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Culture/Things to Do (amount at least) are ATL in a landslide.
Odd comparison, though other 3 areas are interesting. Education is hard to say because it depends what and where you're asking from.
QOL and Where you'd live are subjective. Syracuse ain't a bad town and I can easily see where people having certain preferences (smaller place, etc.) would take it.
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The last time Atlanta and Syracuse could be compared (at least superficially) was in 1930 when they had about the same population. Even during that time though, Atlanta was a far more important city than Syracuse in every way from regional to national.
Fast forward 80 years and one city has gone on to be a major international city of commerce and culture, the other is a city called Syracuse.
Is this a serious question????? Atlanta in the biggest landslide in CD forum history.
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Originally Posted by waronxmas
The last time Atlanta and Syracuse could be compared (at least superficially) was in 1930 when they had about the same population. Even during that time though, Atlanta was a far more important city than Syracuse in every way from regional to national.
Fast forward 80 years and one city has gone on to be a major international city of commerce and culture, the other is a city called Syracuse.
Yes and I think that the fact that Atlanta is THE city in GA and really the South for so long versus a city that has always had to share its "importance"(Erie Canal, manufacturing and educational center, etc) just in its portion of the state it is in, let alone regionally, nationally and internationally. So, basically this is an apples to oranges(or peaches) comparison.
Syracuse I think gets more snow than just about any decently sized (above 200K) metro area in the US.
On the plus side, it did pretty well in it's early days, and is a university town. Thus, my venture is that it would be significantly more walkable/bikeable, and have better amenities for fans of sports and arts/culture than most similarly sized (700K) person metro areas.
It also has a pretty decent park system and scenery around it from what I understand, and it's location isn't half bad (in regard to nature: Around an hour to Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes/Gorges of Ithaca, 3-4 hrs. from the Adirondack High Peaks and the Atlantic Coast, and in regard to cities: Within 5 hrs. of New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and a handful of other cities).
It's one of the cheapest places to live in the US, yet still has a number of very safe suburbs with good school systems.
I'm not sure I'd pick it over Atlanta either, but you could certainly do worse.
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