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re: Seriously, if not Bham -- where should the SEC
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:30 am to Govt Tide
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:30 am to Govt Tide
4.6 mil est today based on United Nations data
AL data
The census numbers came in at 4.8 , but AL is the 36 fastest growing state and above estimates your current population, I have know idea where they went? I don't live there, thank God!
Birmingham 212,000 and Augusta 195,000 Suburban stats
Both have metro areas, outside their city limits
And Augusta's includes the MSA ( which includes Aiken, SC) at 590,000 ( I must have typed the 750 by mistake) MSA. I do not exaggerate on facts.
The point still remains , that the entire state of AL is smaller than the Atlanta Metro area , which is a top 10 tv market and 11 largest population center in the US.
Atlanta is an extremely diverse city and a magnet for Alumni from not only all SEC school alumnae, but schools from across the country, Birmingham has not one advantage to being the home of the SEC. And just like the NFL offices moved to NY , one day the SEC offices will have to move to a city that can provide it the advantages it needs.
AL data
The census numbers came in at 4.8 , but AL is the 36 fastest growing state and above estimates your current population, I have know idea where they went? I don't live there, thank God!
Birmingham 212,000 and Augusta 195,000 Suburban stats
Both have metro areas, outside their city limits
And Augusta's includes the MSA ( which includes Aiken, SC) at 590,000 ( I must have typed the 750 by mistake) MSA. I do not exaggerate on facts.
The point still remains , that the entire state of AL is smaller than the Atlanta Metro area , which is a top 10 tv market and 11 largest population center in the US.
Atlanta is an extremely diverse city and a magnet for Alumni from not only all SEC school alumnae, but schools from across the country, Birmingham has not one advantage to being the home of the SEC. And just like the NFL offices moved to NY , one day the SEC offices will have to move to a city that can provide it the advantages it needs.
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Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:40 am to 3rddownonthe8
I get that Atlanta is larger than Birmingham. Tell me specifically how the SEC HQ being moved from Bham to ATL makes the SEC a more successful and more profitable entity. Take into consideration the cost of uprooting from a place you have been for decades. Will more people watch SEC football games because of where the HQ is located?
This post was edited on 7/26/14 at 12:41 am
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:56 am to 3rddownonthe8
"Birmingham is 212,000, Augusta is 195,000"
So? Lowly Montgomery is 202,000 and isn't close to Augusta and is nowhere even remotely close to Birmingham. Mobile (metro) at 600,000 (based on same criteria you judge Augusta) is as important as Augusta and has a port as big and important as Savannah to boot. Heck, Atlanta city proper was barely over 450,000 not long ago. City limit population means jacks### when gauging an area.
"I don't live there thank God"
I feel the same way about Georgia. I'd far sooner move to North Carolina (Charlotte or several other areas) or Tennessee (preferably Nashville) than live around Georgia rednecks or transplanted Yankees both of which act like arrogant pricks to people moving there.
I'm fully aware that metro Atlanta is bigger than the state of Alabama. Metro Birmingham has more people than a handful of entire states too. That doesn't make it better than those places though.
Birmingham is the 40th largest TV market which makes it larger than one of the cities you've suggested it should move to (New Orleans).
Atlanta is large and diverse but it shouldn't automatically get the SEC headquarters because it is a terrible sports town. Nashville is a MUCH better city for the headquarters than Atlanta if it should end up moving.
So? Lowly Montgomery is 202,000 and isn't close to Augusta and is nowhere even remotely close to Birmingham. Mobile (metro) at 600,000 (based on same criteria you judge Augusta) is as important as Augusta and has a port as big and important as Savannah to boot. Heck, Atlanta city proper was barely over 450,000 not long ago. City limit population means jacks### when gauging an area.
"I don't live there thank God"
I feel the same way about Georgia. I'd far sooner move to North Carolina (Charlotte or several other areas) or Tennessee (preferably Nashville) than live around Georgia rednecks or transplanted Yankees both of which act like arrogant pricks to people moving there.
I'm fully aware that metro Atlanta is bigger than the state of Alabama. Metro Birmingham has more people than a handful of entire states too. That doesn't make it better than those places though.
Birmingham is the 40th largest TV market which makes it larger than one of the cities you've suggested it should move to (New Orleans).
Atlanta is large and diverse but it shouldn't automatically get the SEC headquarters because it is a terrible sports town. Nashville is a MUCH better city for the headquarters than Atlanta if it should end up moving.
This post was edited on 7/26/14 at 1:02 am
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