Atlanta's dominance over Georgia. A good or bad thing?

[matt8325]

Originally Posted by afonega1

Its not necessarily a bad thing.Whose to say the state could in the past support abunch of big cities.Maybe Atlanta would not be Atlanta?Other states are fine with one major city.Chicago-Illinois,Minneapolis-St.Paul-Minnesota,Birmingham-Alabama,Albuquerque-NewMexico.So many more.We could be like New Jersey,most of their major cities in ruins.

NJ has 2 major cities : Philly and NYC, well at least their suburbs are in NJ.

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by matt8325

NJ has 2 major cities : Philly and NYC, well at least their suburbs are in NJ.

You know what i mean.There core cities are not within New Jersey.I mean those governed by there states.I don't mean to be a New Jersey basher,because there are some really beautiful areas in New Jersey that most people would not think were there.They do have their share of really troubled cities,some are Camden,Trenton,Newark,Jersey City and Pattersen.

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by afonega1

Its not necessarily a bad thing.Whose to say the state could in the past support abunch of big cities.Maybe Atlanta would not be Atlanta?Other states are fine with one major city.Chicago-Illinois,Minneapolis-St.Paul-Minnesota,Birmingham-Alabama,Albuquerque-NewMexico.So many more.We could be like New Jersey,most of their major cities in ruins.

Alabama's population is spread more evenly than you'd think. Birmingham is just the larger metro of the 4 other metros. Mobile and Huntsville aren't that far behind... especially compared to Georgia's cities.
Also, New Jersey's cities are not in ruins. New Jersey is more of a suburban state anyway with New York City & Philadelphia being close neighbors. Atlantic City seems to be doing fine. NJ is also home to Princeton.

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by WanderingImport

Alabama's population is spread more evenly than you'd think. Birmingham is just the larger metro of the 4 other metros. Mobile and Huntsville aren't that far behind... especially compared to Georgia's cities.
Also, New Jersey's cities are not in ruins. New Jersey is more of a suburban state anyway with New York City & Philadelphia being close neighbors. Atlantic City seems to be doing fine. NJ is also home to Princeton.

Ok ruins is a strong word.They are tring to clean up.But many of them have severe problems.As far as the Alabama comparison' most of Alabama's cities are no bigger than those in Georgia.Birmingham as you stated is not much bigger than its other cities

[WanderingImport]

Right. Be it slight, Alabama's cities (its major ones), for the most part, are a bit larger than Georgia's 2nd tier cities. Except for Montgomery.