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Atlanta is least because in the southeast, there's a lot of competition in Miami, Tampa, Nashville, and Charlotte. Whereas Boston has no equal in the NE and Denver has no competition in the Mtn time.
I wouldn’t really count Tampa and Miami in Atlanta’s region. Florida south of I-4 is kinda its own thing. Nashville and Charlotte however are, and therefore give Atlanta competition.
Denver is like the only major city for hundreds of miles in any direction, so I'll say Denver.
This is clearly the answer. Look at Denver's airport for such an isolated area. Crazy that you can fly anywhere. Lucky for ATL that it is a hub of a huge airline (Delta), but Denver is a big airport with lots of destinations because of geography, not that it is the biggest hub in the world.
Boston isn't in this conversation. Too close to huge cities.
We’ve been removing Deep South cities piece by piece and now New York City is the capital of New England.
Denver is in a largely agragrian region that will remain agrarian with or without Denver. And could get all need satisfied in Las Vegas and Salt Lake city- also in the mountain west.
Again- the mathematical and obvious answer is Boston.
When the New England Patriots play a prime ti e game they show Bostons. Skyline even though it’s in Foxboro. Not New York City, not Hartford, not Providence.
What even funnier is the three largest cities in New England are all Boston CS and all within 50 minutes of Logan airport.
This is clearly the answer. Look at Denver's airport for such an isolated area. Crazy that you can fly anywhere. Lucky for ATL that it is a hub of a huge airline (Delta), but Denver is a big airport with lots of destinations because of geography, not that it is the biggest hub in the world.
Boston isn't in this conversation. Too close to huge cities.
Cities that are not in New England.
Salt Lake City is bigger than Hartford and is totally and entirely independent of Denver.
There are millions that live like a 7 hour Drive from Denver in the Rocky Mountain states
SLC is 7.5 hours from Denver, Boise is 11.5, Albuquerque is 6hrs. And New Mexico has such a compete U turn of a culture compared to Denver. And so does Idaho and Utah. It’s nuts.
Missoula MT is a 12 hour drive from Denver. They have almost nothing to do with each other. There is like 38 people in all of New England further from Boston than the closest one of those cities. And they’re all bigger than Burlington VT.
It’s Boston and it’s not close. You guys are working backwards from a city you want to vote for and defining th me region from there.
I was thinking about cities that have major influences over their respective regions. Boston, Denver, and Atlanta came to mind.
Boston/New England
Atlanta/Deep South
Denver/Rockies
I'm sure that there's other examples, but I think these are probably the most prominent. Which of these three do you feel has a stronger influence over their region. You can use the following criteria if you'd like, or your own.
Boise is definitely part of the mountain west. It just has no connection to Denver.
I recognize Boise as being in the Interior Northwest, along with eastern Washington and Oregon.
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Denver is in a largely agragrian region that will remain agrarian with or without Denver. And could get all need satisfied in Las Vegas and Salt Lake city- also in the mountain west.
Please tell me about the agrarian area I'm in. I drive around the region for work and there's nothing agrarian about the front range or mountain west. Salt Lake City is nowhere near here, neither is Las Vegas. Neither is Las Vegas in the mountain west, its basically a west coast city in the southwest.
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. And New Mexico has such a compete U turn of a culture compared to Denver. And so does Idaho and Utah. It’s nuts.
It’s Boston and it’s not close. You guys are working backwards from a city you want to vote for and defining th me region from there.
I can tell you've never been to either Denver or New Mexico. New Mexico and Colorado have a ton in common. If Wyoming forgot to wear a condom one drunken night with New Mexico, you'd have a Colorado 9 months later.
Utah is an anomaly in the region. You're just salty. I agree that it's between Boston and Denver, but New England is so small that people could easily get amenities in other cities.
I recognize Boise as being in the Interior Northwest, along with eastern Washington and Oregon.
I can tell you've never been to either Denver or New Mexico. New Mexico and Colorado have a ton in common. If Wyoming forgot to wear a condom one drunken night with New Mexico, you'd have a Colorado 9 months later.
Utah is an anomaly in the region. You're just salty. I agree that it's between Boston and Denver, but New England is so small that people could easily get amenities in other cities.
Las Vegas is literally the Mountain West. I mean it's surrounded by mountains, in the west and it's not as Latino as some more southwestern areas It's where the mountain west, southwest, and west coast meet.
Salt Lake City is 'nowhere near here' but the same region is my point. You cant say its nowhere near here when its the next largest big city adjacent to you then turn around and tell me how influential Denver is. The two do not mix.
East of Denver is agrarian as I was reminded by my Denver native tour guide when I spent a week out there. Obviously Breckenridge and Vaila arent agrarian. They also don't need Denver. Idk how influential it is for anyone other than those within 2 hours of Denver. The supermajority of the Mountain West does not need Denver, they just love the Broncos.
If Denver disappeared it'd just be another flat region before the Rockies. No major implications. I struggle to think of the area where Denver excels in a unique fashion like ATL does with Media or Boston does with Healthcare and education.
Denver and ATL.... you all have to start by trying to remove cities from the region artificially (ABQ, LV, SLC, Nashville, Tampa, New Orleans, Houston, Charlotte, Memphis, Orlando, Jacksonville).
New England does not have to do that.
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