Travel...

This city's too long. After a week of JJ visitations for the exams, the 25 or so km between Andheri and CST seem so loong. Useful though. Travelling takes atleast 45 minutes by train and in that much time one could finish the whole Landscape syllabus atleast once. Wait, i'm digressing. The point is that how nice would it have been (considering other factors remaining the same) if the Brits had made Bombay Fort at Bandra. A more centrally located CBD would have solved half the city's traffic and most of the housing issues. Maybe JJ would've been near Sion hospital. Or Bandstand would've been Marine Drive. New Bombay would've been more viable as a satellite city, with a single track connecting this CBD to all those CBDs. Richie-rich Peddar road would've been Khar, Dadar would've been Andheri. The south would've been one large residential area (i'm imagining) with Hafeez-style skyscrapers et al. Townies would be 'burbies and 'burbies would be townies... Oh... and i would've been living in Borivili. And still taken 45 minutes by train to get to Bandra.
Not such a big difference, is it?

P.S. Can someone tell me why, in a city surrounded by water, is Marine Drive the only seaside promenade worth writing home about??