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I vote for Atlanta. Houston and Dallas buildings are waaay too boxy. That big orgasm of boxes smashed together in Houston is not cute lol. Also, the building with the ball on top in Dallas looks a hot mess.
Note Atlanta's distinct lack of boxes:
Even buckhead is coming along quite nicely:
Last edited by willrusso; 04-19-2008 at 03:19 AM..
This is absolutely true. If anything, Texas is "western South" (although East Texas is where the Deep South begins), whereas New Mexico and Arizona are the true "Southwest." With the exception of heavy hispanic migration (which is in fact relatively recent in its history, and a good part illegal), Texas has very little in common with the latter two states in most areas (history, culture, dialect, politics, etc). Too, sociological surveys have been consistent in showing that the vast majority of Texas respondents to considerer themselves to live in the South (even when offered other regional alternatives), and to personally consider themselves Southerners. The same shows Arizona and New Mexico folks to go overwhelmingly with "West" and be "Westerners." This is no surprise at all. The term "Southwest" means very different things when applied to Texas, as opposed to the latter two states.
I agree. I tend to think that "southwest" for Texas implies the western half of the south. For New Mexico and Arizona, "southwest" refers to the southwestern quadrant of the United States.
But you proved his point. Neither of those cities are mega or huge cities in the south compared to Atlanta. I think the largest city you names was Nashville and I don't believe they have 2 million people. Atlanta with 5 million is going to have all types of people from different places changing the atmosphere a bit. It's like this in every major metro area anywhere you go. But the born and bred Atlantans are still southern. Atlanta still pulls in a population from Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina for those who wants to live in the big city.
I'd say that at least 60% of metro Atlantans are southerners. There are parts of the metro that seem less southern, but there are parts that seem very southern.
Last edited by Scraper Enthusiast; 04-19-2008 at 08:17 AM..
Before anyone says anything about "gaps" in Atlanta's skyline, please note that the mass of downtown Atlanta's skyline expands about the same amount of space as the downtowns of Houston and Dallas. It is simply that Midtown has been merging for quite some time, and at just the right distance (not too far to be under the treeline), they have merged for the most part. The other is Buckhead, and it is a good eight miles from downtown Atlanta. It is a different skyline altogether.
Eh spade, could you provide a link for that last photo? its amazing!
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