Western Asia Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line: Amtrak owns the 104.2-mile line from Philadelphia to Harrisburg Pennsylvania As a result of an investment partnership with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania signal and track improvements were completed in October 2006 that allow all-electric service with a top speed of 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) to run along the corridor; The track guides the conical flanged wheels keeping the cars on the track without active steering and therefore allowing trains to be much longer than road vehicles the rails and ties are usually placed on a foundation made of compressed earth on top of which is placed a bed of ballast to distribute the load from the ties and to prevent the track from buckling as the ground settles over time under the weight of the vehicles passing above, Georgia 54 Connector.svg State Route 54 Connector Professional baseball's Ty Cobb was the first player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame He was from Narrows and was nicknamed the "Georgia Peach.". . Out of the total population five years and older 83.3% spoke only English at home while 8.8% spoke Spanish 3.9% another Indo-European language and 2.8% an Asian language Atlanta's dialect has traditionally been a variation of Southern American English the Chattahoochee River long formed a border between the Coastal Southern and Southern Appalachian dialects Because of the development of corporate headquarters in the region attracting migrants from other areas of the country by 2003 Atlanta magazine concluded Atlanta had become significantly "de-Southernized." a Southern accent was considered a handicap in some circumstances in general Southern accents are less prevalent among residents of the city and inner suburbs and among younger people; they are more common in the outer suburbs and among older people At the same time some residents of the city express Southern variations of African-American English!
Tokyo Japan 5 France 15 7 15 37 Main article: List of tallest buildings in Atlanta, Georgia 92.svg State Route 92. 59/15 90/32 In 2002 incumbent moderate Democratic Governor Roy Barnes was defeated by Republican Sonny Perdue a state legislator and former Democrat While Democrats retained control of the State House they lost their majority in the Senate when four Democrats switched parties They lost the House in the 2004 election Republicans then controlled all three partisan elements of the state government, Downtown Atlanta contains the most office space in the metro area much of it occupied by government entities Downtown is home to the city's sporting venues and many of its tourist attractions Midtown Atlanta is the city's second-largest business district containing the offices of many of the region's law firms Midtown is known for its art institutions cultural attractions institutions of higher education and dense form Buckhead the city's uptown district is eight miles (13 km) north of Downtown and the city's third-largest business district the district is marked by an urbanized core along Peachtree Road surrounded by suburban single-family neighborhoods situated among dense forests and rolling hills. 9% Lawrenceville pop 28,546, Weightlifting ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Georgia 280.svg State Route 280, 6.1 Traditions King Kelly The Atlanta metropolitan area is also home to three NCAA Division I programs with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Georgia State Panthers in Atlanta proper and the Kennesaw State Owls in Kennesaw Both Georgia Tech and Georgia State are members of the Football Bowl Subdivision in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Sun Belt Conference respectively while Kennesaw State is a football member of the Big South Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision while its remaining sports are in the non-football Atlantic Sun Conference. Since 2007 proposals have been floated to allow new multi-county sales taxes in addition to existing county sales taxes for roads to pay for regional transportation initiatives.
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