If you could move the capital where would you put it? (Atlanta: 2013, live)

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by AtlantaIsHot

I certainly don't understand your comment but Americans LOVE to believe their government is the worst. Your state government must not be too bad as they have steered Georgia from a poverty-stricken cotton state to an economically prosperous, economically free state with a rapid rise in income. Despite lingering pockets of problematic areas and poverty, Georgia has transformed into a global center of business, industry, transportation, research, and education.

I never said that Georgia's state government is the worst.

But with Georgia being ranked pretty low in many important quality-of-life categories (including transportation, water supply, education, economic strength, etc), Georgia's state government sure as he** can't claim that it's the best.

And it should be noted that it wasn't necessarily investments by Georgia's state government "that steered Georgia from a poverty-stricken cotton state to an economically-prosperous, economically free state with a rapid rise in income".

And it most-certainly was not investment by Georgia's state government that transformed Georgia "into a global center of business, industry, transportation, research, and education".

The investments "that steered Georgia from a poverty-stricken cotton state to an economically-prosperous, economically free state with a rapid rise in income" and that transformed Georgia "into a global center of business, industry, transportation, research, and education" were made by the City of Atlanta and the federal government.

It was the City of Atlanta who made the investments in its airport that turned Georgia into one of the world's leading passenger air travel hubs.

And it was the federal government who funded the creation and operation of the 2 manmade lakes that much of the Atlanta metro area gets most of its water supply from at Lakes Allatoona and Lanier.

And it was the federal government who funded the initial construction and subsequent reconstruction of the Interstate system that turned Georgia into a major ground transportation and logistics hub.

And because Georgia's state government refuses to come up with the money to do on its own, it is the federal government who will most likely fund the expansion of the fast-growing international seaport at the Port of Savannah.

If the state of Georgia had been dependent upon Georgia's state government to make almost all of the big infrastructure investments that helped to drag the state out of the dark ages, those investments likely would have never been made, especially seeing as how Georgia's state government has often refused and continues to refuse to make important investments in the state's transportation, water and educational infrastructures.

If the City of Atlanta hadn't made the investments to turn an abandoned racetrack into an airport and grow that airport into the busiest airport on the planet, and if the feds hadn't built Lakes Allatoona and Lanier and the Interstate system, Georgia would be in a place that was similar to Mississippi right now.

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Why would we move it?

Personally, I think Georgia blew it by not creating an attractive government campus. I'd move it to Milledgville. It was a former capital which is somewhat central to Georgia, and maybe do it right this time, by locating close to lake Sinclair for a scenic effect. Unfortunately, I doubt we could afford to build something like the present Capitol building.

[carrot]

Macon, not too far from the airport, would be an economic boom for that city and probably would not negatively affect Atlanta too much.

[BackInATL2011]

Inside the Decatur city limits. Close enough to Atlanta but far away enough to not be in Atlanta's business.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by AtlantaIsHot

Your state government must not be too bad as they have steered Georgia from a poverty-stricken cotton state to an economically prosperous, economically free state with a rapid rise in income.

It's true.

Georgia's government has been darn pretty good on fiscal matters, despite being a national laughingstock on social issues. We've made a little go a long way.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

Personally, I think Georgia blew it by not creating an attractive government campus.

We do have an impressive government campus. Starting with the Capitol complex, the judicial buildings and all the state office buildings, rolling on down pass Atlanta city hall and city hall annex, Georgia plaza, the huge multi-block Fulton county complex, the Nunn and Russell federal buildings, the old Post office, and all the auxiliary gubmint buildings.

Once they get the MMTP finished it will jump on across the railroad tracks to the GWCC, Centennial park and the new dome.

The commitment of all these governments to stay downtown has been a mainstay in keeping it alive for over half a century.

[DaBurgh]

Midtown with everyone and everything else

[NativeJr]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

Epic humor fail.

Lol, thought you'd like it

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by NativeJr

Lol, thought you'd like it

No, I did not.

[bu2]

Jonesboro. Clayton County could use the jobs. And it would be close enough to extend MARTA down from the airport.

Most importantly it would be south of the worst of Atlanta's traffic without being too far from the state's center of population.