photo had been to provide fantasy riches for the poor of the 
entire globe.

     Today the road beyond its break boundary turns cities 
into highways, and the highway proper takes on a continuous 
urban character. Another characteristic reversal after passing a 
road break boundary is that the country ceases to be the 
centre of all work, and the city ceases to be the centre of 
leisure. In fact, improved roads and transport have reversed the 
ancient pattern and made cities the centres of work and the 
country the place of leisure and of recreation.

     Earlier, the increase of traffic that came with money and 
roads had ended the static tribal state (as Toynbee calls the 
nomadic food-gathering culture). Typical of the reversing that 
occurs at break boundaries is the paradox that nomadic mobile