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Uhhhhh....how so? I get the arguments for Houston (largest city, most F500 headquarters, highest GDP), DFW (most populous metro), and Atlanta (more important to a wider swath of the South), but Miami?
Miami attracts many immigrants from Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America, plus, people from all over the USA (namely, the northeast). It's a world-class city, as the 3rd largest (and still building!) skyline in the country, and many foreign businesses there.
Miami attracts many immigrants from Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America, plus, people from all over the USA (namely, the northeast). It's a world-class city, as the 3rd largest (and still building!) skyline in the country, and many foreign businesses there.
None of that makes a case for it being the most important in the South though.
I guess the real question of the thread is who to include in the top five after Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Miami. I'd vote New Orleans as the most culturally significant city in the South; an argument could be made for Charlotte and its corporate headquarters, but those could be relocated to any city in America. Nowhere else can duplicate what New Orleans offers.
I guess the real question of the thread is who to include in the top five after Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Miami. I'd vote New Orleans as the most culturally significant city in the South; an argument could be made for Charlotte and its corporate headquarters, but those could be relocated to any city in America. Nowhere else can duplicate what New Orleans offers.
As can the companies located in the "Big Four." After all, they qualify mainly because of their economic might and not any cultural uniqueness, right?
None of that makes a case for it being the most important in the South though.
It is the most widely-known/recognized city in the South, most international, and (arguably) best weather. It also gets a lot of businesses, so I don't see how my post didn't make a case for most important city in the South. Unless we're talking Southern culture, which Miami has none of whatsoever (more Caribbean/Latin flavor).
It is the most widely-known/recognized city in the South, most international, and (arguably) best weather. It also gets a lot of businesses, so I don't see how my post didn't make a case for most important city in the South. Unless we're talking Southern culture, which Miami has none of whatsoever (more Caribbean/Latin flavor).
I don't know why you keep saying this (in the second bold). This is absolutely false. And within in the South, Miami is not the more widely-known/recognized city. That honor would belong to Atlanta.
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