With the end of World War 2, many economies entered a new phase in terms of what they produced and how and where they produced it. This is sometimes called advanced capitalism. This change brought a decrease in the proportion of the workforce involved in manufacturing and an increase in service-related employement. This increased productivity generated new oppurtunities for employement in distribution services, such as transportation, communications, utilities and wholesaling.
The first phase of this movement involved the construction of the interstate highway system, as well as airports capable of holding passenger jets. During this time there was also a consolidation of corporate headquarters locations in New York and Chicago. This came with the regional decentralization of the economy as well as metropolitan consolidation.
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