“So you took the expressway?” “Yes.” “All the way from Washington to New York?” “Oh, I’ve done it before. Since they built the Baltimore-Philadelphia tunnel, it’s quite simple.” So it was. Baley had never made the trip himself, but he was perfectly aware that it was possible. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York had grown, in the last two centuries, to the point where all nearly touched. The Four-City Area was almost the official name for the entire stretch of coast, and there were a considerable number of people who favored administrational consolidation and the formation of a
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