1) ITs made more of the population live on the east coast.
2) agriculture, farming, and live stock
3) The Bahamas, and the lesser/greater Antilles
4) Triniad and tobogo has a natural gas which helps bring developers
5) Columbia, Brazil, and Argentina
6) There are a lot of mountains that grow in the east coast, so most agriculture is found there.
7) Desert, Desert shrubs, and tropical grass lands.
8) the soil becomes exhausted from the process allowing crops to not grow.
9) cities have better medical care, paying jobs, and education.
10) what ever money the tourists waste just get sent back to other regions or countries instead of the place were it was wasted.