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Atlanta is approaching world class. Once it got the Olympics, ATL moved in a different tier. Charlotte will always be little sister desperately trying to mimic her sibling.
Atlanta is approaching world class. Once it got the Olympics, ATL moved in a different tier. Charlotte will always be little sister desperately trying to mimic her sibling.
If you read some of the headlines for the other cities, you'll see that the writer is engaging in a bit of exaggeration for effect: "It seems like everyone's moving to Richmond," "San Diego is the new Silicon Valley," "Minneapolis is the new... everything," etc. Don't read too much in the "Charlotte is the new Atlanta" headline.
But of course, people won't see this and it will devolve into another typical thread of this type.
Atlanta was a neat place to visit and somewhere I would consider living 30 years ago. I don't even like to visit there these days. Traffic is hell, crime is high.
So yeah, I hope Charlotte is not the new Atlanta.
PS> yes, I read the article. The writer was being sensational. Charlotte is Charlotte. I don't know why these writers have to bring Atlanta into it.
Charlotte has a larger economy then Atlanta (weird, right?)
Uhhh, no it doesn't. But Charlotte has a larger GDP per capita.
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