Always, despite the tourists, there is the sense that lives are being lived along the same patterns as always in this commercial crossroads of the peninsula.

Mopti serves as an important commercial crossroads between Mali's north, south and bordering nations.

The growing racial and economic isolation threatened to replace the city's traditional role as a commercial crossroads with a new one: warden of the poor.

Waterdeep is named for its outstanding natural deepwater harbor, which has made the city a commercial crossroads.

There has always been a major crossing Raca and commercial crossroads.

It includes the village of Butler forming a small commercial crossroads with its general store, post office, and firehouse.

According to Newport histories, Justis saw the area's potential as a commercial crossroads and a port.

They felt that the place where these lines met would eventually become a great trading center and commercial crossroads.

The city again became a commercial crossroads, linking river and rail traffic.

The country's proximity to major cocaine-producing nations and its role as a commercial and financial crossroads make it a country of special importance in this regard.