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seems like a lot of atlanta posters hve no idea of phoenix's size or anything at all and they just presumer atlanta is better lol
Atlanta has a lot more going on than Phoenix even if PHX is 1 million people less. In fact, I hear more about Seattle then I do Phoenix. You're just boosting PHX....tourist numbers alone show Atlanta crushes PHX. Atlanta is the 7th most visited city in the country with 40m visitor and Pheonix probably doesn't even get 15 million.
Economy : Atlanta
Downtown : Atlanta
Suburbs : Phoenix
Future possibilities: Atlanta
Public transportation: Atlanta
Open mindness: Orlando
Schools: Private? Atlanta. Public? Orlando
Wages: Dollar-wise? Atlanta. How much is left in your pocket after COL? Phoenix
Weather: Orlando - though to be honest a lot of this is because I love thunderstorms
Overall? I'd choose Atlanta if those were my 3 choices and those were my criteria. Though if it were actually me, I'd choose Orlando as most of those benchmarks aren't important to me.
You were pretty spot on until you said Orlando was open-minded...
how is phoenix not atlanta league? id live in phoenix-mesa over atlanta anyday
to be nice and blunt you're picking a fight you are not gonna win.
In many ways Phoenix deserves alot of credit, because it is a rapidly growing success story.
However, Atlanta is in an original colony, in prime geographic position as an important logistics hub. It has more of a presence from Fortune companies and a much larger white-collar job base. It has more old money and that money a long time ago created investments in Atlanta that Phoenix doesn't quite have.
It's GMP is almost 50% more than that of Phoenix's (hince the reason the other posters are able to target a debate on high end shopping, so easily)
Phoenix has a 130 million sq ft of office space, but than again Atlanta has 220 million sq ft.
Atlanta is a Alpha- Global city. Phoenix is a Gamma Global city.
Phoenix as of lately, has really had a growth surge from the rising costs of Southern Cali. forcing more companies and people to consider not moving there. The problem is that doesn't always attract the cream of the crop.
Now the great thing is it is priming Phoenix to become a great city. It is giving them the money to make investments in human capital, colleges, and infrastructure to become a greater city later. However, at this time it isn't going to help you win people over from Atlanta.
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Originally Posted by patrix542
seems like a lot of atlanta posters hve no idea of phoenix's size or anything at all and they just presumer atlanta is better lol
but in the end... I'm presuming nothing. I'm well aware of what I'm talking about. This isn't that close a comparison yet.
OK...so I'm trying to compare both skylines and while I know that Atlanta has a better one, it would have been great if you could have at used a picture of the Phoenix skyline that wasn't at least 5-10 years old or older (it has changed). As far as Phoenix never crossing your mind, that's pretty great that you have an opinion about it and thank you so much for sharing your opinion with us.
I know just how you feel. Happens to us all the time to. Skylines across the US were skyrocketing until the recession.
Do you have any pictures you can update for us?
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