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Originally Posted by kidphilly
I wish DC were not included in that it seems like it doesn't belong from a functional perspective in the south Atlantic. To me without Atlanta is the clear choice. the Texas cities seem like they exist mostly in another region which is interesting in that it is really the only area that has two nearly mirror images.
I agree exactly. DC's importance isn't tied any region in IMHO. It could be in the middle of Montana and still be just as influential.
I am more familiar with Atlanta with limited knowledge of Charlotte but guess can see this. In perspective Philly a larger city/metro than Atlanta in some ways still looks to NYC in the region but to me this always seemed because it is literally right next door - the area in between has grey areas that are both considered commuter areas for Philly and NYC with NYC being the larger (4 times the size) but it seems like the differance between the size of Charlotte and Atlanta are no where near the same thus it seems harder to believe that a city smaller than my own would have such an influence on a place more than half it's size so far away
The difference between the size, are no where near the same?... Half the size of Atlanta?.....and so far away?
Charlotte 1,745,524
Atlanta 5,475,213
But that's the thing Atlanta is over 3 times the size of Charlotte and Charlotte is less than 4 hours away I made it a little over 3 hours once to Charlotte. Doesn't New York influnence Boston being over 3 times it size and being 4 hours away. Same story on a smaller scale. P.S And Philly is less than 500,000 more than Atlanta. It's the same difference between Houston to Atlanta. But Atlanta is just so much smaller than Philly so it's hard to imagine, may be because you turned 1.7 mil as half the size of Atlanta.
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And don’t forget that Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Greensville and Atlanta are connected though a emerging mega region or megalopolis it actually goes to Birmingham but that not part of the south Atlantic it’s literally called the Piedmont Atlantic. Also the bulk of the south Atlantic population is on the piedmont region not the coast. The piedmont is also a cultural region I don’t care if Raleigh is slightly closer to DC, the cultural, development, vernacular architecture and etc is closer to the other NC cities which makes it closer to Atlanta overall in these things as well. Oh yeah DC is part of BosWash which isn’t the south Atlantic.
There's something contradictory posters are doing. The reason why posters are going DC? south Atlantic huh? Because DC doesn’t associate with most of the south Atlantic out side of Virginia it associate with the northeast or mid Atlantic. How does DC influence a region the most when it doesn’t even associate with it. The OP put DC because to the census it’s the South Atlantic but that doesn’t mean it associated with south Atlantic. So now were arguing the Northeast or North Atlantic has more influence on the South Atlantic then the South Atlantic has on itself Seriously. If DC which associate with the northeast, has more influence over North Carolinas cities wouldn’t they reflect the northeast more than the southeastern sunbelt? I’m just saying?
And that DC the capital arguement is a trumiph card. DC being the capital doesn’t give regional influence it gives a national influence only though political issues "federal". If DC just being the capital has more influence over the southeast then you can argue DC has more influence over the northwest and challenge Seattle. Federal is the opposite of local were talking about regional influnence.
ummm... how can you possibly vote for any other city than DC in this poll?? i don't get it...
when it comes down to it, DC is the most 'influential' city on the planet--let alone the 'south atlantic' lmao.\
well..i guess it depends how you're using the term 'influential'..
We aren't really talking about national political influence, since DC is in a category by itself when it comes to that. The influence being spoken of here is more along economic, cultural, etc. lines.
I agree exactly. DC's importance isn't tied any region in IMHO. It could be in the middle of Montana and still be just as influential.
i disagree.
put dc in the north east and see how much influence it has.
i feel like nyc dominates in that category and the other cities just draw off of it, to an extent.
dc in its current location serves as an influence to MD, VA, and eastern NC.
it seems to me, and somebody feel free to correct me if i'm wrong, that once you get passed MD (going north), dc's influence, politics aside, is non existent. dc belongs on the list of cities in this thread.
put dc in the north east and see how much influence it has.
i feel like nyc dominates in that category and the other cities just draw off of it, to an extent.
dc in its current location serves as an influence to MD, VA, and eastern NC.
it seems to me, and somebody feel free to correct me if i'm wrong, that once you get passed MD (going north), dc's influence, politics aside, is non existent. dc belongs on the list of cities in this thread.
This post doesn't make sense. If D.C. has national influence as the nation's capital, doesn't that include the northeast?
Example, where papers talk about the actions of the U.S. government, they don't say "New York is seeking talks with Tehran." It would say, "Washington is seeking talks with Tehran."
DCs the most influential mid Atlantic city. Miami is the most influential South Atlantic city. The answer to the poll would be DC if it were actually in the south Atlantic.
DCs the most influential mid Atlantic city. Miami is the most influential South Atlantic city. The answer to the poll would be DC if it were actually in the south Atlantic.
Miami is only influential in tourism....
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