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Old 07-05-2010, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Atlanta ,GA
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No, Atlanta has a good edge, it has a more diverse economy, it is a state capital, it's also got a large college presence.

Houston has universities too like Rice University and University of Houston, and overall Rice ranks higher than anything else in the South I believe being at 17th overall. But Emory (also a high ranker) and Georgia Tech are larger institutions by endowments and college population.

Atlanta is also a larger hub for rail transport and road cross overs and is generally more connected via it's interstate system than Houston.

Houston has strong sectors in it's economy outside of energy, medical, port/trade. Don't be fooled, those are just the ones that stand out, it has a strong IT market- of course it trails behind Bay Area, Boston, Seattle, Washington DC, New York City, & Chicago on that one, but it's still large. It has a good real estate stance. It's got a good amount of education employment, and a good amount of other sectors as well.
I think one point where Houston is kind of behind is finance, which is also where Atlanta outshines Houston, in that regard.

I never finished that post I was going to do- it's whatever though, I'll post it whenever I get time to finish it.

Yes Houston has more important industries than Atlanta but Atlanta is very much evenly distributed between it's sectors to the point where it's mesh and balanced. Houston you have three sectors that stand on top of the others, but that's not to say it doesn't have other factors into it's economy because it surely does and in large numbers. But the main three sectors are gargantuan in size comparison to Houston's other economic sectors.

Also in the complete study chart, Houston, Philadelphia, Dallas, & Seattle are left out of certain studies. But overall, yes Atlanta does score higher- but that necessarily doesn't depict it being more important though.
Actually Emory and Georgia Tech are usually ranked very high.Emory is often tied with Rice or above.Not to mention Vanderbilt in Nashville and for GOD SAKE,DUKE UNIVERSITY has the spot of top Southern University.Morehouse College and Spelman are are highly ranked institutions.Spelman has been ranked the number one womens college in America as well as with Agnes Scott College high up in liberal arts colleges.

Also Atlanta has a significant Telecommunications sector.
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Old 07-05-2010, 03:57 PM
 
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I never said my opinion will never change; nice way of twisting my words. When I feel Atlanta is as important as Houston; it'll change.
I didn't twist anything I asked a simple question.. When Houston is more important than Atlanta it will reflect in the studies...
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Old 07-05-2010, 04:06 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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I didn't twist anything I asked a simple question.. When Houston is more important than Atlanta it will reflect in the studies...
So why does Homeland Security put more funding into the Houston area than Atlanta?

And like someone mentioned earlier, some of these studies didn't even include Houston, Dallas, Philly, or Seattle. The fact remains that Atlanta has a much smaller economy than Houston and DFW. And when a study tries to put Atlanta on the same scale as Los Angeles (that GAWC "study" comes to mind), then I have to question its credibility.
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Old 07-05-2010, 04:18 PM
 
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So why does Homeland Security put more funding into the Houston area than Atlanta?

And like someone mentioned earlier, some of these studies didn't even include Houston, Dallas, Philly, or Seattle.
Like u said it's been asked answerd and debated already so I won't be answering your question... I'll stick with the study. And u stick with homeland security...
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Old 07-05-2010, 04:30 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Like u said it's been asked answerd and debated already so I won't be answering your question... I'll stick with the study. And u stick with homeland security...
Yes, stick with the study that believes Atlanta is on the same scale as Los Angeles. LOL!
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Old 07-05-2010, 05:14 PM
 
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Yes, stick with the study that believes Atlanta is on the same scale as Los Angeles. LOL!
If this is the GaWC study Los Angeles is Alpha now, Atlanta is beta+ LOL your wrong ) Also lets exlude all the studies Houston weren't in to be fair LOL. It was MOST OF STUDIES NOT just ONE STUDY that Atlanta was ahead of Houston. It doesn't even matter, saying Houston was missing in 2 of the studies is beating around the bush, from the pattern of where Houston was being rank when it was there LOL. I going to correct the last poster we keep are studie"s”
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Old 07-05-2010, 06:03 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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If this is the GaWC study Los Angeles is Alpha now, Atlanta is beta+ LOL your wrong ) Also lets exlude all the studies Houston weren't in to be fair LOL. It was MOST OF STUDIES NOT just ONE STUDY that Atlanta was ahead of Houston. It doesn't even matter, saying Houston was missing in 2 of the studies is beating around the bush, from the pattern of where Houston was being rank when it was there LOL. I going to correct the last poster we keep are studie"s”
Ah, so they corrected it. Good.
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Old 07-05-2010, 06:13 PM
 
Location: Boston
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Ah, so they corrected it. Good.
Here's the current GaWC listing of US cities.

Alpha ++: New York
Alpha: Chicago
Alpha -: Los Angeles
Beta +: Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco
Beta: Dallas, Boston
Beta -: Miami, Houston
Gamma +: Denver, Minneapolis, Seattle
Gamma: Philadelphia, Portland
Gamma -: Detroit, San Diego, Colombus
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Old 07-05-2010, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Here's the current GaWC listing of US cities.

Alpha ++: New York
Alpha: Chicago
Alpha -: Los Angeles
Beta +: Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco
Beta: Dallas, Boston
Beta -: Miami, Houston
Gamma +: Denver, Minneapolis, Seattle
Gamma: Philadelphia, Portland
Gamma -: Detroit, San Diego, Colombus
Whoaaa, when did Miami drop? I'm serious as of last week it was where Dallas is right now.

Oh and I also didn't see Hartford on there, hmm I guess they overlooked the entire state of Connecticut!

It's so sad, because we don't have any Alpha +'s in the USA....aghhhh
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Old 07-05-2010, 06:16 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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There really isn't much difference between the +'s and -'s in my opinion. And I disagree with Chicago being above LA.
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