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I don't really see how. All four cities are pretty diverse and none of them really trump the others. As for importance, all of those think tanks and organizations disagree with you. Sorry.
BUT, it's not a huge runaway difference. They area all essentially the same, there are just a few areas that Atlanta and Miami excel at that Houston and Dallas do not. That could easily change in an instant. For now though, it is what it is.
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None of those studies evaluate appeal, popularity and other irrelevant topics.
You posted the city proper stats. Since Houston is 600 sq miles, and Atlanta and Miami are much smaller (131 and 36 sq miles respectively), in that light it will look more diverse. Compare them on the MSA level, then they are all just as diverse. Just in different ways.
I dont mean to knock it because I think Houston is probably the most diverse of the ones listed, but the article is 10 years old.
How exactly do we define diversity? Are different kinds of hispanics viewed differently or are they all viewed under the same title of hispanic? Same with Asian.
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i have to disagree, houston is WAAAAY more diverse than the others listed.
Maybe by a hair, but actually Houston and Dallas are really close demographically. The percentages of the major racial groups almost mirror each other exactly.
I'd say Houston because it is doing way better than Atlanta and Miami, and it's a little better than Dallas. Atlanta is winning because when one thinks of the South, they think of ATLANTA for some reason. Also, people think that Atlanta is the only city of the 4 in the South, but people actually forget or are a little iffy when it comes to Houston, Dallas, and Miami being southern.
It seems as though you are really going out of your way to minimize everything Atlanta does well. Do you not understand the concept that many of our leading companies are truly global players, across several industries?
yeah, point the finger at me as if everybody else isn't doing the same thing with houston
Well Orlando has NASA, the TOURISM CAPITAL ( Might Not Match Up To Oil iN peoples Mind But it Comes A Long Way For Residents), and the most Hotels and Resorts , and POrt Canaveral.
Not bashing Houston, I feel it is Arguably most important, I do however feel there should be one special thing about a Metro that no other Metro has which I feel Miami does.
i understand that but houston has the MAIN NASA base. where take-off proceeds along with recearch and most of the space exploration projects....and yes port canaveral is big, But not like the Port of Houston.....and houston has a VERY stable economy because it can rely on numerous of HUGE amenities, while Miami has only 2 or three....If the airport was gone..miami, would be hurt, if you take away bush-IAH or oil, we still have NASA and TMC....so I can see where you're coming from , but houston, overall, is more stable
I agree Atlanta is very important, but the question asked which city would make the biggest impact; if destroyed. I picked Houston.
We can go back and forth, but I just don't see Atlanta as important as Houston and us in Houston extremely suffering from Atlanta being destroyed as much as they would if something happened to us.
When the hurricane hit Houston; people across the south were in frenzy (especially Atlanta). When a natural disaster hits Atlanta; our city will still be going strong and totally unaffected.
well like i said, it seems the united states government recognizes houston (and probably also miami) as that city, seeing as how it's received more homeland security funding
yeah, point the finger at me as if everybody else isn't doing the same thing with houston
"buuuut i guess cnn and coca-cola are more important than medicine and fuel"
I rest my case.
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