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To me, the city of Atlanta feels most similar to the suburban parts of the Northern New Jersey. Its narrow roads, hills, and 'development in a forest' seem pretty similar to the suburban part of Union County, NJ or Passaic County, NJ.
I don't think Atlanta looks anything like Dallas or Houston. It looks FAR more like the suburban part (say the 3rd and 4th ring suburbs of NYC) of Northern New Jersey.
I don’t know why people keep bringing up examples from the US when the thread clearly says World cities. From the poll options, it’s definitely Johannesburg. Both sprawl. Atlanta has a better metro rail system but Joburg has commuter rail which Atlanta doesn’t have. Both Atlanta and Johannesburg has significant Black wealth. Both Atlanta and Joburg have multiple financial centers with both downtowns being neglected (Except the fact that Downtown Atlanta will be soon experience a renaissance). Both are landlocked. Both have large railroad yards in the middle of the city. Both have significant tree coverage. Both have expansive freeways. Johannesburg could easily be mistaken for a Southern US city besides the townships of course.
I don’t know why people keep bringing up examples from the US when the thread clearly says World cities. From the poll options, it’s definitely Johannesburg. Both sprawl. Atlanta has a better metro rail system but Joburg has commuter rail which Atlanta doesn’t have. Both Atlanta and Johannesburg has significant Black wealth. Both Atlanta and Joburg have multiple financial centers with both downtowns being neglected (Except the fact that Downtown Atlanta will be soon experience a renaissance). Both are landlocked. Both have large railroad yards in the middle of the city. Both have significant tree coverage. Both have expansive freeways. Johannesburg could easily be mistaken for a Southern US city besides the townships of course.
For a non-US city, Johannesburg is indeed quite sprawled.
I don’t know why people keep bringing up examples from the US when the thread clearly says World cities. From the poll options, it’s definitely Johannesburg. Both sprawl. Atlanta has a better metro rail system but Joburg has commuter rail which Atlanta doesn’t have. Both Atlanta and Johannesburg has significant Black wealth. Both Atlanta and Joburg have multiple financial centers with both downtowns being neglected (Except the fact that Downtown Atlanta will be soon experience a renaissance). Both are landlocked. Both have large railroad yards in the middle of the city. Both have significant tree coverage. Both have expansive freeways. Johannesburg could easily be mistaken for a Southern US city besides the townships of course.
Strong arguments...only problem is that the townships are a major part of Joburg and its not too easy to say leave out the townships...I would agree however that if one had to pick a winner from this rather unique poll, then Joburg or Frankfurt would likely be the top choices
How presumptuous of you to think that Atlanta has in any way comparable to London, the world's greatest city?!?!?!
Coventry is comparable to London when comparing London to Mumbai or Tokyo, being the world's "greatest city" doesn't mean you can't compare.
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