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Algiers, Algeria and Atlanta, Georgia Algiers isn’t the worst place to live, but it surely isn’t the best place to live. Atlanta is a better place to live with less poverty, and fewer diseases, but it still has a pretty high crime rate. Overall it really just depends which section of the city you live in and the amount of change in your pocket.  Algiers has more problems than Atlanta such as poverty and terrorists who come over from Mali. Atlanta does have its own problems though with over 30,000 property crimes per year! So they both have a lot of crime, one more than the other, but their crime rates have actually gone down in the past few years!!  The two cities don’t have much but they do have a few similarities such as they both almost have the same amount of internet users. Both cities are also almost located on the latitude line. One last similarity is how their metro pops. are both near 5,000,000 people.  Atlanta and Algiers probably have more differences than similarities, such as Algiers was founded in 944, and Atlanta was founded in 1847. Algiers also only rises 3ft above sea level while Atlanta is around 738- 1,050ft above sea level. Another difference is how Atlanta has a lot less poverty.  So neither city is the best place to live or the worst, but in the end Atlanta rises above Algiers. Now I may think Atlanta is cooler and more modern, but Algiers has a richer history. In the future I hope both become better places to live.


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|| = Location = The absoulute locatin of Algiers is 36° north, 3° east. It is situated on the northern Mediterranean coast of Algeria and Africa. It is bordered by Mali, Niger, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunsia and a little bit of Western Sahara. ||  || Goods : Goods usually get around by plane, cars, and trains. Those goods are usually, peaches, cotton, etc. Trains are the reason Atlanta became the capital of Georgia. The rail systems in Atlanta became the reason the capital of Georgia was moved from Savannah to Atlanta. People :People usually get around by cars.Highways 1-20, 1-75, and 1-85 all converge inAtlanta and are rated 1 of the top 10 most congested highways in America. More than 340,000 cars ride them per day. Marta (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) provides buses, trains,and taxis for public transportation. Ideas : Ideas usually get around on the internet, but only 7.8% of Atlanta has internet. Luckily 96.7% of Atlanta has tv to spread the news. 99% of Atlanta is literate too. || = Movement = Goods: Goods in Algiers are usualy transported by plane, cars, and boats which come in from the Mediterranean. A lot of the time those goods are oil and even gold. People: There are a few cars and trains in Algiers, and even a few taxis and buses but, the streets are highly congested which makes it hard to get around at a reasonable pace in a car. Because of that most people in Algiers walk. Ideas: Like most places ideas usually get around on the internet but, only 10.3% percent of the people have internet and since the tv percentage is unknown we can only assume that a lot of ideas also get around the old fashioned-way,talking. Ideas could also get around by newspaper since 70% of Algiers is literate. ||  || Precipitation:49.87 in. per year Area of city:132.45 sq. miles || = Region = Precipitation:23.555 in. per year Area of city:460 sq. miles ||  || Settled: December 9, 1847 Top three languages: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. Other Indo- European laguage. History Facts: Atlanta was first called Terminus for its trains, but was changed to Thrasherville and then Marthasville after the Governor's daughter. Later it was named Atlantica-Pacifica which was shortened to Atlanta. Later during the Civil War and 1864 the city was burned down by Union General William T. Sherman on the march to the Atlantic. Then a long while later Atlanta hosted the 1996 summer Olympic games. Population: City:432,427Metro: 5,359,205 which is the 9th largest city in U.S.A. Pop. Density : State:84/sq. mile City:4020/sq. mile Climate: Humid- Subtropical Winter: In Atlanta during the winter it usually drops 10-20 degrees and about 2.7 inches of snowfall. Summer:The summers in Atlanta are usually very hot and humid and some people even call Atlanta Hotlanta. || = Place = Settled: 944 Top three languages:1. Arabic 2. Berber 3. French History Facts: Algiers was oringinally a Phoenician commercial outpost and called Ikosim. It was also controlled by the Spanish, the Ottomans, and finally Algeria gained independence from the French in 1962. During WW2 Algiers was controlled by the Germans Along with northern Africa until Operation Torch which landed Allied troops in Africa and liberated it. Population: City:3,335,418 Metro: Over 5,000,000 which makes it the largest inAlgeria. 91% of Algeria's pop. lives along the Mediterranean coast. Pop.Density: City: 36/per sq. mile Country:6/per sq mile Climate: Mediterranean Winter: The winters in Algiers are wet compared to other months and it rains instead snow. It also usually only drops 10 degrees and since it is usaually 60-90 degrees F the winters are typically pretty warm. Summer: The summers are usually fairly warm and very dry. The reason Algiers doesn't get extreme desert temperatures like adjacent locations is because the Mediterranean sea moderates the temperatures. ||  || Housing: Most people in the actual city of Atlanta live in apartments but out in the suburbs there are quite a few houses. Leisure: Football and basketball are probably the two most popular sports in Atlanta but the Georgia Aquarium is quite the attraction too. || = HE Interaction = Housing: A lot of house in Algeria have tin roofs, walls and floors. When Europeans lived in Algiers they built houses for their //single// families. Now sometimes up to //six// families live in those houses. There are also several bidonvilles and bidon means tin which they are made of. There are decent hotels and stuff though which less poor people live in. Leisure: Popular sports in Algiers are soccer and handball with soccer probaly being the most popular sport. Another activity people in Algiers is to sit at cafes and play chess, checkers, and dominos. ||  ||
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