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Originally Posted by bigstick
The BELTLINE IN ATLANTA, puts anything to shame in BHAM. Bad attempt at levity.
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With the creation of this park [Red Mountain Park], according to the Trust for Public Land, Birmingham will have 17.9 acres of public green space per 1,000 residents, ahead of top ranked Minneapolis with 14.3 acres per 1,000 residents. The Birmingham News, January 28, 2005.
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Red Mountain Park itself is 1,108 acres. 191 people for each acre.
The BELTLINE IN ATLANTA is 2,544 acres. 174 people for each acre.
Both are ongoing, monumental projects that deserve recognition, especially in a part of the country where suburbanization is the first thought when open greenspace is discovered.
TimCity said, "i think it's safe to say that VERY few cities in the country are touching birmingham when it comes to the preservation and expansion of green space within city limits." Last I checked, the word "VERY" did not immediately strike Atlanta off the list for leaders in preservation and creation of public greenspace.
Yes, the excerpt I quoted in the first paragraph was from 2005, but the very fact that the city lead the entire nation at any point in the past 20 years is quite an achievement. TimCity made a perfectly reasonable claim; maybe in the future you could inquire as to what else is occurring in/around Birmingham before making a petty argument.