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07-08-2008, 01:23 PM
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I think it would be a good idea to make one in the world forum.
And this thread, along with the other in General US, should have been closed. Maybe if the thread in the world forum is made, it can go along a little different.
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07-08-2008, 01:23 PM
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But seriously how are mostly Americans arguing about Atlanta vs Houston and international recognition, perhaps this should be posted in the World section for more accurate answers. Because somehow in this thread being foreign and having actually lived for 25 years outside the US gives me no credibility about the international recognition outside the United States.
Some of these things that ya'll are referencing really have no bearing once you leave America so they aren't a basis for international recognition. And yes everyone knows Coke for example but how many know it originated or whatever in Atlanta?
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There already is. It was initially put here, and then it was put in the General US forum |
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07-08-2008, 01:30 PM
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There already is. It was initially put here, and then it was put in the General US forum
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The general US forum is not the world.
I mean here http://www.city-data.com/forum/world/ |
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07-08-2008, 01:31 PM
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Please get back on subject before a moderator shuts this board down over this idiotic argument about some festivals in Texas. This was about Atlanta vs. Houston. Stay on the subject!
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Yeah, because the mods are going to be FURIOUS when they find out that a thread has gone off-topic. That NEVER happens around here.  |
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07-08-2008, 01:35 PM
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Well put it on there, if it means so much to you. |
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07-08-2008, 01:35 PM
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Who voted for Houston? When y'all beat out Dallas, come see us. That'll be funny if more people know about us in the World Forum too.
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07-08-2008, 01:36 PM
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Some of these things that ya'll are referencing really have no bearing once you leave America so they aren't a basis for international recognition. And yes everyone knows Coke for example but how many know it originated or whatever in Atlanta?
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I agree, which is why one of my points was/is that things such as music and the arts, or folk tales like the Loch Ness Moster, carry more weight when it comes to "name recognition" than something like the location of the Dell corporate office or population numbers. |
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07-08-2008, 01:36 PM
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Yeah, because the mods are going to be FURIOUS when they find out that a thread has gone off-topic. That NEVER happens around here. |
Oh please and get over yourself. You're just mad because everyone isn't embracing your theory about how influential Austin is because of the SXSW festival. This thread was about Atlanta vs. Houston. Not Austin... |
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07-08-2008, 01:43 PM
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Who voted for Houston? When y'all beat out Dallas, come see us. That'll be funny if more people know about us in the World Forum too.
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Wanna fight? |
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07-08-2008, 01:45 PM
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LOL Dallas is Houston :P
*runs*
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