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Boise. It's got the "weird" bars and restaurants you see in Austin or Portland, a large university, and the downtown area is very walkable.
St. Louis. Excellent history, Central West End, Forest Park, Delmar Loop, I left wanting to do more and I didn't even make it up the Arch.
Memphis. The real birthplace of Rock N'Roll, and outstanding music museums all over plus in the nearby Mississippi Delta. One benefit it could market would be none of the bachelorette parties that have invaded Nashville.
It’s still a bad answer. Atlanta is one of the most marketed, branded, well-known cities in the country with great publicity (aside from traffic). Even your one idea for boosting its branding is an already well-used nickname that you want to make the most well-used nickname. People think Mad Max was filmed in Detroit, but yes, Atlanta needs a bit more branding to cover what the Olympics, Hollywood, and the music industry haven’t covered. Maybe then Atlanta can finally start to attract new residents.
Marketing and Branding is a large part of a city image.
Advertising a city's area attractions is a huge part of tourism growth, good perception to those who have not visited the city, and can even lead to company relocation and population growth, if done well.
Which of these cities over 100k, has a ton of potential and attractions that the public may not be aware of, outside of that city metro area?
The reason you're getting pushback on your assertion stems from the passage I boldfaced.
It seems to many of us - well, to me at least - that Atlanta's attractions, charms and strengths are quite well known: World of Coca-Cola. CNN Center. Martin Luther King's home and legacy. Stone Mountain. "Sweet Auburn." Tyler Perry turning it into the Hollywood of the Deep South. Underground Atlanta, though that seems to have faded as a draw.
And I've left a few of them off the list. In light of all that, saying it needs to be marketed for its forested setting seems like either gilding the lily or unnecessary.
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New York City could use some branding on its historical significance (Washington’s first inauguration, Grant’s Tomb).
Point somewhat taken, but New York's role in the birth of the nation was actually pretty trivial. Washington getting sworn in as President was pretty much it. And once the British seized it, not much was done to take it back while the action shifted to the south and north of the city.
a ton of potential and attractions that the public may not be aware of, outside of that city metro area?
The reason you're getting pushback on your assertion stems from the passage I boldfaced.
It seems to many of us - well, to me at least - that Atlanta's attractions, charms and strengths are quite well known: World of Coca-Cola. CNN Center. Martin Luther King's home and legacy. Stone Mountain. "Sweet Auburn." Tyler Perry turning it into the Hollywood of the Deep South. Underground Atlanta, though that seems to have faded as a draw.
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The bolded part you highlighted is exactly why "Atlanta branding" belongs in this thread.
Atlantan's still seek more recognition as a premier US city that's World Class. These locals posting are basically saying that. But they are not being specific a to why Atlanta should have been on this list?
Really, the busiest in passenger #'s airport is generally known..... at least on C-D. Olympics is a bit too long ago to use. CNN. But would not be surprised at a merger with another in the future? Even to another city, largest Aquarium.
Atlantan's in C-D. See they get downplayed more then they feel their arrival has come. But do they really see this list of smaller metro's and rust-belt cities etc.? As Atlanta metro really should be on this list? Being a fast growing Sunbelt city yet.
Ft Worth is in the shadow of Dallas. St Pail of Minneapolis, El Paso so many other Texas state cities ..... etc. also.
I guess I just don’t know to what end would Atlanta need marketing? They are a global economic powerhouse with a strong pull for migration. I don’t know what more exactly needs to be accomplished with marketing.
I guess I just don’t know to what end would Atlanta need marketing? They are a global economic powerhouse with a strong pull for migration. I don’t know what more exactly needs to be accomplished with marketing.
The beauty, the tranquility, the eco-friendliness, the true-emerald-city-ness that comes with being...
The beauty, the tranquility, the eco-friendliness, the true-emerald-city-ness that comes with being...
the city in a forest
You guys already have all the hype, marketing, numbers, love and praise. Y'all don't know good you have it, switch places with cities that don't get the migration or love that Atlanta gets and come back to talk.
I guess I just don’t know to what end would Atlanta need marketing? They are a global economic powerhouse with a strong pull for migration. I don’t know what more exactly needs to be accomplished with marketing.
That's why I didn't include Atlanta in the poll. I think Atlanta is amongst the most heavily visited cities in the US for tourism.
Atlanta does a terrific job of marketing/branding itself. There are tons of things to do there and I don't think it's really an unknown city, overall.
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