Atlanta's size compared to Houston (Alpharetta, Kennesaw: allergies, live in, mall)

[bornjacksonian]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

I can get across SF in a 10-15 minute drive, but it still feels larger than Houston and Atlanta. City limits are silly to use to compare how large a city feels.

Originally Posted by Newsboy

I thought you've never been to San Francisco .... ?!

Originally Posted by Ant131531

I haven't but I'm assuming by freeway, it should only take 10-15 minutes by freeway. It's only a 7 by 7 mile city.

@Ant

Lol

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Staysean23

Have u seen the traffic in SF? a lot of people there drive, even with it being so dense. Its even worse because they don't have the large freeways.

It's atrocious.

[will724]

To me, this argument is stupid

[atler8]

Look again at a map of San Fransisco proper. There is a noticeable lack of freeways across it other than one major north to south freeway. The lack of freeways there is a serious impediment to traffic flow in the city itself. It's a choice they made, as was the case when they actually tore down the partially built waterfront Embarcadero Freeway. I don't blame San Fransisco though as their city is more beautiful for the lack of giant, concrete paths swirling across it.
But don't make the mistake of an "assumption" as to how traffic flows if you've not been there & are simply interpreting what you see via sites such as google maps, etc. They can only reveal so much. They cannot tell you what is going on down on the streets.
The result of the lack of freeways is an ungodly, slow-crawling gridlocked mess on many arterial roads & side streets. It can truly be mind-numbingly bad & an issue even at non rush hour time frames.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Born 2 Roll

Because we can, Ansley...because we can....Because it's human nature to compare and contrast and debate and argue over "whose is bigger" and "whose is better"....Even though Atlanta and Houston are two totally and completely different cities, people very-often like to compare and contrast them because they are two cities of similar size in the Sunbelt.

Being in Texas the last 10 years, would say that Dallas is a better comparison to Atlanta. Fort Worth added in makes the metro area here a good bit larger, larger even than Houston, but take Fort Worth out of the mix and you have cities that mirror each other in many ways.

[Nairobi]

My nose was itching, so I thought I'd check out the Atlanta forum. Low and behold, there's yet another Houston bashing discussion commencing.

Meanwhile, in the Houston forum, the name "Atlanta" is met with a chorus of cricket chirps.

[stillinthesouth]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

My nose was itching, so I thought I'd check out the Atlanta forum. Low and behold, there's yet another Houston bashing discussion commencing.

Meanwhile, in the Houston forum, the name "Atlanta" is met with a chorus of cricket chirps.

Touche. Any thoughts on the topic, though? I haven't been to Houston, but I've heard some people say it feels quite a bit bigger than Atlanta.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

Minute Maid park is in downtown as is the Toyota Center. There's also a BBVA Compass soccer stadium.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=houst...is,+Texas&z=16

And the University of Houston has a campus in downtown.

University of Houston, about 14,000 students.

Didn't even know about the downtown stadiums or university, yet he can be found in numerous threads around this website speaking about Downtown Houston with an authority like you wouldn't believe. Give me a break!

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by stillstuckinthesouth

Touche. Any thoughts on the topic, though? I haven't been to Houston, but I've heard some people say it feels quite a bit bigger than Atlanta.

In most of the city, I believe it does. Highrises as far as the eye can see, wide freeways, fast drivers, etc. For me, personally, once you leave the main north-south drags of Atlanta, it begins to feel like a much smaller city. In Houston, on the other hand, it can seem impossible to escape the hustle and bustle on many days.

As it has been said in the thread, Houston's core is currently not as active and urbane as Atlanta's. Still, the former is set up on more of a navigable grid, and the metro-wide density is more consistent all around.

[Staysean23]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

My nose was itching, so I thought I'd check out the Atlanta forum. Low and behold, there's yet another Houston bashing discussion commencing.

Meanwhile, in the Houston forum, the name "Atlanta" is met with a chorus of cricket chirps.

But Atlanta is always on your mind as u stay in our forum.