Seven New Cities for Westeros (Spoiler Extended)

You're the king of Westeros. But you wouldn't be without the generous sponsoring of the Iron Bank of Braavos. And Tycho Nestoris just did the math, and with the current agrarian economy of Westeros, you would need eight (or four, chronology is hard) thousand years to pay back what you owe them.

So they offered you a new loan, for the explicit goal of developing new cities to grow the merchant class and the trade roads in general. How much could it cost, thirty million dragons ? Maybe. At least more than a year at Chataya's, that's for sure. Anyway, as a Westerosi noble, you don't like the idea of a developed bourgeois class encroaching on your privileges. But the Iron Bank reminds you you have a lot of shitty cousins who probably would love to be king too, so you oblige.

What towns would you give charters to ? What underused space would you urbanize ?

For me, it would be :

-Maidenpool, to help take the population strain off King's Landing, profit off a new port on the Narrow Sea, and capitalize on that sweet pilgrimage money with the sacred pool.

-The Shadow City, in Dorne. The Martells would be thankful, the Redwyne fleet would be happy to have a new harbor for their operation against the Stepstones pirates, and sailors from Myr, Tyrosh and Lys would probably love that new trading hub right in front of them, especially if they like lemons. Possibility of a metropolis linking with Planky Town.

-Fairmarket. There needs to be a place inland where goods from the North can be properly sold, and Fairmarket is already important and big enough to deserve that spot. It would also help balance out the power of the Freys over the northern Riverlands.

-Bitterbridge, right at the center of the southern kingdoms. It would probably be the most boring of the cities in Westeros, but it could become an important center of agrarian trade and a resting place for travellers.

-Stoney Sept. As the former seat of a chapterhouse of Warrior's Sons, it has a rather prestigious religious history, and could serve as the link between the wealth of the West and the Riverlands.

-Weeping Town : A modest town for now, but it could be the gate to finally open the Stormlands to civilization. Good opportunity for commerce with the Free Cities and linking Dorne with the rest of the kingdom. Relatively protected from the tumultuous weather of the region.

-Unnamed city between the Wolfswood and the Stony Shore. A coastal settlement where the North's lumber would be sold, with possibility of integrating Ironborn and Wildlings into the trade network. Finally, a mean to populate the western side of the North.