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Location: The Greatest city on Earth: City of Atlanta Proper
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Originally Posted by WestbankNOLA
The problem with this region is that nearly all of it is influenced from cities in the neighboring regions.
I mirror these same thoughts, but if I give myself frontal lobotomy and just judge the groups in this region on their own merits I still can't come up with one that is obviously the most influential or even the most dynamic city.
But Nashville seems like it would be it on the strength and influence of it's music industry.
The largest metro areas in this region are Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, and Birmingham. For the most part, most of their influence doesn't go much further than the states they are located in; there's a bit of an exception for Louisville and Memphis since they are along their states' borders. But still, none of these cities are really large enough to exert a large regional influence here. I'd say the closest might be Memphis which has a cultural influence on its immediate region and Mississippi (and Arkansas, but it's not included within this region) and has somewhat of a broad economic influence due to Fed Ex.
Nashville has quite a bit of influence in Southern KY, especially the Bowling Green area. Since Nashville area students receive in-state tuition at WKU, there's a lot of traffic between the two cities. Most of Southern KY is also served by the Nashville TV stations.
I mirror these same thoughts, but if I give myself frontal lobotomy and just judge the groups in this region on their own merits I still can't come up with one that is obviously the most influential or even the most dynamic city.
But Nashville seems like it would be it on the strength and influence of it's music industry.
Well I can't comment on Nashville, but I can say that Birmingham has a little pull on the extreme northeastern parts of Mississippi (These are the areas also pulled by Atlanta). Northwestern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas are Memphis all day, while Jackson pulls into a little of northeastern Louisiana (All of this is Dallas territory on the bigger scale). Natchez and Southwest Mississippi are thrown out because they look to Baton Rouge as "the city" (Now we're in Houston's land). Mobile (Atlanta), pulls the eastern end of coastal Mississippi and New Orleans pulls the western end. It seems like the cities in Alabama and Tennessee wield just a little regional influence, whereas Mississippi is influenced by everything around it (sad when you think about it, but it makes for an interesting mix of culture in MS).
I agree with others and don't see one city that has pull over the region, but Nashville I see as steadily outpacing the others in terms of growth. Birmingham also has a good chance, but its metro is smaller. Memphis has more potential to grow and influence the area due to its history, but its current economic climate gives way to Nashville.
I did not know that thanks. I guess ya do learn stuff from City Data.
I thought that ATL was the only Metro over a million in that area.
Nope. The emerging Piedmont Atlantic megalopolis region is full of 1 million+ metro areas: Birmingham, Atlanta, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson (SC Upstate), Charlotte, the NC Triad, the NC Triangle, and Richmond.
Nope. The emerging Piedmont Atlantic megalopolis region is full of 1 million+ metro areas: Birmingham, Atlanta, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson (SC Upstate), Charlotte, the NC Triad, the NC Triangle, and Richmond.
Oh yeah! This is the greatest area (second greatest to you ) in the South. Upstate, SC is sort of misleading when you look at the city proper boundaries due to SC strict/archaic annexation laws. But the area is one 1 million + CSA connected to the other. Mostly from I-85 and is also known as the I-85 corridor megaopolis. You should come check the area out. Especially Greenville, you will be impressed that a town of 40k is more urban than you expected and has a higher urban area than Greensboro.
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thanks. I guess ya do learn stuff from City Data.
) in the South. Upstate, SC is sort of misleading when you look at the city proper boundaries due to SC strict/archaic annexation laws. But the area is one 1 million + CSA connected to the other. Mostly from I-85 and is also known as the I-85 corridor megaopolis. You should come check the area out. Especially Greenville, you will be impressed that a town of 40k is more urban than you expected and has a higher urban area than Greensboro.
