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Virginia is a close second--but being that Charlotte is pretty much a carbon copy of Atlanta, suburban Triangle resembles suburban Atlanta, the topography similarity between the entire Northern half of Georgia to the entire central region of North Carolina, and countless small towns in both states that mirror each other--I'd say GA first...
I'm sure there are political parallels to be made too, but I'm not too versed in that knowledge. I'm from VA, and live in GA, and have lived in NC, and similarities abound towards both. But particularly in the CITIES, Virginia urban areas are of a completely different make - up than those of GA and NC...
Virginia is a close second--but being that Charlotte is pretty much a carbon copy of Atlanta, suburban Triangle resembles suburban Atlanta, the topography similarity between the entire Northern half of Georgia to the entire central region of North Carolina, and countless small towns in both states that mirror each other--I'd say GA first...
I'm sure there are political parallels to be made too, but I'm not too versed in that knowledge. I'm from VA, and live in GA, and have lived in NC, and similarities abound towards both. But particularly in the CITIES, Virginia urban areas are of a completely different make - up than those of GA and NC...
GA and NC are very similar, but VA and NC are more similar and this is mainly because they don't have a metro that completely dominates the state like Atlanta does GA. A more even distribution of metro areas and all that comes with it (amenities, infrastructure, educational institutions, corporate headquarters, etc.) makes for a more similar vibe and feel. And although NC took a sharp turn to the right politically recently, state politics are still more similar in NC and VA with both being swing states now. Both NC and VA's major universities are ACC schools with no SEC representation. Geographically, they are practically mirror images of each other, each having higher mountains and longer coastlines than GA. The largest metro in both states crosses state lines (NOVA and Charlotte), and both have one metro centered around one dominant city (Charlotte, Richmond) and two multinodal regions (NOVA [although DC is the primary city of the region, within NOVA itself there is no one dominant city], Hampton Roads; Triangle, Triad). The capitals of both NC and VA are fall line cities. The tobacco industry is big in both states (GA was all cotton, no tobacco), and Winston-Salem is like a mini-Richmond and is where the tobacco industry is most prominent in their respective states. The flagship universities of both schools are of similar caliber while UGA is in a lower tier. The Tidewater culture extends from Hampton Roads into northeast NC. Both states have a notable and well-defined tech district (RTP, Dulles Tech Corridor). And so on and so forth.
And while Charlotte and Atlanta share several similarities, Charlotte is by no means a carbon copy of Atlanta; they have distinct differences. Within its core, Atlanta has more of its historic urban fabric intact and has more of an industrial feel, Charlotte never had a Black community as prominent as Sweet Auburn, Charlotte doesn't have the film/TV/music industry of Atlanta, Charlotte doesn't have the higher ed scene of Atlanta, Charlotte doesn't have the gay culture of Atlanta, etc.
But at any rate, this topic has been covered in many other threads so I see no need for another, and it would need to be in the NC forum anyway.
Folks never seem to take into consideration that Georgia has a LARGE region OUTSIDE of metropolitan Atlanta that is DEEP SOUTH in culture. From Macon in all directions on down to the state line is country.
I'm talking towns with less than 500 people, no modern amenities, the same sheriff for the past 30 years, can't pay your ticket online, and still believe in segregated high school prom
country.
Georgia just isn't Atlanta. 4.3 million folks live outside of the MSA of Atlanta... And they are the definition of Deep South.
NC just doesn't have an equal to this that I've experienced as large as GA does.
Below Macon is comparable to Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana in presentation. For better or worse, NC doesn't serve Southerness of that magnitude.
Folks never seem to take into consideration that Georgia has a LARGE region OUTSIDE of metropolitan Atlanta that is DEEP SOUTH in culture. From Macon in all directions on down to the state line is country.
I'm talking towns with less than 500 people, no modern amenities, the same sheriff for the past 30 years, can't pay your ticket online, and still believe in segregated high school prom
country.
Georgia just isn't Atlanta. 4.3 million folks live outside of the MSA of Atlanta... And they are the definition of Deep South.
NC just doesn't have an equal to this that I've experienced as large as GA does.
Below Macon is comparable to Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana in presentation. For better or worse, NC doesn't serve Southerness of that magnitude.
I have to agree. Although eastern NC is Deep South for all intents and purposes, it's still not quite the same as south GA. For instance, you're more likely to see tobacco fields in the rural areas out there than in GA (although GA has a few).
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