The damage
would be compounded, because relief efforts would be
slow and weak.

The economic impacts (high unemployment and low profits)
could last for years. Regretfully, large financial
institutions would have to foreclose on large amounts of
real estate, that had been owned by the middle class,
an effect that would last for decades.