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Birmingham is nothing like Atlanta. Like another poster said, if you had to choose a smaller "Atlanta", you'd have to go with Charlotte (& there really aren't too many similarities anyway)...
I agree that Charlotte is following a pattern of growth similar to that of Atlanta. However, you must look at the two from a historical perspective to fully understand this. Charlotte's population has remained approximately 30 years behind Atlanta's population, dating back to the early 1900s. Atlanta's legal city population was 89,872 in 1900. Charlotte's legal city population was 82,675 in 1930. Fulton County's (Ga.) population in 1930 was 318,587 and, Mecklenburg County's (NC) population in 1960 was 272,111. By 1970, Fulton's population was 605,210 and Mecklenburg's was 695,454, by 2000. By 1980, Atlanta's 18 county metro (MSA) population was 2,138,231. By 2010, Charlotte's 6 county MSA population was 1,768,968. By 2010, Charlotte's 13 county Combined Statuistical Area (CSA) population was 2,402,623. To further illustrate my point, the Atlanta metro's 5 core counties (Fulton, DeKalb, cobb, Gwinnett, and Clayton) had a 1980 population of 1,687,906. In 2010, the Charlotte metro's 5 core counties had a population of 1,742,020. The growth of Atlanta is well documented. But according to the US Census Bureau, the Charlotte MSA had the 4th fastest growth rate among metros of at least one million between the years 2000-2010. The Charlotte MSA grew by 32.14% during this decade. By 2040, the six county Charlotte MSA population is expected to grow to over 4 million people. The MSA will undoubtedly add additional counties pushing the population to well over 4 million. By 2040, the 13 county CSA population is expected to approach 5 million without the addition of new counties. The 2010 Atlanta MSA population (28 counties) reached over 5.2 million.
The only thing Bham and the ATL have in common is I-20. Other than that the differences are night and day.
I wouldn't go that far and say the difference is night and day. Another thing that Birmingham has in common with Atlanta is that both cities are predominantly Black and both cities have a high murder and crime rate.
I wouldn't go that far and say the difference is night and day. Another thing that Birmingham has in common with Atlanta is that both cities are predominantly Black and both cities have a high murder and crime rate.
atlanta is much more diverse though. bham is mostly black with a white minority and thats about it. atlanta has hundreds of residents from all over the world.
also atlantas murder an crime rate is low compared to bham.
bham is a decent city, but its nothing like atlanta.
I wouldn't go that far and say the difference is night and day. Another thing that Birmingham has in common with Atlanta is that both cities are predominantly Black and both cities have a high murder and crime rate.
Google Atlanta's METRO demographics please. Don't come in here making crap up.
Google Atlanta's METRO demographics please. Don't come in here making crap up.
Well he didn't make up the fact that ATL (city) is majority black. But, you're right, the metro area is ~57% white compared to ~31% black.
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