Top 5 most important cities on a national scale (living, state, versus)

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by Truthfully19

Emotional? really lol how can your city be fifth most important in the country and with all you've mentioned in your previous post you still haven't bested houston.....airport? Yeah ok that's nice but cola doesn't pick up the slack lmao

Well important as I said before is more than just money.We are not talking NYC vs Memphis for crying out loud!!So other things like cultural,political and other contributions are equally as important.Now do you understand?You don't have to agree(obviously you don't),but don't act as if its(Atlanta) just "outlandish".

[Truthfully19]

It is outlandish for you to say atlanta is the fifth most important city in america right up under chicago or dc so you have the nations capitol and then atlanta? No boston philly or sanfran? Really? no houston or dallas

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by Truthfully19

It is outlandish for you to say atlanta is the fifth most important city in america right up under chicago or dc so you have the nations capitol and then atlanta? No boston philly or sanfran? Really? no houston or dallas

Well you have yet to make a case for it other than THINKING you can try to change my opinion.
I gave you 5 or 6 reasons how I based my decision.In everyone I stated why Atlanta was either less than or more than the others.At the end I tallied up my results and that was the answer.The only thing you mainly seem to focus on is basically small changes.You STILL have made no arguments other than ..well...BECAUSE!That is not an argument.With that,Im going to bed to allow you come up with a mature argument.Goodnight.Pleasant dreams..

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by Truthfully19

It is outlandish for you to say atlanta is the fifth most important city in america right up under chicago or dc so you have the nations capitol and then atlanta? No boston philly or sanfran? Really? no houston or dallas

Atlanta is in pretty good company.Notice where Dallas and Houston are.
http://www.mastercard.com/us/company...eport_2008.pdf

From the Brookings Institute regarding the Global Cities List by Loughborough University.Look where Atlanta ranks versus HOU/DAL:

Global city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

While New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles are the U.S. leaders in global connectivity, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, and Washington are also important nodes in the world city network. A mixture of regional capitals—such as Boston and Seattle—and specialist cities—such as Houston, the world's energy capital—are found in the next tier. Somewhat surprisingly, dynamic and growing Phoenix and San Jose have relatively low connectivities.

Now whats outlandish?Because you say so?

[Truthfully19]

And when you wake up atlanta still wont be the fifth most important city in america or anywhere near it anytime soon lmao

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by Truthfully19

And when you wake up atlanta still wont be the fifth most important city in america or anywhere near it anytime soon lmao

Ok I laughed at that.That was a good one.(false)but funny.LOL

[afonega1]

Atlanta is Attracting the Most Newcomers within the United States –
Many Are Young, College-Educated
ATLANTA IS FASTEST GROWING DOMESTIC MIGRANT MAGNET OF TOP METROS,(means Atlanta is the number ONE Major Metro Location for People currently living in the U.S.)
2000-2004
Domestic Migration
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 124,106
Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX 68,475
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 48,847
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (16,498)
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL (22,981)
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington-PA-NJ-DE-MD (34,588)
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI (106,785)
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI (252,997)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA (471,118)
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA (844,058)

TOP TEN MAJOR CITIES OF THE FUTURE
1 Chicago
2 Toronto
3 Pittsburgh
4 ATLANTA
5 Guadalajara
6 Baltimore
7 Montreal
8 Mexico City
9 Boston
10 Miami

American Cancer Society,C.A.R.E. International and the Arthritis
Foundation. Headquartered in Atlanta

Most Nonstop International
Markets Served after NY
Intl Nonstop
Airport Markets Served
1 New York (JFK) 82
2 Atlanta (ATL) 69
3 Miami (MIA) 64
4 New York (LGA) 64
5 Houston (IAH) 54

Atlanta’s Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech) graduates more engineers
than any other university in the United
States.

The Korean population of Metro Atlanta has also seen a drastic change. Metro Atlanta currently is home to the fastest-growing Korean population in the country. The Korean population saw a sharp increase from 42,000 in 2000, to an estimated 80,000 in 2006.wika

[NorCal Dude]

New York
La
Chicago
DC
Huston

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by NorCal Dude

New York
La
Chicago
DC
Huston

It's spelled HOUSTON.I guess if it were MORE popular the spelling would have been easier.

Also more info:
The median income for a household :
Houston:28,288
Atlanta: 29,678
Boston:37,203
Dallas:28,310
Philly:31,650
San Fran:40,511


High School Graduation rates/B.S or higher/Poverty rates
Houston:80.2 / 28.2 13.6%
Atlanta:86.0/33.5 / 11.7%
Dallas:81.4/29.5 / 12.7%
Philly:87.6/32.1 / 11.5
Boston:89.9/41.9 / 9.2%
San Fransisco: 86.9/43.4/ 9.4%[/b]

[theSUBlime]

New York City
Los Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
DC