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Old 03-08-2009, 09:16 AM
 
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If New York has Newark
San Francisco has Oakland
Dallas has Fort Worth
Seattle has Tacoma
Washington - Baltimore
Miami - Ft. Lauderdale
and so on...

If Atlanta were to have a 'sidekick' city 20 years from now, what city would it be?
What city would most likely be able to share the headline: The Atlanta/[sidekick] Metro area?

Atlanta/Sandy Springs Metro area?
Atlanta/Athens Metro area?
etc...
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Old 03-08-2009, 09:27 AM
 
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Atlanta/Chattanooga
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Old 03-08-2009, 12:10 PM
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Atlanta/Athens seems the most logical. It's only 1 hour away.
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Old 03-08-2009, 12:13 PM
 
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yeah, athens seems right.
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Old 03-08-2009, 12:28 PM
 
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Macon? With Hartsfield and room for growth on the southside, I would assume that at some point growth would resume and Henry and Butts counties would meet with the Macon suburbs.
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Old 03-08-2009, 01:05 PM
 
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Atlanta won't have a sidekick. It already has a posse - Marietta, Chamblee, Tucker, Alpharetta, Forest Park, East Point, etc.
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Old 03-08-2009, 01:06 PM
 
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I don't think Atlanta will have a sidekick...

Remember (I mentioned this in a past thread a little while back), it's better to think of Atlanta as the hub/capital/economic center of a separate nation (the American South). It's better to compare Atlanta to international cities in this regard...like Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Madrid, London, Paris, Seoul, etc...not other American cities.

Those international cities don't have sidekicks.

(However, if Atlanta was to have a sidekick, it would Athens...a "sidekick" needs to be close.)
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Old 03-08-2009, 02:15 PM
 
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I guess, the question really is which city nearby Atlanta will have the highest population and most influential business center 20 years from now?

Will there be a downtown Athens skyline comparable to other sidekick cities?
Will Cobb incorporate into a city and become that sidekick? Will Duluth become the 2nd city?

I agree that a sidekick city must be one nearby. Chattanooga and Macon may be a little too far. Check it out on a map in comparison to other cities with their sidekicks.

(I'm not saying Atlanta needs one or WILL have one. But if it were to have one, who?)
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Old 03-08-2009, 02:19 PM
 
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Sandy Springs. It already has a skyline around Perimeter and a population of nearly 100,000 that will probably continue to increase.
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Old 03-08-2009, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Newark is New York's sidekick?
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