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In the list of weird city placements in the US, Atlanta seems to be up there. How is it the 8th most populous metropolitan area in the US, when it’s not on the sea, it only has a small river, it’s not on a fall line, and even according to its founders, it was in the middle of nowhere?

A clue is in the first name that these founders gave it: ”Terminus”. I…

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