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Lol it seems like one off in the distance out toward Martin Luther King pops up in the skyline shortly after u pass red cinema area. .. maybe it's something else but looks like a old water tower. Lol..
Lol it seems like one off in the distance out toward Martin Luther King pops up in the skyline shortly after u pass red cinema area. .. maybe it's something else but looks like a old water tower. Lol..
The one that says Bennett on it by the fire station and next to CityView Apartments on McAdoo?
That could be it. Not as rusty looking as I though. Maybe i saw it during some bad lighting lol
Must have been... because I don't see what other water tower there would be. There's nothing within eyeshot of the block that would be built on per Googlemaps.
I'm just one of those people that think tall skyline equals big city feel...I know it's all in perception...
I definitely agree that it contributes; however, I don't even wish for GSO to necessarily have a "big city" feel as much as I would like the center city to be more representative of the city's size (which is a nice medium-sized city).
When I tell people out of state I'm from Greensboro, their initial response is generally something related to "small town" or "country." When I tell them the population, mention cities Greensboro is larger than, and that there are city buses, etc., some of them are genuinely enlightened - and these are highly intelligent people, though not as hip to all the numbers as 'City Data' types.
Without being presented with the statistics, people would (and do) argue that Greensboro CITY couldn't possibly be more populated than places like Newark, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Richmond, Jackson, Orlando, Jersey City, and Norfolk, instead assuming that they all are much, much larger municipalities. Indeed, Greensboro's city population is within striking range of Cincinnati's.
Yes, I understand that some of the aforementioned cities are historically larger, and some are in larger metro areas, but this is about the city, today, and perception.
I wonder if any city of this size in the country has gone 30 years with a high-rise drought. At ~300,000, Greensboro (center city) doesn't look the part.
I definitely agree that it contributes; however, I don't even wish for GSO to necessarily have a "big city" feel as much as I would like the center city to be more representative of the city's size (which is a nice medium-sized city).
When I tell people out of state I'm from Greensboro, their initial response is generally something related to "small town" or "country." When I tell them the population, mention cities Greensboro is larger than, and that there are city buses, etc., some of them are genuinely enlightened - and these are highly intelligent people, though not as hip to all the numbers as 'City Data' types.
Without being presented with the statistics, people would (and do) argue that Greensboro CITY couldn't possibly be more populated than places like Newark, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Richmond, Jackson, Orlando, Jersey City, and Norfolk, instead assuming that they all are much, much larger municipalities. Indeed, Greensboro's city population is within striking range of Cincinnati's.
Yes, I understand that some of the aforementioned cities are historically larger, and some are in larger metro areas, but this is about the city, today, and perception.
I wonder if any city of this size in the country has gone 30 years with a high-rise drought. At ~300,000, Greensboro (center city) doesn't look the part.
I think Greensboro has an image problem. Outside of our bubble in other states, many people have never heard of Greensboro or if they have, they think its much smaller than it is.
As for the highrise drought? Durham is of similar size and it went through a highrise drought just as long
I think Greensboro has an image problem. Outside of our bubble in other states, many people have never heard of Greensboro or if they have, they think its much smaller than it is.
That's been my experience as well... as close as Georgia.
It's almost like... "we haven't grown like Charlotte of Raleigh, so let's just play the background - where we belong." I think GSO is large enough to be a part of the conversation, and to present itself as such. For many decades though, the spirit of NIMBYism and anti-growth prevailed.
That's been my experience as well... as close as Georgia.
It's almost like... "we haven't grown like Charlotte of Raleigh, so let's just play the background - where we belong." I think GSO is large enough to be a part of the conversation, and to present itself as such. For many decades though, the spirit of NIMBYism and anti-growth prevailed.
Remember though. It took Charlotte many years for its perception to catch up to reality. Although Greensboro is further behind. But even when you say Greensboro, you don't think of bright lights, big city.
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For many decades though, the spirit of NIMBYism and anti-growth prevailed.
