I think it goes a lot further back, one semi-serious data point: the "Chamber of commerce runs Atlanta" meme was satirized by the TV show Futurama in the year 2

I think it goes a lot further back, one semi-serious data point: the "Chamber of commerce runs Atlanta" meme was satirized by the TV show Futurama in the year 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_South_(Futurama) https://youtu.be/LeYihjMo0Bk https://youtu.be/LeYihjMo0Bk