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1) Omaha - what more can you say? 5 fortune 500 headquarters, 5 more in the top 1000, very high standard of living, low unemployment, what recession?,great public/private partnerships in building our entertainment scene,great growing downtown, great indie music, great events city. Growing relatively fast.
2)Lincoln - great metro but smallish at 310,000 but is growing relatively fast like Omaha. Starting a major downtown boom of its own. At some point in a few decades, both omaha and Lincoln will be joined as a single csa/msa.
3)Grand Island - just became a metro metrology 83,000 in 2013. Great for a small metro which is why it is booming.
4)Sioux City - based in Iowa, extends into the northeast corner. Twice the size of Grand Island, very good downtown for its size, building a hard-rock casino. A lot of untapped potential. But too blue-collared which has seen much better days, no university, net loss of migration to Omaha, Sioux Falls and Des Moines which all are fast growing, highly educated,predominantly white collar cities.
I don't know if i'd say Grand Island is great for a metro of 83,000. While I think the city is doing lots of good things like getting the State Fair and the Heartland Center, I still think it feels less nice than a few of the smaller cities in NE, especially nearby Kearney. Granted Kearney has the University which adds a different feel to it, but I guess I don't feel Grand Island is that great. It is booming though, and is pretty diverse for being in that part of Nebraska
I completely agree with you on Sioux City. One of my bud's lived up there and I went to school about 45 minutes from their. It just seemed like a very depressed town, but it puzzled me because they had the riverfront that they could have done a lot with, as well as nice scenery, but it doesn't seem to have the white collar jobs other cities have.
If we're talking about ALL metros in Georgia, it would go something like this:
1. Atlanta
2. Savannah
3. Athens
4. Augusta
5. Columbus
6. Warner Robins
7. Macon
8. Gainesville
9. Valdosta
10. Rome
11. Dalton
12. Brunswick
13. Albany
14. Hinesville
If we're talking about ALL metros in Georgia, it would go something like this:
1. Atlanta
2. Savannah
3. Athens
4. Augusta
5. Columbus
6. Warner Robins
7. Macon
8. Gainesville
9. Valdosta
10. Rome
11. Dalton
12. Brunswick
13. Albany
14. Hinesville
Athens and Augusta could potentially switch places, but I can see why Athens would rank ahead.
What's the rationale for putting Warner Robins over Macon?
No way on that switch. I'd put Columbus in Augusta's spot. More diverse in my opinion.
This isn't a list about what you personally think of these cities; it's a ranking based on reputation and neither Columbus or Augusta have a reputation as a diverse city at all so that shouldn't even be a consideration. Both of them are pretty Black and White with not much else going on in terms of race/ethnicity.
Atlanta and Savannah are obviously tops in Georgia; after that, things get a bit more obscure. Nationally, UGA is known as a top college town and Augusta is known for the Masters. Outside of that? There's not too much going on. I know you'll mention Ft. Benning, Aflac, etc. for Columbus, but none of those things give it a larger, more well-known reputation than UGA or the Masters. Columbus ranks fifth at the least.
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