Midtown Atlanta growth and development since 2010 (Columbus, Savannah: homes, neighborhood, earthquake)

[MichiganderTexan]

Originally Posted by coinalert

Does atlanta even have a gayborhood? people say midtown but thats not really one, not nearly similar to boystown in chicago, west hollywood (LA), or the Village in nyc

Every neighborhood in Atlanta now is basically one.. Atlanta has a huge LGBT population especially among the black population it's likely one of the largest minority if not the largest minority lgbt population.

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by MichiganderTexan

Every neighborhood in Atlanta now is basically one.. Atlanta has a huge LGBT population especially among the black population it's likely one of the largest minority if not the largest minority lgbt population.

Atlanta is the undisputed LGBT mecca of the South for every ethnicity. My neighborhood in Chamblee is about 50%, and we are of every stripe. I mean, when a gay Korean American can get elected to the State Legislature in far Northern Gwinnett County, you're in a mecca!

[AtlantaRising]

Originally Posted by JMatl

Atlanta is the undisputed LGBT mecca of the South for every ethnicity. My neighborhood in Chamblee is about 50%, and we are of every stripe. I mean, when a gay Korean American can get elected to the State Legislature in far Northern Gwinnett County, you're in a mecca!

You're so fortunate! I have been trying to enter the Chamblee market for almost 10 years. Now, I fear it is too late.

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by AtlantaRising

You're so fortunate! I have been trying to enter the Chamblee market for almost 10 years. Now, I fear it is too late.

We are all taken aback at the explosion of growth and development going on here! I was very lucky, I bought here years ago. This neighborhood is where I wish to spend the rest of my life, I love it.

[jjbradleynyc]

Originally Posted by AtlantaRising

The Atlanta LGBTQ community put Midtown on the map by starting businesses, buying rundown properties and rehabing them. When I was growing up in the early 90s, Midtown was full of abandoned warehouses, gay nightclubs, prostitutes and an energy long since replaced by gentrification. I remember when buying a fixer upper near Piedmont Park was super easy. Getting an apartment on the park was even easier. LGBTQ created beautiful neighborhoods throughout the city that attracted single heteros and then big buck business...that eventually pushed many LGBTQ out due to high property taxes. This plays out in other cities around the country, including Chelsea and The Village in NYC or WeHo in Los Angeles. But that's capitalism. Don't fight it...learn to exploit it.

Here's a tip for all looking to invest in real estate. Find out where the gays are moving and have at it. From Midtown, Ansley Park and Morningside to Grant Park, EAV, the Cheshire Bridge Corridor and Decatur...all were once investment havens the LGBTQ community brought to life.

Yep, 100%.

The gay "hood" in Manhattan has steadily moved north west over the decades.

In the 1960s/1970s, it was the West Village. Then in the 1980s/1990s, it was Chelsea. In the early 2000s-today it is now Hell's Kitchen. Most though are priced out of Hell's Kitchen now too, and have moved up to Morningside Heights and West Harlem.

Suffice it to say that these days, gays live all over NYC, and the "concentrated neighborhood" is less and less visible.

Atlanta is similar, with gay population being dispersed all throughout the city, inside the "fruit loop." LOL

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by jjbradleynyc

Yep, 100%.

The gay "hood" in Manhattan has steadily moved north west over the decades.

In the 1960s/1970s, it was the West Village. Then in the 1980s/1990s, it was Chelsea. In the early 2000s-today it is now Hell's Kitchen. Most though are priced out of Hell's Kitchen now too, and have moved up to Morningside Heights and West Harlem.

Suffice it to say that these days, gays live all over NYC, and the "concentrated neighborhood" is less and less visible.

Atlanta is similar, with gay population being dispersed all throughout the city, inside the "fruit loop." LOL

Actually, it's all over the Metro.

[Atlanta-Native]

Originally Posted by jjbradleynyc

Atlanta is similar, with gay population being dispersed all throughout the city, inside the "fruit loop." LOL

Fruit Loop - that's pretty funny. Never heard that before.

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by Atlanta-Native

Fruit Loop - that's pretty funny. Never heard that before.

Truckers have been referring to 285 that way for years...

[Atlanta-Native]

Originally Posted by JMatl

Truckers have been referring to 285 that way for years...

Never knew it. That's good stuff.

[AtlantaRising]

Originally Posted by Atlanta-Native

Fruit Loop - that's pretty funny. Never heard that before.

Even LGBTQ used to use that term. I haven't heard it in a while. When I was growing up, I felt a sense of pride that Atlanta was big enough to even have a designated LGBTQ area so large. I always have gravitated toward the cosmopolitan sophisticate though. After my early years in South Georgia, my teen years in Atlanta felt like a welcome new world. Even today, when I drive down to visit family, it truly feels like a different country past Macon. Georgia is interesting that way. Each region has a distinct flavor.