atlanta's suburbs are starting to look like los angeles (Peachtree City: crime, home)

[Atlwarrior]

Definitely not density wise, the only land north and south between Los Angeles and San Diego is Camp Pendlenton on I-5. Also Los Angeles region is considered a Megalopolis, and because of the ocean Los Angeles can only developed in certain ways, while Atlanta have no major bodies of water to hinder its growth in all directions. Also try flying into LAX at night it's quite marvelous to see all those lights which shows LA density real clear.

[kasuga888]

I think you mean some city in Orange County like westminster, garden grove, irvine etc...

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

I posted something awhile back about how some of the neigborhoods in East Cobb and around Town Center reminded me of Southern California because of the way the houses were stacked tightly up the side of hills and ran along ridge lines. This is particularly true at night when all you see is lights flickering from the tops of many of those East Cobb hills and the trees aren't so much in the way.

I was roundly ridiculed and laughed at for saying it, but I still think it's true.

Your characterization does give the comparison a bit more credence to me. Development around areas like Sweat Mountain and along I-75 in Cobb do rather resemble parts of Orange County. And the poster that mentioned the Buford Corridor makes a point as well.

[BR Valentine]

I think the OP's observation is quite accurate regarding diversity, but less so regarding density. The increase racial and ethnic diversity in Atlanta's suburbs over the past twenty years is pretty impressive. My neighborhood elementary school in S. Forsyth was ~90% white when my family moved here nine years ago. It won't surprise me if next year white enrollment at the school is 50% or slightly less than that. I think that over time density will increase in Atlanta's suburbs, but it will take a tremendous amount of development to begin to approach the kind of density that exists in many LA suburban areas.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by BR Valentine

I think the OP's observation is quite accurate regarding diversity, but less so regarding density. The increase racial and ethnic diversity in Atlanta's suburbs over the past twenty years is pretty impressive. My neighborhood elementary school in S. Forsyth was ~90% white when my family moved here nine years ago. It won't surprise me if next year white enrollment at the school is 50% or slightly less than that. I think that over time density will increase in Atlanta's suburbs, but it will take a tremendous amount of development to begin to approach the kind of density that exists in many LA suburban areas.

Interesting. Do you have any idea how the ethnic makeup in S. Forsyth breaks down now?

[BR Valentine]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

Interesting. Do you have any idea how the ethnic makeup in S. Forsyth breaks down now?

The data on the district website are always one academic year behind so this is just an estimate for our elementary school the current academic year.

W ~55% A - ~35% H ~12% B ~3%

There are already schools in Forsyth where white children are not the majority. My wife works at Forsyth elementary school where white enrollment is less than 40% and hispanic children are a plurality of the total.

I don't know if there is any accurate updated census data regarding race / ethnicity, but if you go to the NYT mapping the census map, you can see that the tremendous growth in the asian and hispanic population in S. Forsyth. I looked one time out of curiosity and the census tract next to the one in which I live had asian population growth of 28,000% (that's not a typo) between 2000 - 2010.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by BR Valentine

The data on the district website are always one academic year behind so this is just an estimate for the current academic year.

W ~55% A - ~35% H ~12% B ~3%

There are already schools in Forsyth where white children are not the majority. My wife works at Forsyth elementary school where white enrollment is less than 40% and hispanic children are a plurality of the total.

I don't know if there is any accurate updated census data regarding race / ethnicity, but if you go to the NYT mapping the census map, you can see that the tremendous growth in the asian and hispanic population in S. Forsyth. I looked one time out of curiosity and the census tract next to the one in which I live had asian population growth of 28,000% (that's not a typo) between 2000 - 2010.

I had already heard that about Johns Creek. Being a native of Atlanta, I find this extraordinary.

[demonta4]

I don't think there's anywhere in the core counties where there is no diversity(not black and white). But we need to work on density where possible.

[Newsboy]

Well, it should be noted that Greater LA was not always as dense as it is today. In the 1950s and 1960s, the San Fernando Valley and Orange County were pretty much like Atlanta is now. Massive, dense, suburban in-fill development really didn't begin to escalate until the 1980s as land prices skyrocketed.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by nature's message

No.

oh but Yes.