10 Things that must happed for Atlanta to be considered a "World City" (Decatur: best city, college)

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by speeddemonz

Ted Turner is from Ohio

Andrew Young is from New Orleans

Arthur Blank is a New Yorker! Sunnyside to be exact

Bernie Marcus is from New Jersey

And all of them had the good sense to come here.

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by speeddemonz

Ted Turner is from Ohio

Andrew Young is from New Orleans

Arthur Blank is a New Yorker! Sunnyside to be exact

Bernie Marcus is from New Jersey

And your precious Mayor Walter Washington is from Georgia.

[speeddemonz]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

But...but...but what about someone who owned four businesses!

I was wondering what happened to the first three?

Business 101- You don't have to own a business forever. You can build a successful company and then sell it for a huge profit. Part of the profits made from the sale of that company can be used to fund a big and better project if needed.

Every business you set out to start will not always be successful. A New business has a 50/50 chance of surviving for five years or more. There are alot of millionaires and billionaires who have taken a loss its comes with the territory.

[speeddemonz]

Originally Posted by johnatl

And your precious Mayor Walter Washington is from Georgia.

you can have Walter Washington

[speeddemonz]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

And all of them had the good sense to come here.

Somebody with sense had to step in

[MB2]

OK....the need to step in !
I have been editing this thread now pages, and pages back......and all because for the SAME reason !
Different opinions, snide remarks, getting personally rude...and veering OFF topic all to often !
Enough !
Agree, to disagree...to agree !
Enough reason given.
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Stay civil, play nice, enjoy the forum ....and have a nice day.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by speeddemonz

I was in Miami a month ago and I did fly in (AIR) I remember seeing hwy 95 North/South (Road) The Amtrack Train runs there also (TRAIN).

Last time I checked Miami is Geographically located in the south did something change

Of course Miami is in the south, but it isn't adjacent to anything else except Florida. Its historic influence on the region is limited because of this, as it its current influence on the region.

Atlanta is smack in the middle of a web of railways (it started life in the 19th century as a railroad hub), it's in the middle of a web of interstate roadways, and it hosts the busiest airport in the south (and the world) by multiple measures.

Because of this, Atlanta is an intersection for commerce in many ways, and acts as the hub for a lot of different types of goods and means of transportation regardless of whether they travel by road, rail, or air.

Atlanta is also home to 9 Fortune 500 companies according to Fortune Magazine, while Miami is home to 4 (though those numbers might be skewed by additional companies existing in suburbs ... I know there are two listed as Duluth GA, which is located in the Atlanta metro, and some of the other Florida companies may similarly be located in Miami suburbs).

Atlanta is home to the Federal Reserve Bank that serves the region of the US which also includes Florida.

I suspect there are numerous other examples. I'm just coming up with a few things off the top of my head, and I'm sure counterexamples exist.

I'm sure Miami is an influential city in some respects, but King of the South? I admit to being uncertain about anything that might justify that. It just doesn't seem that influential to me. I may be wrong, of course ...

To try to bring this back to the original topic ... many of the above things are reasons why some consider Atlanta to be in the early stages of being a "world city", along with a few other medium-sized metro areas in the US. That doesn't make Atlanta "better" than Miami or vice versa, but it does indicate that it might possess certain characteristics that other cities might not have in similar quantities.

I should also note that I'm a transplant from the upper Midwest (suburbs of Minneapolis), so I'm hardly a typical native of the area. I think Atlanta and Georgia have lots of problems, and I think the political climate here (for example) is a travesty. But that doesn't mean I don't acknowledge its very influential position in its immediate area (a few hundred mile radius at least).

[BringBackCobain]

I am a native of atlanta. I have lived here my whole life and I love it here. But I admit that some people on the national level look down on atlanta, and more so than on cities like LA, Chicago, NYC. You would never hear of people saying that Chicago is the annoying cousin of cities, but you would, and I do, hear the same about Atlanta.

Atlanta is in a transition period. Its almost confusing to some because people expect so much of it because of the Olympics. The truth is, those people need to give it time. the city is almost there, which i think was the intent of the op. Once it is "there", people wont be able to even make an argument about Atlanta vs. Miami. But its not to that point yet.

Even so, it is defined as a world city, so there is no where to go but up. It would be much different if the city wasnt even technically considered one, but since it is, its going to be much easier for atlanta to "fill the shoes" or "live up to the image" of a world city. I am pretty confident that 10 yrs from now its going to be hard to make an argument against the legitimacy of its "world city" status or capital of the south status. By that time, the argument would sound as absurd as saying Chicago isnt the capital of the midwest or it isnt a world city. You just wont hear it.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by BringBackCobain

I am a native of atlanta. I have lived here my whole life and I love it here. But I admit that some people on the national level look down on atlanta, and more so than on cities like LA, Chicago, NYC. You would never hear of people saying that Chicago is the annoying cousin of cities, but you would, and I do, hear the same about Atlanta.

You hear negative things about Atlanta in places other than city-data? I've never heard the kinds of harsh comments and unfounded criticism about this city anywhere except on this forum. Whenever I've told someone I'm from Atlanta, it's all positive and they had a great time in Atlanta or they want to visit or whatever. Of course there is negativity in the media - but that is true for every city, not just Atlanta.

In my experience, the attitudes found on this site are very much not representative of real people.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by BringBackCobain

I am a native of atlanta. I have lived here my whole life and I love it here. But I admit that some people on the national level look down on atlanta, and more so than on cities like LA, Chicago, NYC. You would never hear of people saying that Chicago is the annoying cousin of cities, but you would, and I do, hear the same about Atlanta.

LA, NYC, and Chicago are all much larger than Atlanta. I'm not surprised that folks treat those three differently ... they dominate their respective coasts and the center of the US respectively.