The fact that the Atlanta area is the second most popular area in the world for film making, doesn’t take anything away from NYC or Chicago. These wins (and losses) are not hard indicators in determining how cities compare to each other. This is just one of several Atlanta-based banks that were bought or merged that went packing for Charlotte over the past 20 years. The new bank, now named Truist, will be the 6th largest bank in the nation when the ink dries. Atlanta-based SunTrust is consolidating with BBT and the new headquarters will be in Charlotte. But where Atlanta scored a point with ‘proving’ a point with Charlotte’s unsuccessful NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte dominates in banking. “And in Atlanta, they would’ve been exposing their brand to a wider, more diverse audience.” Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress, which lost the hall to North Carolina. “I’m not going to say I told you so, but my guess is that the number of visitors would’ve been higher in Atlanta than in Charlotte,” said A.J. And it didn’t dispel notions that Atlanta, a hard-charging competitor for the car-racing cathedral, would’ve been a better spot for NASCAR to park.” It didn’t break even either, losing instead an estimated $1.3 million. “But the museum, which celebrates its first birthday next month, didn’t welcome anywhere near the 800,000 visitors projected for its first year of operation. An April 2011 article seems to support this: Many in Atlanta said that Charlotte couldn’t support the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
When Atlanta lost the NASCAR Hall of Fame to Charlotte in early 2006, Charlotte residents gleamed with pride how they one-upped Atlanta. I found Atlanta much larger, more cosmopolitan, it has a freaking subway and generally a faster bustle.įor years, supporters, residents, and visitors of both cities have thrown verbal punches highlighting why they think each city is best.
This comparison was shattered when I moved to Atlanta to attend college. It had a relatively impressive skyline and interstate 85. After all, it had a Six Flags-like amusement park, only smaller (Carowinds). Growing up, I visited Charlotte a lot and looked at the city as the North Carolina version of Atlanta. Census Bureau Charlotte is similar to Atlanta, right? Many in Atlanta refer to Charlotte as ‘baby Atlanta’, I secretly wondered just how close our baby sister city had come to Atlanta.ĭata from U.S. I was impressed with Charlotte’s skyline, the bustling central business district (they call it uptown) and all the new construction. The idea to compare Charlotte and Atlanta was born out of driving through Charlotte on the way back from a sci-fi, fantasy and comics convention held in High Point, NC. I wrote an article comparing Atlanta with New York City earlier this year, and although NYC is the obvious winner in size and population, Atlanta compared favorably in other areas. I’d have to admit that I find it fascinating how the data of the compared cities can be skewed by overzealous residents/supporters.
They’d get a bunch of opinions about the quality of life, how many amenities this city has over that city. They can be brutal exchanges where the reader won’t get much hard information about the cities in the comparison battle. I’m not a fan of online ‘city vs city’ threads.
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