Atlanta's national status (Rome, Dallas, Washington: home, unemployment rate, rankings)

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

aTlanTa

Good idea. Replace the "T"s with trees and Atlanta's got another logo.

[JoeP]

Citied that grow rapidly - newer cities also need to mature in amenities. Just because the population is there, doesn't mean that a city is = to a city of another similar population.

Atlanta culturally, has a ways to go, and it's god awful city planning (or lack of it) truly denies one an urban experience. Yes Midtown is getting denser, but there's a lot that needs to happen.

Also, when talking about cities, city population means nothing in reality. Houston is not the 4th largest city. That said, it's large and while it (and Atlanta) are larger than other cities like Denver, it doesn't mean that they offer much more.

[aries4118]

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[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

i want people someday to say "new york, los angeles, chicago, atlanta" when they're listing cities in the US. not population wise, necessarily, but one that has a unique culture of its own that's well known across the us.

there seems to be cultural connotations across the us with those first three cities, and naming them immediately brings about associations, with new york for example, subways, kosher food, central park, empire state building, etc. when someone says "atlanta" we don't have those same sorts of characteristic themes because we're pretty spread out and every part of atlanta is different from the next. that's good of course, but it would be nice to have a united sense of community in addition to having different parts of town.

Interesting question. I wonder what is America's "fourth city" after NY, LA, and Chi-town. I think I'll start a thread in General US cities.

[aries4118]

Top 5 American Cities in terms of importance and significance:

1. New York City
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington
5. Atlanta

[FromGA]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Top 5 American Cities in terms of importance and significance:

1. New York City
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington
5. Atlanta

There is a town called San francisco / Silicon Valley. (Oh, and Houston, Dallas have their own importance.)

[meep]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Top 5 American Cities in terms of importance and significance:

1. New York City
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington
5. Atlanta

Regionally speaking....or what? I love Atlanta but Frisco has it beat, Im sure.

[meep]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Citied that grow rapidly - newer cities also need to mature in amenities. Just because the population is there, doesn't mean that a city is = to a city of another similar population.

Atlanta culturally, has a ways to go, and it's god awful city planning (or lack of it) truly denies one an urban experience. Yes Midtown is getting denser, but there's a lot that needs to happen.

Also, when talking about cities, city population means nothing in reality. Houston is not the 4th largest city. That said, it's large and while it (and Atlanta) are larger than other cities like Denver, it doesn't mean that they offer much more.

I agree a bit but i would think population stands in causal relations to cultural offerings.do you really think denver offers as much as DT, MT and Buckhead. Atlanta feels like a smaller chi-town sans density and highrises(which Atl is no slouch in).

[FromGA]

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[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Top 5 American Cities in terms of importance and significance:

1. New York City
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington
5. Atlanta

Importance and significance in what context, and according to whom?