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In some metro areas, including my residence of Atlanta, the postal address often does not align with municipal boundaries. Many of the large local companies are actually outside of the city limits, in either Sandy Springs or unincorporated Vinings. Both of these locations have Atlanta addresses. This makes it a bit complex to look at the number of companies below the metro area level.
In some metro areas, including my residence of Atlanta, the postal address often does not align with municipal boundaries. Many of the large local companies are actually outside of the city limits, in either Sandy Springs or unincorporated Vinings. Both of these locations have Atlanta addresses. This makes it a bit complex to look at the number of companies below the metro area level.
Of the 16 Fortune 500 companies that are based in the Atlanta, 14 of them are in the city limits of Atlanta HQ wise. Only 2 are outside of the city. Is that not correct? Would love to see some examples of how Fortune got the city incorrect.
Only 5 for Charlotte? On top of my head: Bank of America, Nucor (2nd largest steel maker), Duke Energy (largest utility company), Lowe's, Honeywell, Brighthouse Financial, BBT&SunTrust, Sonic Atutomotive. At least 3 of those are Fortune 100 companies and 6 in the top 150. Sealed Air fell of the list last year after spinning off a third of the company.
Only 5 for Charlotte? On top of my head: Bank of America, Nucor (2nd largest steel maker), Duke Energy (largest utility company), Lowe's, Honeywell, Brighthouse Financial, BBT&SunTrust, Sonic Atutomotive. At least 3 of those are Fortune 100 companies and 6 in the top 150. Sealed Air fell of the list last year after spinning off a third of the company.
Austin is completely absent from these ranking....interesting.
Not really that interesting. The place is known for tech, government jobs, and University jobs. Outside of that, doesn't come off as a "corporate" city at all. Dallas and Houston obviously steal a lot of its potential there too.
I have no clue as to why the government back east chose to split SF and SJ metros when there's continuous urban development with no interruptions and with density at that. I noticed the people here in the Bay Area identify as one metropolis.
Glad to see Milwaukee -- both the MSA and the city proper -- still does so well in these comparisons!
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