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Honestly very poor choices, chose a lot of history poor places. Birmingham and New Orleans are “Major” metros that have wayyy more history than nearly all the listed. Depending on what you would consider “major metro”, Mobile, Charleston, Montgomery, and Jackson would outperform most of the list as well
Really can only choose Atlanta here and even then a lot of history was wiped during the civil war
Honestly very poor choices, chose a lot of history poor places. Birmingham and New Orleans are “Major” metros that have wayyy more history than nearly all the listed. Depending on what you would consider “major metro”, Mobile, Charleston, Montgomery, and Jackson would outperform most of the list as well
Really can only choose Atlanta here and even then a lot of history was wiped during the civil war
This is really only partly true and doesnt take into account that even patys of the city of Atlanta today werent even considered the city of Atlanta. Then there is the greater metro area in which also was never really touched
While Atlanta isnt the oldest city in Georgia,within its metro in a state that is the last of the original 13 colonies are many towns and cities.
As a metro Atlanta has plenty of history. The city itself was burned but if we are talking metro there is a lot of surviving history. Roswell,Jonesboro,Marietta,Newnan and just small random towns and spots.
I live near this in the Southern Suburb of Atlanta.Rex Mill is an old mill built around 1820-1860. There used to be a plantation there were the great great maternal grandmother of Michelle Obama was a slave. There is a marker there.
This is really only partly true and doesnt take into account that even patys of the city of Atlanta today werent even considered the city of Atlanta. Then there is the greater metro area in which also was never really touched
While Atlanta isnt the oldest city in Georgia,within its metro in a state that is the last of the original 13 colonies are many towns and cities.
As a metro Atlanta has plenty of history. The city itself was burned but if we are talking metro there is a lot of surviving history. Roswell,Jonesboro,Marietta,Newnan and just small random towns and spots.
I live near this in the Southern Suburb of Atlanta.Rex Mill is an old mill built around 1820-1860. There used to be a plantation there were the great great maternal grandmother of Michelle Obama was a slave. There is a marker there.
Based on the lopsided nature of this-wondering how a pairing like this would go:
Atlanta vs. San Antonio vs. Birmingham vs. Louisville vs. Mobile vs. Pensacola vs. Norfolk areas, say.
I think I'll do a midsize grouping at some point, though of course, excluding the first two.
Granted, it's my fault for not allowing people to pick 3 when I created the poll (forgot), but I think Tampa and Austin are sorta underrated/sleepers here. Tampa itself I already shared. Austin however, modern as it is known for being a tech hub (which IMO, is history in of itself), has it's fair share, plus the benefit of relative proximity to San Antonio, and even Galveston, along with historic Hill Country towns that are among Texas' best preserved and most charming:
Granted, I don't think there's enough for Austin to compete with or unseat Atlanta either, but I think it fares pretty well, and a case could be made its among the Top 3-4 of it's grouping.
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