Atlanta is the capital of it’s own snottyness. Birmingham and Atlanta used to compete for the title of capital of the South, in their own minds, even though people in the ports viewed them as Johnny Come Lately’s. The only reason Birmingham went one way and Atlanta went the other is because Birmingham turned down Hartsfield. The developers initially thought Birmingham was a better location for that airport because most of the region’s financial industry was focused there. But, Birmingham leaders thought it would upset things so they gave it to Atlanta, which actually, was to a degree, and overglorified mill town that owed alot to being the location of the GA State Capitol.
I think this would have been better if they broke it down by state and region. San Francisco may be very influential out west, but, down here, other than rice-a-roni, I can’t really say how San Francisco influences my daily life. There are about 150 metro areas that dictate our nation’s life, and they didn’t even come close to touching on that.
Two words...Bella Pelosi.
If you include Silicon Valley and the computer/software makers with S.F. - it becomes very influential.
>>I think this would have been better if they broke it down by state and region. San Francisco may be very influential out west, but, down here, other than rice-a-roni, I can’t really say how San Francisco influences my daily life. There are about 150 metro areas that dictate our nation’s life, and they didn’t even come close to touching on that.<<
The Bay Area is the source of much of the corporate and technical innovation in this country.