Most Important Metro in The South? (better, America, population, Atlanta)

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

"YOU see!" subjective ... but in numerous studies no, fact sorry.

In most studies Atlanta is the most important in the south, but I'm to going say this

• Culturally Miami, Miami is the most well know city in the south for cultural experience and It's a getaway to Latin America/Caribbean
• Economically Houston, Obviously no matter how Houston economy is, Houston profit the most.
• Socially Atlanta, logistics, mass media, and education. Things that are more important socially than profit.
• Population Dallas, DFW self explanatory

I said that on the first page; if you would've just agreed than; all this back and forth wouldn't of started up. Culturally, it goes to Atlanta. Miami has little to no influence in the south.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

I have to say that I've noticed that any thread involving disucssion of a southern city vs. any other city usually goes downhill very quickly. Not many people on this site give any credibility to southern cities...there is so much unwarranted criticism toward them, and I have a feeling that it's mostly from people with no real knowledge of them.

I've noticed the same key posters are always involved when the thread goes down hill. At first I believe it was from defensiveness on all sides. Now it's just out of spite IMO. It's like a bait trap, everyone knows what sets everyone off and it's starting to get personal. Also notice, that there's always that 1 or 2 posters that sink the bait, then sit back and watch in every post.

We should all be experts on Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston by now.

[houstonboi22]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Latino's don't live in Dallas? Are you kidding? Middle Easterners don't live in DFW? There aren't as many as Houston, but they are definitely here.

You had it backward from the start. Metro Houston has a higher percentage of Latino's and African-Americans. That is the difference. However, those communities are repersented here in very large numbers. The "others" including Asians and people from other parts of the world are insignificant on the whole. There are almost as many here and they are just as integrated.

How about some more data:

Born in Europe, 2007
Miami 133,730
Atlanta 67,131
Houston 53,562
Dallas 50,391

Born in Asia, 2007
Houston 244,274
Dallas 228,209
Atlanta 176,671
Miami 103,147

Born in Africa, 2007
Atlanta 64,870
Dallas 50,105
Houston 47,746
Miami 18,787

Born in Australia/NZ/Oceania, 2007
Dallas 4,138
Houston 3,718
Atlanta 1,999
Miami 1,884

Born in Latin America, 2007
Miami 1,712,594
Houston 855,106
Dallas 767,665
Atlanta 383,355

Born in the UK, 2007
Miami 20,299
Houston 16,137
Atlanta 12,118
Dallas 11,348

Born in France, 2007
Miami 6,707
Houston 3,061
Dallas 2,357
Atlanta 1,855

Born in Germany, 2007
Miami 14,716
Dallas 9,113
Atlanta 8,314
Houston 6,482

Born in Italy, 2007
Miami 15,799
Atlanta 2,270
Houston 1,735
Dallas 1,304

Born in Portugal, 2007
Miami 1,612
Dallas 758
Atlanta 108

Born in Poland, 2007
Miami 10,382
Atlanta 3,977
Dallas 2,817
Houston 1,098

Born in Russia, 2007
Miami 8,658
Atlanta 6,312
Houston 3,990
Dallas 3,915

Born in China, 2007
Houston 46,045
Dallas 29,461
Atlanta 22,021
Miami 14,841

Born in Taiwan, 2007
Houston 14,541
Dallas 11,241
Atlanta 4,029
Miami 2,967

Born in Japan, 2007
Dallas 4,686
Atlanta 4,278
Miami 2,654
Houston 2,176

Born in India, 2007
Dallas 49,669
Atlanta 41,081
Houston 40,862
Miami 13,032

Born in Iran, 2007
Dallas 8,919
Houston 6,168
Atlanta 4,573
Miami 3,330

Born in the Phillipines, 2007
Houston 21,188
Miami 16,420
Dallas 14,297
Atlanta 7,293

Born in Vietnam, 2007
Houston 61,045
Dallas 49,167
Atlanta 33,516
Miami 6,630

Born in Israel, 2007
Miami 11,220
Houston 2,255
Dallas 1,748
Atlanta 1,335

Bear in mind the total above are foreign born only, not total number. Ill post those later.

good one there, you got me....although i still do think houston has a more diverse feel to it, those are good points and i could argue this even more....but this would go on forever, i appreciate that you brung up facts and not just emotional rants...so i can respect that and you won the arguement....so nice DEBATE!! LAnative10

[AlGreen]

Originally Posted by grindin

LOL, not "too good," more like, "too tired of this same damn type of thread popping up every few weeks". I feel like my perspective would've been useless, since most people seem to have their mind made up the minute they come in here. I knew as soon as this thread popped up, it was going to be a bloodbath, so I figured why bother?

*walks out while y'all fight amongst yourselves and goes to the elliptical*

...and that's all i have to say

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by houstonboi22

good one there, you got me....although i still do think houston has a more diverse feel to it, those are good points and i could argue this even more....but this would go on forever, i appreciate that you brung up facts and not just emotional rants...so i can respect that and you won the arguement....so nice DEBATE!! LAnative10

Its been fun.

Houston is more diverse. Im not arguing that. But the difference is not drastic outside:

1) The integration of African-Americans into traditionally white/hispanic neighbohoods
2) Houston has a wider variety of Hispanic residents. Dallas' hispanic community is more like Chicago's. Mostly two nationalities (Mexican and Salvadoran in DFW and Mexican/Puerto Rican in Chicago).

DFW and Houston's Asian communities are very comparable in integration and size.

[clean_polo]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

I said that on the first page; if you would've just agreed than; all this back and forth wouldn't of started up. Culturally, it goes to Atlanta. Miami has little to no influence in the south.

I think he meant Latin American culture. Lol, people always mention the Latin American culture in Miami even though there are plenty of other people in Miami besides hispanics, and they don't eat empanadas all day -_-.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Actually; the gulf coast region supplies resources to the VA area; however, VA has an advantage over the other southern states due to it's location near the NE which supplies them as well. The Colonial pipeline (which starts in Houston) services the majority of the East Coast.

Ok that's great and all but the impact is minimal at best. Houston has little, if any and I tend to lend to the if any part, of presence in Virginia. That's DC's territory.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

TMC is much more than hospitals; it's also research facilities and medical schools. Some of the most important medical inventions were started in Houston at TMC. Lots of celebrities/athletes as far as medical procedures are linked back to here as well. With over 5 million visitors each year, and over 10,000 international visitors. It's much more than regional.

And that's my point: TMC isn't really that important to the South regionally. It's more of a national/international thing. Like I said, medical centers tend to pull from a smaller, more concentrated area unless they specialize in one thing, and in that instance, they tend to be more important nationally than regionally.

[Overcooked_Oatmeal]

Originally Posted by WestbankNOLA

I've noticed the same key posters are always involved when the thread goes down hill. At first I believe it was from defensiveness on all sides. Now it's just out of spite IMO. It's like a bait trap, everyone knows what sets everyone off and it's starting to get personal. Also notice, that there's always that 1 or 2 posters that sink the bait, then sit back and watch in every post.

We should all be experts on Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston by now.

I know I've learned more about them than I ever wanted to.

I'm surprised that the ATL and H-Town crews haven't started talking about music yet. ATL ringtone rappers vs. chopped & screwed rappers or Keri Hilson vs. that illuminati puppet, I mean, Beyonce.

[clean_polo]

^ Low blow, lmao.