The Pointe at Lindbergh

! . Catchers Baggage Puerto Rican 43,337 0.8% 19,358 0.5% 23,979 123.9%, Road in Chattahoochee Hills Atlanta Georgia business directory Civil War; Map of Georgia's counties depicting the median income as of 2014. 1749 1,000,000 Atlanta has a large effect on the state of Georgia the Southeastern United States and beyond Atlanta has been the site of growth in finance insurance technology manufacturing real estate service logistics transportation film communications convention and trade show businesses and industries while tourism is important to the economy Atlanta is a global city also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center as a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system. Atlanta is the host of the Atlanta Film Festival an Academy Award qualifying international film festival held every April and showcasing a diverse range of independent films including genre films such as horror and sci-fi Other film festivals include the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival the Atlanta Asian Film Festival the Out on Film gay film festival Independent Film Month Atlanta Film Festival 365 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival and the Buried Alive horror film fest There is also the Bronzelens Film Festival held every year in Atlanta.

Even before 2002 the state had become increasingly supportive of Republicans in Presidential elections it has supported a Democrat for president only three times since 1960 in 1976 and 1980 native son Jimmy Carter carried the state; in 1992 the former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton narrowly won the state Generally Republicans are strongest in the predominantly white suburban (especially the Atlanta suburbs) and rural portions of the state Many of these areas were represented by conservative Democrats in the state legislature well into the 21st century One of the most conservative of these was U.S Congressman Larry McDonald former head of the John Birch Society who died when the Soviet Union shot down KAL 007 near Sakhalin Island Democratic candidates have tended to win a higher percentage of the vote in the areas where black voters are most numerous as well as in the cities among liberal urban populations (especially Atlanta and Athens) and the rural Black Belt region that passes through the central and southwestern portion of the state. FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015, 67% Politics 2 History The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn is the largest Hindu temple in the United States.