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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8637642" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>Exactly this.</p><p></p><p>Trade by sea, like many things, is cheaper if you already have money. If your trade is primarily along the lines of barter for low value or small amounts of something, not necessarily the case. </p><p></p><p>It's also worthwhile to note that trade along those roadways still happened. So it clearly had a good enough profit margin to be viable. (again, because there is trade at every stop along the way, usually)</p><p></p><p>You've misunderstood what other people are saying, then. We aren't claiming that overland travel is comperable in weight of goods or money made or anything like that between the two. What people are trying to explain, rather, is that enough trade goes by overland roadways to make it worthwhile to build and maintain roadways overland, between settlements, even along a coastline. </p><p></p><p>Some folks have shown some different ways that land and sea are fairly comparable (or at least can be) in terms of danger and other downsides, in order to show that not all trade is going to choose one or the other, and have also shown that we can't just assume that conditions are simply directly comparable to IRL, because IRL doesn't have krakens. </p><p></p><p>At every turn, you've twisted these statements around and asked hyperbolic rhetorical questions that mostly just make it seem like you skimmed our posts and then replied with some offhand snark rather than actual engagement.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Awesome map. Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8637642, member: 6704184"] Exactly this. Trade by sea, like many things, is cheaper if you already have money. If your trade is primarily along the lines of barter for low value or small amounts of something, not necessarily the case. It's also worthwhile to note that trade along those roadways still happened. So it clearly had a good enough profit margin to be viable. (again, because there is trade at every stop along the way, usually) You've misunderstood what other people are saying, then. We aren't claiming that overland travel is comperable in weight of goods or money made or anything like that between the two. What people are trying to explain, rather, is that enough trade goes by overland roadways to make it worthwhile to build and maintain roadways overland, between settlements, even along a coastline. Some folks have shown some different ways that land and sea are fairly comparable (or at least can be) in terms of danger and other downsides, in order to show that not all trade is going to choose one or the other, and have also shown that we can't just assume that conditions are simply directly comparable to IRL, because IRL doesn't have krakens. At every turn, you've twisted these statements around and asked hyperbolic rhetorical questions that mostly just make it seem like you skimmed our posts and then replied with some offhand snark rather than actual engagement. Awesome map. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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