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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