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To me, the only one that looks built out is New Orleans.
Doesn't have the biggest and most skyscrappers, but the city looks and feels big on the ground, not just the quarter
I like how you posted a photo of Atlanta in 1960. The bias is real. Why don't you post current picture for every city if you're going to make a point?
Atlanta
And these are much more current...not 20, 30 or even 50+ years ago
What's even more funny is that you googled "Atlanta aerial" and deliberately ignored the very first result you get which is probably rather current(maybe a year old) in favor of a 1950-1960s photo which you knew, but you had to push an agenda. Here's the photo btw.
To me, the only one that looks built out is New Orleans.
Doesn't have the biggest and most skyscrappers, but the city looks and feels big on the ground, not just the quarter
Compared to others, the core of Miami's landscape is dense as well.
This happens in every thread about the South that includes Texas and Florida. It's gotten old for sure.
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IKR! People take things way outa proportion sometimes.
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It is. It is unnecessary and it ruins threads
It happens because it's that important to a lot of people. It's always going to happen anytime you include FL or TX. Always! You know why? Cause they aren't the "dirty south."
I think when someone mentions the south, they should be specific (ex: including TX, FL, VA, KY, OK). If you don't specifically say it, I'm going to always point to Atlanta being the only major city in the southern states. I've recently learned Houston fits this too so I will now start adding that to southern cities but I know for sure the state of TX doesn't fit that category.
This many people can't be wrong. I know Mutiny believes he has all the answers and is never wrong but he's delusional at times. He even used a poll to prove his point where 53% of people considered TX "the south" as his way to "settle the debate." I'd say if 48% of people consider it something else (the numbers are probably similar with texas residents as well) then the state isn't "the south." I'd like to see 48% of people not consider NC,SC,GA,TN,MS,AR,AL,LA "the south." It'll never happen bc those are undeniably southern states. And since they are undeniably southern, that is what pops into the mind of all people when you say "the south" TX,FL,VA,KY,OK,MD,DC can be debated all day long if you don't specifically include them as southern in your question. You can prevent your own thread from being derailed just by being specific.
What's even more funny is that you googled "Atlanta aerial" and deliberately ignored the very first result you get which is probably rather current(maybe a year old) in favor of a 1950-1960s photo which you knew, but you had to push an agenda. Here's the photo btw.
No conspiracy here buddy. Feel free to post whatever you like.
You're trying to push an agenda that other cities aren't as built up as NOLA, but you post decades old photos and current photos for NOLA. Pretty unfair if you ask me.
From someone who is unbiased seeing as I'm not from the south but can rate the places i've been to in terms of biggest feel:
1. Atlanta
2. Miami
3. Houston
4. Dallas
5. New Orleans
It happens because it's that important to a lot of people. It's always going to happen anytime you include FL or TX. Always! You know why? Cause they aren't the "dirty south."
I think when someone mentions the south, they should be specific (ex: including TX, FL, VA, KY, OK). If you don't specifically say it, I'm going to always point to Atlanta being the only major city in the southern states. I've recently learned Houston fits this too so I will now start adding that to southern cities but I know for sure the state of TX doesn't fit that category.
This many people can't be wrong. I know Mutiny believes he has all the answers and is never wrong but he's delusional at times. He even used a poll to prove his point where 53% of people considered TX "the south" as his way to "settle the debate." I'd say if 48% of people consider it something else (the numbers are probably similar with texas residents as well) then the state isn't "the south." I'd like to see 48% of people not consider NC,SC,GA,TN,MS,AR,AL,LA "the south." It'll never happen bc those are undeniably southern states. And since they are undeniably southern, that is what pops into the mind of all people when you say "the south" TX,FL,VA,KY,OK,MD,DC can be debated all day long if you don't specifically include them as southern in your question. You can prevent your own thread from being derailed just by being specific.
Dude...let it go. These derailing dissertations of yours have gotten beyond tiresome.
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I've spent time in Miami, Atlanta, Houston and New Orleans (no Dallas yet). Out of those four, I have to give the nod to Houston--Houston just feels massive. Between the huge, sprawling multi-lane freeway network and the large number of skyscrapers in different clusters (significantly taller than Miami and significantly more numerous than Atlanta), the built environment of Houston is quite impressive. Go to the top of the San Jacinto Monument and observe the city from that vantage--it's stunning. New Orleans and Miami are definitely more lively on the ground from a people perspective, and Atlanta possibly more lively from a "freeway" perspective, but I think Houston is the best overall "package" for a big city feel.
You're trying to push an agenda that other cities aren't as built up as NOLA, but you post decades old photos and current photos for NOLA. Pretty unfair if you ask me.
No agenda. I just picked aerials high enough that you get a good snapshot of the city. I didn't check dates. I have nothing against ATL and no favor towards nola. Visited both multiple times, I live in neither.
Everything is not a conspiracy dude. It's not hard too find out that New Orleans is one of the the most compact and built out city in the south, while ATL is known for its less dense urban environment.
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