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The colonial settlement of large numbers of Scottish American English American and Scotch-Irish Americans in the mountains and piedmont and coastal settlement by some English Americans and African Americans have strongly influenced the state's culture in food language and music the concentration of Africans imported to coastal areas in the 18th century repeatedly from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of Gullah-Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans They share a unique heritage in which African traditions of food religion and culture were continued more than in some other areas in the creolization of Southern culture their foodways became an integral part of all Southern cooking in the Low Country. Other rugby union teams include the Atlanta Harlequins who ranked No 2 in the United States in Division 1 for women's clubs under USA Rugby the governing body for rugby in the United States From 2014 to 2016 the suburb of Kennesaw hosted the USA Women's Sevens an event in the annual World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in the sevens version of the sport but that event has since moved to Las Vegas, Tom Wolfe a Man in Full:. Sailing (10) Railways contribute to social vibrancy and economic competitiveness by transporting multitudes of customers and workers to city centres and inner suburbs Hong Kong has recognized rail as "the backbone of the public transit system" and as such developed their franchised bus system and road infrastructure in comprehensive alignment with their rail services China's large cities such as Beijing Shanghai and Guangzhou recognize rail transit lines as the framework and bus lines as the main body to their metropolitan transportation systems the Japanese Shinkansen was built to meet the growing traffic demand in the "heart of Japan's industry and economy" situated on the Tokyo-Kobe line. . Through various commuter services Amtrak serves an additional 61.1 million passengers per year in conjunction with state and regional authorities in California (through Amtrak California and Metrolink) Connecticut (through Shore Line East) and Maryland (through MARC).[citation needed]. Crime rates and trends Industry 6 Notes As planned all commuter trains would arrive at the Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) the long-delayed facility just across Peachtree Street from the Five Points MARTA station where all of its lines meet Planning for the system and its extension as intercity rail across the state are the responsibility of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority, Contents Okefenokee Swamp Georgia Qualifications for election 36/2 Negative impacts Fayette (463/sq mi). . Where more than one town in the same county has a road to the same place the smaller towns have their own name prefixed to it while the county seat does not the road need not go directly to the other place but may connect through other roads Examples include Due West Road west from Marietta Kennesaw Due West Road southwest from Kennesaw and Acworth Due West Road south from Acworth Some are usually hyphenated like Peachtree-Dunwoody Road Ashford-Dunwoody Road Chamblee-Dunwoody Road and Chamblee-Tucker Road, 3 Infrastructure According to the 2016 American Community Survey (five-year average) 68.6% of working city of Atlanta residents commuted by driving alone 7% carpooled 10% used public transportation and 4.6% walked About 2.1% used all other forms of transportation including taxi bicycle and motorcycle About 7.6% worked at home, Main article: Technology Square (Atlanta).

The history of rail transport began in the 6th century BC in Ancient Greece it can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of track material and motive power used, Iraq (3) Al Simmons. Population density of Georgia Spahn Georgia is the state with the third-lowest percentage of older people (65 or older) at 12.8 percent (as of 2015). . Dale 3 Demographics J 2010 2,510,119 30,989 61.9% 13th 17th Atlanta Georgia business directory 2% The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 which established Amtrak specifically states that "The Corporation will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government" Then common stock was issued in 1971 to railroads that contributed capital and equipment; these shares convey almost no benefits but their current holders declined a 2002 buy-out offer by Amtrak There are currently 109,396,994 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $100 per share all held by the US government There are currently 9,385,694 shares of common stock with a par value of $10 per share held by four other railroad companies: APU (formerly Penn Central) 53% BNSF (35%) Canadian Pacific (7%) and Canadian National (5%). Main article: Technology Square (Atlanta) Pitchers.