Southern U.S. cities tour

DetroitMan · #1 Posted **Jun 29, 2016, 11:34 AM**

Over the last few months I have visited various cities across the American South. In this thread I have highlighted my visits to the following cites: Columbia, Durham, Charlotte, Chattanooga and Athens, plus a couple of small towns in Eastern Georgia. I hope ya'll enjoy!

COLUMBIA

Columbia,SC by brandon walker, on Flickr

Columbia,SC by brandon walker, on Flickr

DURHAM

Durham by brandon walker, on Flickr

Durham by brandon walker, on Flickr

CHARLOTTE

Charlotte by brandon walker, on Flickr

Charlotte by brandon walker, on Flickr

CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga by brandon walker, on Flickr

Chattanooga by brandon walker, on Flickr

ATHENS

Athens by brandon walker, on Flickr

Two barrels are better than one by brandon walker, on Flickr

Athens by brandon walker, on Flickr

The Arch by brandon walker, on Flickr

Athens by brandon walker, on Flickr

Classic car in the Classic City by brandon walker, on Flickr

Athens by brandon walker, on Flickr

Athens by brandon walker, on Flickr

GREENSBORO,GEORGIA

Greensboro, Georgia by brandon walker, on Flickr

Greensboro, Georgia by brandon walker, on Flickr

MADISON,GEORGIA

Madison,GA by brandon walker, on Flickr

Centropolis · #2 Posted **Jun 29, 2016, 12:40 PM**

nice. i'm staying in chattanooga in a few weeks, never stopped before.

Murphy de la Sucre · #3 Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 12:50 AM**

That was an awesome tour! Keep it up!

Columbia, Durham, Charlo, Chatta, Greensboro, Athens, Madison, man you really hit some hot spots!

Was that a passing-by tour or a decent insight (inside) tour? Any chance to shoot the icon skyline of each city? Especially Chatta, hardly to find a real icon skyline shot of it on Internet.

LSyd · #4 Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 3:27 AM**

thanks for the tour.

i was happy that a friend's wife got a job in Chattanooga, both for her and for an excuse to go do a proper overnight visit(s).

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Xing · #5 Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 4:35 AM**

Well done! Great photos!

TarHeelJ · #6 Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 5:18 PM**

Durham, Columbia, and Chattanooga are special cities that are often overlooked in favor of bigger cities within their states but each can easily stand on its own. Charlotte speaks for itself. Athens is a quintessential American college town - one of the best IMO.

Each one of these states has a ton of gorgeous small towns that hardly anyone has heard of outside of the area. Glad you got to see a couple of them. Nice thread!

Murphy de la Sucre · #7 Posted **Jul 7, 2016, 3:00 AM**

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This is by far, the most Chattanooga skyline that can represent Chattanooga skyline.

Nightsky · #8 Posted **Jul 7, 2016, 6:20 PM**

Nice to see these cities. Athens is the hometown of REM!

TonyAnderson · #9 Posted **Jul 7, 2016, 11:00 PM**

Great set!

BnaBreaker · #10 Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 10:03 PM**

Man do I love Chattanooga. Such a special little city and only getting better with each passing day. Definitely do not judge it by it's skyline.

James Bond Agent 007 · #11 Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 10:33 PM**

Nice tour! Charlotte skyline is looking great these days.

LSyd · #12 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre

Any chance to shoot the icon skyline of each city? Especially Chatta, hardly to find a real icon skyline shot of it on Internet.

i was going through old photos of mine today and found when my wife was nice enough to drive while we went through Chattanooga last year. there's a great view from a mountain coming into the city from the north

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xzmattzx · #13 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 8:15 PM**

Nice pictures. The courthouse in Madison looks pretty cool!

TimCity2000 · #14 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 10:16 PM**

great tour! has been WAY too long since I got up to Chattanooga...

Brizzy82 · #15 Posted **Jul 26, 2016, 3:11 PM**

Great photos & great cities.

Sadly I've only ever been through ND/SD/MN and Vegas. I'd love to tour the south.

Chattanooga looks awesome.

Buckeye Native 001 · #16 Posted **Jul 26, 2016, 5:20 PM**

Great stuff. Really intrigued by Chattanooga now

Ex-Ithacan · #17 Posted **Jul 26, 2016, 5:37 PM**

Fun thread. Some great cities there. Did you get a chance to go up Lookout Mountain?

Thanks for the pics.

Llyod Banks · #18 Posted **Jul 31, 2016, 11:40 PM**

Great thread, especially liked the Chatta and Charlotte pics!

JohnChatt · #19 Posted **Aug 1, 2016, 12:28 AM**

Chattanooga kind of sits in a bowl surrounded by Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Signal Mountain/Waldens Ridge. The metro population is about 300,000 with Chattanooga proper being 174,000.

BnaBreaker · #20 Posted **Aug 1, 2016, 5:18 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnChatt

Chattanooga kind of sits in a bowl surrounded by Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Signal Mountain/Waldens Ridge. The metro population is about 300,000 with Chattanooga proper being 174,000.

Welcome to the forum John! Nice to have a Chatty resident in the fold. I have a lot of family in the area and have a deep love of the city. Just to clarify though, the Chattanooga Metro has 528,143 people as of 2010, and the CSA of Chattanooga currently has 923,460.