Gay Satisfaction in the Urban New South: Politics, Neighborhood, as well as Area in Atlanta and Charlotte

Gay Satisfaction in the Urban New South: Politics, Neighborhood, as well as Area in Atlanta and Charlotte

Atlanta, Georgia, and also Charlotte, North Carolina, function as city centers of the Southeast and also stereotypical New South cities. In the last years of the twentieth century, city and also business leaders in Atlanta usually welcomed the growth of gay visibility and also the resulting queer tourist. While Charlotte's leaders promoted growth and also yearned to be like Atlanta, they rejected queer presence. For numerous queer individuals, Atlanta met an oft-repeated maxim; it was a city as well active to dislike. Charlotte's pattern of significant and continual development throughout the twentieth century brought about its well-chosen Chamber of Business slogan, labeling the city as a fantastic location to make money, which confirmed true for several queer people. Still, this monetary success did not equal assistance. City political leaders usually reserve possibilities to exploit the blossoming gay market while rejecting Charlotte's queer citizens wholesale.

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