[cunthorpe]

Underdeveloped by whose standard? An underdeveloped city does not seek independence. You have to place it in its context. It probably was not the poorest city by a long shot even at its birth.

[emteycz]

It never seeked independence, it was expelled

[unmole]

That's the official position but the truth is a bit more complicated than that.

[notahacker]

It wasn't the poorest city, but it was a lot poorer than most of the cities it's now richer than.