We are the port city, and Wilmington was the largest city in North Carolina as late as 1910 because of the port. All our history goes back the city's port, and of course Fort Fisher. But once again problems emerge from our inadequate area road system. For many decades Raleigh government overlooked our roadway needs in southeastern NC basically because we had no political clout to get highway funding, and we had no effective area leadership to represent our needs. We are paying the price now. So let's stay on it, we are making progress!