Greenville/Columbia vs Chattanooga/Knoxville vs Savannah/Augusta vs Greensboro/Winston Salem (state, better)

[CharlotteNCRepublican]

Knoxville / Chattanooga followed closely by Winston-Salem / Greensboro

[Rwarky]

Originally Posted by nortonguy

What combo of cities is the best pair? Cultural attractions, festivals, economy, museums, concerts, retail, restaurants, downtown, diversity, etc.......

SC: Greenville-Columbia
TN: Chattanooga-Knoxville
NC: Greensboro-Winston Salem
GA: Savannah-Augusta


MSA populations combined
SC: Columbia 758,501 & Greenville 651,631
NC: Greensboro 724,787 & Winston Salem 492,946
TN: Knoxville 709,733 & Chattanooga 529,917
GA: Augusta 544,626 & Savannah 350,782


Population ranking
1. SC: 1.4 million
2. TN: 1.2
3. NC: 1.2
4. GA: 900K

From best to least appealing, I choose the following order:

1. Columbia-Greenville
2. Knoxville-Chattanooga
3. Augusta-Savannah

...100. and dead last is Greensboro/Winston-Salem

[Akhenaton06]

^You never liked NC's Piedmont cities for some reason. Somebody must have really broken your heart there, LOL.

[adavi215]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

^You never liked NC's Piedmont cities for some reason. Somebody must have really broken your heart there, LOL.

Lol! I kind of feel bad for the guy.

[adavi215]

This is a very tough call. All of the combinations are extremely hard to pick one over the other. I would say maybe Chattanooga and Knoxville have an upper hand. Greensboro and Winston have the advantage in that they actually constitute one area.

[nortonguy]

I should have added Birmingham/Huntsville or Birmingham/Mobile to the poll.

[Akhenaton06]

Here are the combined GDP's for the combined metros:

Greenville-Columbia: $54.9 billion
Chattanooga-Knoxville: $50.4 billion
Greensboro-Winston Salem: $55.1 billion
Savannah-Augusta: $31.0 billion

[nortonguy]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

Here are the combined GDP's for the combined metros:

Greenville-Columbia: $54.9 billion
Chattanooga-Knoxville: $50.4 billion
Greensboro-Winston Salem: $55.1 billion
Savannah-Augusta: $31.0 billion

What year is this?

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by nortonguy

What year is this?

Dude, it's October...you should have the year memorized by now.

[Akhenaton06]

LOL, those figures are from 2008, which is the latest year available for metro GDP's. I wouldn't expect the GA metros to catch up to the others within the last two years though.