The effort to split Fulton County in two is back again (Atlanta: homes, bankrupt)

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by demonta4

It's hard to believe that we're really wasting time on such an issue. This proves that Atlanta isn't ready to be an international city. Do you see Houston, Dallas, or LA trying to break apart?

Well there is the whole thing of the City of Atlanta not actually breaking apart.

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by Gulch

Well there is the whole thing of the City of Atlanta not actually breaking apart.

Imagine if Los Angeles County tried to break apart. That's basically what Fulton is doing.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by demonta4

Imagine if Los Angeles County tried to break apart. That's basically what Fulton is doing.

There have been rumblings of the San Fernando Valley trying to secede from the city of Los Angeles for years.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

There have been rumblings of the San Fernando Valley trying to secede from the city of Los Angeles for years.

That actually came to a vote back in the early 2000s (it failed to pass).

[Vacanegro]

Originally Posted by demonta4

Imagine if Los Angeles County tried to break apart. That's basically what Fulton is doing.

That's what happens when the North Fulton Cow continually has it's milk sent south.

Sooner or later the Northerners start asking what they are getting for their taxes dollars. This discussion was the same when I lived in Atlanta during the 80s.

[sedimenjerry]

Originally Posted by JoeTarheel

It's not about it being the exact same people living there...it's still important historically whether it happened 10 or 100 years ago. It doesn't matter who had anything to do with it - it happened and it's certainly not irrelevant, and North Fulton owes much of its current-day success to Fulton County. You simply can't argue with that. Well, I guess some of you can...but it's wrong.

I just have to disagree with that. Imagine instead part of Milton went to Cobb, some to Fulton, some to Cherokee, some to Forsyth. Would the area today really look that much different? I don't think so. I think the successes of north Fulton today have more to do with the fact that it's along 400 and is in the center of the prosperous northern suburbs. North Fulton today isn't an island, it's simply part of a continuous affluent swath of suburbs. There's just so little in common with old Milton county and present day N Fulton.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by Vacanegro

That's what happens when the North Fulton Cow continually has it's milk sent south.

Sooner or later the Northerners start asking what they are getting for their taxes dollars. This discussion was the same when I lived in Atlanta during the 80s.

And it hasn't been an issue since North Fulton became fully incorporated in 2006.

[sedimenjerry]

Originally Posted by demonta4

It's hard to believe that we're really wasting time on such an issue. This proves that Atlanta isn't ready to be an international city. Do you see Houston, Dallas, or LA trying to break apart?

Those areas don't have counties with jacked up borders or bisected school systems.

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by Vacanegro

That's what happens when the North Fulton Cow continually has it's milk sent south.

Sooner or later the Northerners start asking what they are getting for their taxes dollars. This discussion was the same when I lived in Atlanta during the 80s.

Why isn't South Fulton complaining. They pay taxes just to have North Fulton tell them what to do it. At least the north has control over their money and services, while the south is lacking in resources when they are all paying equal taxes.

[bUU]

Originally Posted by demonta4

Imagine if Los Angeles County tried to break apart. That's basically what Fulton is doing.

Sorry I agree with you about the splitting issue, but this doesn't hold water. New York City is five separate boroughs, and even if you can claim that it is really just one city and the boroughs don't really matter, there is the matter of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Dutchess, Bergan, Passaic, etc. The city of Boston is more than just the city of Boston, it includes Charlestown and Brookline, Middlesex and Essex, etc. I think this matter of multiple county cities not being cities of the world is nonsense.