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Ok, we're not just talking Latin America when it comes to Atlanta's international presence. For instance:
UPS has 425,000 full time employees worldwide, and about 300,000 contractors. No company on the planet ships more packages and freight than UPS. If UPS were to cease operating tomorrow, the world economy would come to a standstill.
Coca-Cola employs 100,000 full time and has a distribution and bottling plant in every single country/region of the planet. That employs a further 1 million people or so.
CNN can be viewed no matter where you go on Earth. Even Antarctica.
How exactly do Houston, Dallas, Miami trump Atlanta in global presence? Consulates? Percatage of foreign born residents? While all of that stuff is nice, it has nothing on being a global economic leader.
Greensboro? Surely you jest. And I have nothing at all against Greensboro.
If you include Greensboro with the rest of the Triad region, well, that is where I see the importance. It is the largest city in the Piedmont Triad region. The PT region is kind of like the Silicon Valley of the Southeast.
Atlanta #1 all the way.turner broadcasting,coca cola,airport,weather channel and last but not least adult swims tim and eric. HOUSTON #2 BECAUSE OF THIER OIL DUH!.MIAMI #3 SIMPLY BUT THE "HOTTIES", FORGOT #4 AND 5 SORRY.
Last edited by prohendrix32; 10-04-2009 at 04:27 AM..
Ok, we're not just talking Latin America when it comes to Atlanta's international presence. For instance:
UPS has 425,000 full time employees worldwide, and about 300,000 contractors. No company on the planet ships more packages and freight than UPS. If UPS were to cease operating tomorrow, the world economy would come to a standstill.
Coca-Cola employs 100,000 full time and has a distribution and bottling plant in every single country/region of the planet. That employs a further 1 million people or so.
CNN can be viewed no matter where you go on Earth. Even Antarctica.
How exactly do Houston, Dallas, Miami trump Atlanta in global presence? Consulates? Percatage of foreign born residents? While all of that stuff is nice, it has nothing on being a global economic leader.
Atlanta #1 all the way.turner broadcasting,coca cola,airport,weather channel and last but not least adult swims tim and eric. HOUSTON #2 BECAUSE OF THIER OIL DUH!.MIAMI #3 SIMPLY BUT THE "HOTTIES", FORGOT #4 AND 5 SORRY.
LOL my daughter would vote for Atlanta just on the basis of Tim and Eric
If you include Greensboro with the rest of the Triad region, well, that is where I see the importance. It is the largest city in the Piedmont Triad region. The PT region is kind of like the Silicon Valley of the Southeast.
I think you're confusing the Triad with the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill). The Triad still heavily relies on manufacturing. The Triangle is the high-tech metropolis of the state.
I think you're confusing the Triad with the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill). The Triad still heavily relies on manufacturing. The Triangle is the high-tech metropolis of the state.
Go there. You won't hurt my feelings if you make the appropriate case
While I dont really agree with you, I do see one point you made from your last post about foreign born residents.
What we might need to differenitate is which cities are more important vs. which cities are more international. Atlanta is the least international of the cities in question (Miami, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta) due to the fact that there arent nearly as many people from other countries there, however it might be more important on a global scale than a city that is more international (like Miami).
Personally (much to the shigrin of the Houstonites on here), I think Miami is the most international of the cities in question because it is THE center for Latin American business in the US and has closer ties to Europe than any of the cities in question. Houston would be the next most international due to the port, foreign born residents, and the oil industry. Dallas would be after that simply because of the sheer volume of foreign born residents (projected now at 18%). Atlanta would be after that.
However, that being said, the GaWC seems to think that Atlanta is the most important of the lot. Since they are a team of social geographers with PHd's, Ill listen.
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