[microtherion]

There's no single answer. Most of them did indeed get started organically, but some got started by dukes who were in the city starting business:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Zähringen

Some got started by Roman Emperors:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg

Some got started by a country wanting a new capital:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasília

And some grew organically, but were at some point or other subject to a massive master plan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Pa...

https://thegreatestgrid.mcny.org

[piloto_ciego]

Sure all that is true but this guy was asserting that cities didn’t just come about organically, when… well a lot of them did lol.