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re: Seriously, if not Bham -- where should the SEC
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:56 am to 3rddownonthe8
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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Posted on 7/26/14 at 1:19 am to Govt Tide
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rednecks
Talk about a pot calling a kettle?
Really?!
You can express your point regarding Birmingham all you want, it still remains that Birmingham is considered equal to cities like , Huntsville, Montgomery , Savannah, Tallahassee, and yes Augusta when discussing US cities; not Charlotte, New Orleans, Nashville, and certainly Atlanta. It's just not the same , period. It's just not!
And being a sports town has nothing to do with bring the home of a major business. And yes Atlanta is not perceived to be a sports town, but only because if the pro teams , which is very short sighted. When it comes to college football is there any question to where the home is.
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