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Boise, Idaho would be best. Or maybe Butte Montana
I've only been to Boise twice, but now I think, that would be a interesting choice. From my experience, the road system is pretty good. But then visitors would have to deal with what we call "Idaho Drivers." Idaho's drivers are some of the worst in the nation, and the road laws aren't really enforced at all.
Why would H-Town be best?...What major projects does Houston have going for it?...Geographically being on near the gulf coast gives Houston a advantage but what else? Houston has the facilities to host the Olympics for sure...Its gets oppressively hot in Houston in the summer also...The only Texas city I have seen that has tried to improve public transportation is Dallas. Hell my hometown Fort Worth just got approved for federal funds for a street car system. Dallas is light years ahead of Fort Worth and Houston in that regards. As much as I joke about Dallas not having substance it really is gaining a lot of traction with this DART expansion, street car system, Trinity River project, and uptown development. I see what Big D is trying to pull off and I think they will succeed. I personally think Houston would do a great job hosting it but at least Dallas is mproving its infrastructure.
Because Houston already has the infrastructure outside of rail and the facilities which are more up to date compared to Dallas. That is why Houston made it past Dallas when it comes to the USOC voting out cities for not only 2012 but 2008 as well. BTW, it's oppressively hot everywhere in Texas in the summer.
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what about Atlanta in 1996??
I wouldn't call Atlanta east coast. By east coast I was referring more to the Atlantic seaboard - starting from the Virginia coast up to Maine, but including those cities not far from the east coast itself like Philly which are really synonymous/are with the eastern seaboard.
I wouldn't call Atlanta east coast. By east coast I was referring more to the Atlantic seaboard - starting from the Virginia coast up to Maine, but including those cities not far from the east coast itself like Philly which are really synonymous/are with the eastern seaboard.
A lot of people make this mistake, but Atlanta is East coast nonetheless.
Georgia is on the Atlantic seaboard, and the entire State is in the Eastern Time Zone.
I understand why you feel this way, but I disagree. Philly & Pennsylvania are considered East coast, but there is no oceanfront.
If Pennsylvania and the cities within the state are East Coast, so are Georgia and the cities within it.
Philly is about 45 miles from a true beach but the city actually is a seaport, and although most of the city is on fresh water it does have parts below the salt line, it is technicality but it is definately more associated and closer to the coast than is Atlanta
So the city touches salt water or sea water
on PA vs GA - Georgia actually has a real beach where PA does not - Among the Mid Atlantic PA is the only without an oceanfront. its beach is more simliar to Ohio, MI, WI, IL, IN on a great lake (in my mind if aint salt water it is a lake and not an oceanfront beach)
Philly is about 45 miles from a true beach but the city actually is a seaport, and although most of the city is on fresh water it does have parts below the salt line, it is technicality but it is definately more associated and closer to the coast than is Atlanta
So the city touches salt water or sea water
I know a lot of people don't like and/or understand my thought process on this, but to me if a state has an Atlantic coastline, it's East Coast.
I know a lot of people don't like and/or understand my thought process on this, but to me if a state has an Atlantic coastline, it's East Coast.
I would agree, GA is more coastal than PA
I think some people when they hear east associate it with the North East
GA is an East coast state, Atlanta is not a coastal city
but for some reason East coast is more associated with the NE than SE
end of the day - georgia is an east coast state
And honestly on the strictest criteria one could argue PA is not a coastal state - though most percieve so
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