The City of Atlanta/Diversity and Demography of the Community

The City of Atlanta/Diversity and Demography of the Community

Introduction

Atlanta is a city in the U.S, the capital and largest city in the state of Georgia, the administrative center of County Fulton (although some parts of the city are located in other counties of the state). Population (as of July 2007) - in the city is of 519,145 people (34th in the U.S.), within the metropolitan area of Atlanta, according to the 1 July 2007 - 5,626,400 people (9th in the U.S.). In recent years, Atlanta has acquired the status of an international business center, which gave a powerful impetus to economic and social development of the city. From 2000 to 2006 the growth of metropolitan Atlanta (20.5%) was the largest in the United States (Sassen, 2012).

Atlanta is one of the southern cities of the United States, in the state of Georgia. Your name managed to climb the worldwide popularity when it hosted the Olympics in 1996, from there the city continues to receive investments and grow constantly. Characterized by having two levels (one underground and one at the root of the soil) and for being nothing more and nothing less than the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Atlanta surprises its visitors with an exciting variety of activities, entertainment and leisure options.

The part where you made the Olympics has become a very modern look. His business-like demeanor attracts the attention of the great magnates who raise all kinds of businesses there. The downtown area is a tangle of freeways mixed with ultramodern buildings. The sky of Atlanta is one of the busiest: the big businessmen prefer to move by air (helicopter) to deal with traffic. On the ground things are different, the streets-some-are accompanied by trees, especially in neighborhoods distant from downtown, where the style is predominantly Victorian houses.

No doubt the historical fact that most marked the lives of Atlanta was the bloody Civil War. This topic is addressed in different museums, monuments and buildings that are seen throughout the city, made in commemoration of that hard trance. The emblem is another great Martin Luther King, whom you can visit his birthplace and where his ideas spread. There are other places in Atlanta that no traveler should miss, such as the Olympic Stadium, Centennial Olympic Park, Underground Atlanta and the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, among other places of entertainment that has this magnificent city. The area south of the city is known for its historic air. Here is the original Atlanta and its people retain the old ways to the letter. It is not uncommon to come across the old buildings of the colonial era. Further away from the urban periphery, plantations and the people born on the roadside, with an almost ghostly.

The south is also accompanied by one of the most beautiful landscapes in the U.S., mixed with a river where vegetation impressive highlight some important areas where aridity prevails. The coast of the State of Georgia is the most ...