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Which Southern city was asleep at the wheel, missed the boat, got left in the dust and will likely forever be stuck in 2nd or 3rd tier status?
Put another way: Which city missed the Sunbelt boom and will likely never catch up to Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando or Austin, much less Atlanta, Dallas or Houston?
Maybe these cities won't be left behind. Maybe they'll just develop later. Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina are already doing this. The I-85 corridor between Atlanta and the Research Triangle in North Carolina is a corridor of explosive growth. Upstate South Carolina is centrally located between the two premier cities in the Atlantic South.
Anyway, of the cities that were listed, the one that I think has the longest way to go is Macon, GA. Most people who move to middle Georgia these days choose to live in Perry or Warner Robins; meanwhile, Macon slowly deteriorates. Maybe proximity to Atlanta will help Macon recover someday.
Jacksonville might be my choice. It has a decent location - it could serve as a "gateway" into Florida - and it has a metro area large enough to create some of its own economic weather.
But it doesn't seem to be doing all that much with itself. It might well lose its NFL franchise. Downtown is somewhat improved over the past, but it certainly isn't a hub of anything.
Jackson, MS is also a laggard by the standards of Birmingham or Memphis.
Gotta say Birmingham, but I think it would be worthwhile to discuss some other cities not listed here like Richmond, Louisville, Charleston, and Jacksonville.
Jacksonville might be my choice. It has a decent location - it could serve as a "gateway" into Florida - and it has a metro area large enough to create some of its own economic weather.
But it doesn't seem to be doing all that much with itself. It might well lose its NFL franchise. Downtown is somewhat improved over the past, but it certainly isn't a hub of anything.
Jackson, MS is also a laggard by the standards of Birmingham or Memphis.
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