The Most Cosmopolitan Metro in The South? (downtown, food, best)

[Spade]

Originally Posted by solytaire

Well Damn....

Yessir

[OrlFlaUsa]

Originally Posted by K.O.N.Y

omg lol

Yeah it's so funny that a guy enjoys eating a biscuit and talks with a regional dialect.

Originally Posted by johnatl

Yeah, he is just hilarious, isn't he? Imagine spending all of your time trying to discredit a place - it's a laugh riot!

John, you and I both know that the true jealousy comes from not having good biscuits in NYC.

[solytaire]

I will say this though, regarding biscuits, the southeast might have a leg up in that department. I havent seen a Biscuitville outside of the Carolinas and maybe Virginia. The Hot Biscuit was good when it was in operation in Texas, but for a fast food biscuit or for fast food biscuits and gravy, Biscuitville is winning for now.

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by solytaire

I will say this though, regarding biscuits, the southeast might have a leg up in that department. I havent seen a Biscuitville outside of the Carolinas and maybe Virginia. The Hot Biscuit was good when it was in operation in Texas, but for a fast food biscuit or for fast food biscuits and gravy, Biscuitville is winning for now.

This comment leapt out at me, Solytaire.

The first time I ever saw a Hot Biscuit was in Tyler, Texas. It was right next to the motel we would usually stay at during our trips to East Texas. Anyway, after a couple of years, I noticed it had been replaced by something else. So, until you posted this, I was not sure if is was just a locally owned business or a chain. I remember they had some great food...

[Social Network]

Again how is Atlanta not cosmopolitan? How does it lag in worldy things and ideas? Diversity is the main element to cosmopolitan for sure and Atlanta has that. Then the globally linked economy, and again Atlanta has that. And then there's infrastructure that can show off a global asset in travel, Atlanta's doing that.

The truth is it doesn't matter. Atlanta's mayor is the first mayor to push on a national scale that ALL cities deserve better transit systems and a competent federal government to support it. It wasn't mayor Daley, Newsome, or Bloomberg whose pushing for it, its Atlanta's mayor Kasim Reed who led the US Mayors network to push for the idea.

News on it here:

At a National Press Club press conference, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said “Mayors are on the front lines of building livable and sustainable communities. We are where hope meets the street.”

From the Survey:

The largest metropolitan areas account for 87 percent of the nation’s traffic. The three most congested areas—Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago—account for 27 percent of that traffic. Our metropolitan areas rank high among world economies (e.g., New York’s economy ranks 12th and is larger than India’s economy), but they are saddled with bus and rail systems at capacity and aging roads and bridges that will undermine their ability to meet the nation’s future economic output. Simply put, these areas are receiving significantly less in federal transportation investments than would reflect their role and importance to the nation’s economy.

Mayors want transpo money to come to cities - Houston Tomorrow

[R1070]

Its hard to say which major metro in the south is most cosmopolitan.
They are all cosmopolitan and growing culturally. Atlanta gives off a Southern sophistication while Dallas and Houston have huge investments in the arts. Miami has that international flare. All of them have great dining scenes. Miami and Dallas have the shopping thing down pat. I think they are all cosmo in different senses, just offer a little more of something than the other in different areas of what makes a place cosmo.

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

This comment leapt out at me, Solytaire.

The first time I ever saw a Hot Biscuit was in Tyler, Texas. It was right next to the motel we would usually stay at during our trips to East Texas. Anyway, after a couple of years, I noticed it had been replaced by something else. So, until you posted this, I was not sure if is was just a locally owned business or a chain. I remember they had some great food...

Yeah, I wasnt sure whether it was a regional or just a local chain either Reb. But I do remember the Hot Biscuit that you are referring to in Northwest Tyler -- used to eat there all the time as a kid. There was also one on the way to Longview, right off Highway 31 East that we used to eat at. Longview had a Hot Biscuit of its own as well. And I saw online where there was one in Nacogdoches, but unfortunately they all seem to have gone under by now.

[Dan The Man 666]

Originally Posted by R1070

FYI
People in Dallas do not consider themselves in the Southeast.

Could it just be that their egos are hurt if they're considered southeasterners? clearly there's no need for that.

Don't a lot of people in Dallas / Houston have southern accents, can anyone answer me this.

I've never been to Texas.

[grapico]

Originally Posted by OrlFlaUsa

DC and Miami in that order, I don't find Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Orlando/Tampa to be very cosmopolitan. All great places to an extent, but when I think cosmopolitan, I think of LA, NYC, Chicago, SF, and then it drops off and we're just arguing semantics. But then again, my definition of cosmo is probably skewed by pop culture's dictates.

Don't have any disagreements with me here. While DC and Miami are the clear 1,2 ... I still think Dallas Houston edge out Atlanta... Atlanta is probably over Orlando/Tampa... but not by much really, and only in it's best pockets, not over the metro. Still, that is competitive Orl/Tampa vs Atlanta.

[Infamous Past]

Originally Posted by OrlFlaUsa

DC and Miami in that order, I don't find Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Orlando/Tampa to be very cosmopolitan. All great places to an extent, but when I think cosmopolitan, I think of LA, NYC, Chicago, SF, and then it drops off and we're just arguing semantics. But then again, my definition of cosmo is probably skewed by pop culture's dictates.

Wow why dont you write your own dictionary for cosmo. You see cosmo isnt what "you think it is for you" it has a definition and an oreo city like Atlanta just doesnt compete with DC, Houston, Miami, and Dallas. Get out more often kid, these cities have rich flavor that Atlanta cant ever match. Know what Chinese food tastes like? Put that biscuit down and see a real cosmopolitan city to find out what its like. Clearly you have a jealousy for all things Atlanta fails in, but at the end of he day hey its still better than Orlando, right champ?