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There's a lotta Charlanta threads. I live in this ... ummm ...region, and seriously. Nobody calls it that, apart from C-D, and handfuls of dudes at Ga Tech and UNC who are trying to yank a thesis together.
First off, if it's going to be a real megalopolis, which will not be in 10 years, gotta get a better name than that. If you drive down I-85 through upstate South Carolina, ALL you really see is billboards that read "Jesus Saves," "Fireworks," and "Peaches" - so maybe it should be something along those lines, if SC doesn't use that as a state slogan (Jesus Saves Fireworks & Peaches) across the bottom of their next batch of visually pleasing license plates.
Charlanta sounds like the ex-girlfriend of a heterosexual male hairdresser who was friends with a couple I knew in college. The hairdresser in question looked like a member of Def Leppard, and had dated this woman who was an aspiring model/stripper-type - she was introduced to me as Charlotte...."But please - call me Char." It was supposed to sound like shar, but all I could think about was some sort of barbecue grill mishap, not a good image for an aspiring model to cultivate. She was also dumb as a box of rocks, and thus never picked up on the fact that the rest of us kept calling her Char (as in ... barbecue grill mishap).
That's why we need to abandon this whole Charlanta thing. It sounds like a stripper, and a really stupid stripper at that.
Boswash, by the way, sounds like something you do to apartment carpeting after really skanky people move out (i.e., get evicted), so I don't know how respectable of a name that is either.
Chipitts is a hippie deodorant made from polarized crystals and strange, obscure vegetables. Suffice to say - ineffective.
Sansan is a cute anime character, and somewhere in the center of the Texas Triangle, you'll find Area 51: UFO's, disgruntled waitresses experimented upon by Martians, the works...
Htown I couldn't agree with you more. I am real disappointed in the movement in the Southeast corridor the past few years. It Seems like the gains the previous few decades has been lost in the past few years. Not to mention other areas, like Cascadia, TT, and BosWash among others have been working economic improvement. The PAM not so much. Although Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, and Atlanta individually have made some improvements.
Yeah those three should bounce back in the next couple of years.
In the last decade, Char-Lanta has seen its population boom. The region is doing the best in the Sunbelt economically. Its economy is diverse and doesn't rely on real estate and construction like most area of the Sunbelt do. There are plenty of tech companies that have set up shop in the region. Charlotte has a strong financial industry. Atlanta is doing relatively well also compared to the rest of the Sunbelt.
Bos-Wash has the biggest economic output. It holds plenty of industries. There is no need for explanation of its make up.
Do you think Char-Lanta will compete with the Bos-Wash in income, innovation, and economic output in the next 10 years?
Charlatan, stems from the name of the two largest metropolitan areas in the region. It's a catchy name. A more appropriate name would be the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. With most of these regions there exist smaller megapolitan areas. BosWash can be seen as three separate megapolitan areas of Baltimore-DMV(Chesapeake), Phily-New York(megalopolis), and Boston(New England). PAM can be seen as two Charlotte-Raleigh/Durham (Carolina Piedmont includes Triad and Upstate) and Atlanta-Chattanooga(Georgia Piedmont). I think viewing megaregions in this manner sheds better light on these regions across the nation.
I don't even think the entire South can compete with the Bos-Wash Megaregion. Comparing the Charlatan region with the Bos-Wash region is like having a german shepherd fight a grizzly bear. You already know the outcome before the match even starts.
I don't even think the entire South can compete with the Bos-Wash Megaregion. Comparing the Charlatan region with the Bos-Wash region is like having a german shepherd fight a grizzly bear. You already know the outcome before the match even starts.
Right? How is Charlotte even in this? No offense to it at all, but it's all so random.
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