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Two buildings stand side-by-side on a hill the one on the left is two stories with two smokestacks behind it the one on the right is the larger taller Tech Tower building, Cities Wartime roles and air targets Location in Georgia (MSA counties in Red). 11.2 Performing arts venues During the 2000s Atlanta underwent a profound physical cultural and demographic transformation Suburbanization a booming economy and new migrants decreased the city's black percentage from a high of 67% in 1990 to 54% in 2010 From 2000 to 2010 Atlanta gained 22,763 white residents 5,142 Asian residents and 3,095 Hispanic residents while the city's black population decreased by 31,678 Much of the city's demographic change during the decade was driven by young college-educated professionals: from 2000 to 2009 the three-mile radius surrounding Downtown Atlanta gained 9,722 residents aged 25 to 34 holding at least a four-year degree an increase of 61% Between the mid-1990s and 2010 stimulated by funding from the HOPE VI program Atlanta demolished nearly all of its public housing a total of 17,000 units and about 10% of all housing units in the city, ? ? ? ? ? ? Atlanta Rhinos of the USA Rugby League represent the city of Atlanta at Rugby league the club is linked with professional Super League club the Leeds Rhinos! .

Mountain biking (2) (1,041,423) The oldest known man/animal-hauled railways date back to the 6th century BC in Corinth Greece Rail transport then commenced in mid 16th century in Germany in the form of horse-powered funiculars and wagonways Modern rail transport commenced with the British development of the steam locomotives in the early 19th century Thus the railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world Built by George Stephenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company the Locomotion No 1 is the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 George Stephenson also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use only the steam locomotives all the time the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830 With steam engines one could construct mainline railways which were a key component of the Industrial Revolution Also railways reduced the costs of shipping and allowed for fewer lost goods compared with water transport which faced occasional sinking of ships the change from canals to railways allowed for "national markets" in which prices varied very little from city to city the spread of the railway network and the use of railway timetables led to the standardisation of time (railway time) in Britain based on Greenwich Mean Time Prior to this major towns and cities varied their local time relative to GMT the invention and development of the railway in the United Kingdom was one of the most important technological inventions of the 19th century the world's first underground railway the Metropolitan Railway (part of the London Underground) opened in 1863. The median income for a household in the county was $56,709 and the median income for a family was $75,579 Males had a median income of $56,439 versus $42,697 for females the per capita income for the county was $37,211 About 12.0% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the poverty line including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.