Re: Background Material: A call for Help from US Easterners

At 1:37 PM -0800 12/12/03, Brian B wrote:
>--- Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>  A City State oriented around Atlanta would be
>>  interesting. It'd
>>  spread beyond the borders of Northern Georgia into
>>  Al, TN, NC and NC.
>>  A good portion of it
>
>Like the anniston AL area as part of it?

A good portion of the South East somehow depends on Atlanta for it's 
economic livelihood. To be excluded from that would really hit them 
hard. Most of the Highways and Rail lines in the area run to Atlanta 
or through a nearby associate.

Further, think of the Military bases that would be included as part 
of that City State's consolidation. It's got some Air force bases 
near by, a Sub Base on the lower coast of Georgia, a big Army Base or 
two near (Stewart and Benning) and a couple of big USMC bases (Albany 
and Parris Island).

As far as Industry, I can see wanting to hang on to the Huntsville 
complex and the Port of Savannah. The Rail lines and transportation 
hub is rather key for Gulf state oil and manufacturing resources. 
Appalachia also routes traffic through the Georgia if it's going to 
the North East. The aircraft and auto Industry here as well as the 
Bio Medical hub at Emory/CDC is also a big focus.
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