How did railroads both and hurt the economy of vicksburg?

In the first stage, the railroads were built in order to take cotton back and forth but this starting hurting Vicksburg when the cotton started getting shipped to direct cities.

Urban growth invariably feeds increased commercialization and industrialization. it requires continually expanding land areas. when urbanization rates are high, and countries do not have the institutional and managerial capacities or economic wherewithal to manage such rapid growths, they exert intense pressure on the types and nature of the resulting settlements. they contribute to the development of overcrowded slums and shanty towns without adequate essential services and necessary infrastructure.-by asit k. biswas and cecilia tortajada

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