Atlanta, A World Class city in the future??

[MikeandIke27]

Originally Posted by zevpoppy

Atlanta will continue to be a hellhole until they pay their police enough to retain them and hire about another 2,000. I moved here a few years ago and I'm getting the **** out. Crime happens in every city but here it's the rule, not the exception. We live like our house is going to be broken into every day. I'm sick of it. If Atlanta wants to be respected then the local gov't needs to make it's #1 priority safety. I don't care how great a place it, I don't want to live there if I feel unsafe MOST of the time. I would love to live in some places like South Africa but I don't give it much actual consideration because it's not (in my opinion) a secure place right now.
The same thing goes for here.

Dont cut the lights or TV off.. That way the burgulars will think your home.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

troll????

Yes, clearly.

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by atlantasprawll

And to be a world class city, a city has to rank at alpha-.

Sorry, Atlanta failed.

Hmm, so you do realize the other cities that are ranked as a Beta + by the GaWC along with Atlanta are:

DC
Melbourne
Johannesburg
Barcelona
San Francisco
Manila
Bogota
Tel Aviv
New Delhi
Dubai
Bucharest

Using your logic those same cities are failing too. Personally, I think that's a good group to keep company with.

[peachstate]

I see it coming soon

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Hmm, so you do realize the other cities that are ranked as a Beta + by the GaWC along with Atlanta are:

DC
Melbourne
Johannesburg
Barcelona
San Francisco
Manila
Bogota
Tel Aviv
New Delhi
Dubai
Bucharest

Using your logic those same cities are failing too. Personally, I think that's a good group to keep company with.

Yep!

DC and San Fran are the U.S. cities ranked with Atlanta.

The only U.S. cities ranked higher than Atlanta (all Alpha cities) are New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

[Dytdude]

Are they still doing Midtown Mile? It could never touch the real Magnificent Mile in Chicago, but it would definitely bump Atlanta up...

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by Dytdude

Are they still doing Midtown Mile? It could never touch the real Magnificent Mile in Chicago, but it would definitely bump Atlanta up...

It's not meant to "touch" the Magnificent Mile - it's only a variation on the title of a very successful area of another city. I bet real Chicagoans are flattered by it.

And yes, they are still "doing" the Midtown Mile. Maybe Dayton hasn't heard about the recession, but the rest of us are well aware of it.

[tonygeorgia]

I really hope they build our version of "Grand Central Station" between the Ga Dome and 5 points