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I grew up in Raleigh, graduated from high school in 1970. I never thought much about either D.C. or or Atlanta, other than the importance of D.C. as our nation's capital.
I grew up in Raleigh, graduated from high school in 1970. I never thought much about either D.C. or or Atlanta, other than the importance of D.C. as our nation's capital.
Ever go on overnight field trips to either? As a data point, my Raleigh school orchestras went to both, but DC far more often.
Raleigh feels 0 like the District of Columbia. Mostly because they are 0 alike. Culturally or build. Do you know DC’s nickname??? Google Chocolate City...
Raleigh feels like Fairfax & Loudon counties.. Then again. Most places feel like Fairfax and Loudon though. Annapolis, MD feels way more like DC (if you’re going based on capital cities)
Atlanta has a lot more in common with DC than either Carolina city. Also want to point out by a percent basis, Metro Atlanta pumped out Democratic voters compared to the triangle region. For those who want to act like Atlanta is honky tonk compared to Triangle. If Triangle was as blue as Atlanta, NC would’ve went Biden. So the “more progressive than thou†attitude kinda falls flat against Atlanta considering how blue the metro is. Since when is voting for trump more progressive?? Fairfax and Durham turned out at similar margins for Biden, Loudon and Wake also turned out at nearly the same margin for Biden.
In geographic terms, I feel like east of GSO, DC is the go-to and west of GSO, ATL is the go-to. That’s just geography. Being closer to DC doesn’t mean Raleigh is any less of a buttered biscuit...
I agree especially with the latter paragraph. Lots of similarities can be drawn between Charlotte and Atlanta and DC and the Triangle. Atlanta and Charlotte both have large corporate presences and large downtown cores, whereas Raleigh and DC are more multi-nodal and built around the pieces you said.
Exactly what I meant. My OP was not in anyway implying DC and Raleigh were the same racially as the previous poster's reply seem to suggest.
"Do North Carolinians view D.C. or Atlanta as their closest major city?"
I think the title of the forum tells you the choice is between Atlanta and DC and not any of the NC cities
Answer(s):
For Raleigh it's DC
For Charlotte it's Atlanta
For Greensboro it's a coin toss for either
The problem is that the truth is being spoken in this thread is that most North Carolinian do view Charlotte as their closest major city despite someone trying to make it seem otherwise. The title SHOULD of been :which OTHER
major city outside of Charlotte do North Carolinian view as closest, Atlanta or D.C.? And by the way D.C. is my hometown and I still view Charlotte as the major city for the state.....
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