User blog comment:Miguelhdzb25/Map Game Proposal - A Broken World/@comment-29825777-20160713005306/@comment-29825777-20160713023620

How would New York stop being a major trading port once the United States collapses? If anything, it would become the major port for intercontinental trade in the northeastern potion of North America. And this rapid growth would continue for 30-40 years, as the lore states that the USA does not fall until the 2040s, and since New York territory doesn't even change, I believe that the northeast US is in a relatively stable part of the world.