Charlotte vs Atlanta....Which one is best!! (Dunwoody, Decatur: houses, neighborhoods)

[PeachInTheCity]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Hope you're happy in Tampa, but by your standards, it practically has no skyline whatsoever, LOL.

Sounds like a nerve was struck ...must be one of the few Charlotte natives out there perhaps.

Didn't know i was relocating to the Tampa area for the "skyline" .....
assine is the way you put it, indeed. I didn't complain about the precious Charlotte "skyline", my blink and you will miss it statement is based on the fact that riding up or even down 77, it takes all of 1 minute to pass by Uptown Charlotte, hence blink and miss it. Heck the time isn't too much longer riding on 277. Its not a dis just an observation, not to mention you pretty much captured the majority of Charlotte's "skyline"in ONE picture.

Perhaps you may want to make that trip to the ophthalmologist because my vision is better than fine.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by PeachInTheCity

I didn't complain about the precious Charlotte "skyline", my blink and you will miss it statement is based on the fact that riding up or even down 77, it takes all of 1 minute to pass by Uptown Charlotte, hence blink and miss it. Heck the time isn't too much longer riding on 277. Its not a dis just an observation, not to mention you pretty much captured the majority of Charlotte's "skyline"in ONE picture.

Atlanta has an imposing skyline, one that continues from downtown up into Midtown. Then there's another skyline at Buckhead and another one at Perimeter, where 285 and 400 come together.

I guess I got in trouble, too, because I called Charlotte bland. If, in a few days, you don't get a good "vibe," then why pursue job opportunities in a city?

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by PeachInTheCity

Sounds like a nerve was struck ...must be one of the few Charlotte natives out there perhaps.

Nope.

Didn't know i was relocating to the Tampa area for the "skyline" .....

I never said you were.

assine is the way you put it, indeed. I didn't complain about the precious Charlotte "skyline", my blink and you will miss it statement is based on the fact that riding up or even down 77, it takes all of 1 minute to pass by Uptown Charlotte, hence blink and miss it. Heck the time isn't too much longer riding on 277. Its not a dis just an observation, not to mention you pretty much captured the majority of Charlotte's "skyline"in ONE picture.

Uhhh, this is the case for many centralized skylines, even for those larger than Charlotte's. Atlanta's is predominantly linear and is somewhat unique in that regard.

[Big Aristotle]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Nope.



I never said you were.



Uhhh, this is the case for many centralized skylines, even for those larger than Charlotte's. Atlanta's is predominantly linear and is somewhat unique in that regard.

Skylines? Most people forget when Atlanta was the size of Charlotte's metro (1970ish), there was no midtown, buckhead, etc. skyline. Matter of fact and in terms of height, Charlotte has quite the remarkable skyline for a metro its size (check peer cities). People, Charlotte can't possible compare to Atlanta in many respects nor should it, one is a major city the other is a mid-size city.

You're right, Atlanta has a linear skyline even compared to cities like Dallas and Houston. Miami is expected to linear as it runs along the ocean front.

[mrdkb]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

That's my read. Besides BAC, there are no interesting tall buildings, new or old. Also, the amount of cheap homes with vinyl siding in CLT is staggering...you can drive for miles in the midst of this stuff. I just think ATL has better vistas, either close-in or in exurbia.

I have to agree with this statement on the "cheap homes with vinyl siding in CLT is staggering". It looks god awful and I guarantee the areas populated with this stuff (like University Area) will becomes slums in 20-25 years.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by mrdkb

I have to agree with this statement on the "cheap homes with vinyl siding in CLT is staggering". It looks god awful and I guarantee the areas populated with this stuff (like University Area) will becomes slums in 20-25 years.

After looking at Mapquest, I saw these where 485 splits off from 85, and begins its southward run. And I expected their ring road to be forested. Instead, all these vinyl houses sit in these subdivisions where all the trees were ripped out. Yes, Atlanta has some of that, but what I see when you go around their Perimeter, particularly on the southern end, are a lot of brick ranches inside the trees, styled the same way as their counterparts in Decatur and Brookhaven, that just happen to be in poor(er) neighborhoods. Flying into Hartsfield, from either direction, also confirms this.

[Kingsley]

Charlotte has a great skyline. Especially for it's size. No other city in its tier can compete with it.
Nevertheless, Atlanta is so much bigger, bolder and flashier than Charlotte is until it really makes no sense to try to compare the two.
Charlotte is a beautiful city though. With beautiful neighborhoods. However, is is lacking is "city vibe" outside of uptown.
Atlanta wins for big city vibe and attributes/amenities (along with all the negatives that comes along with being a very big city), and Charlotte wins for family life and, beacuse it's smaller, overall QOL.

[mrdkb]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

After looking at Mapquest, I saw these where 485 splits off from 85, and begins its southward run. And I expected their ring road to be forested. Instead, all these vinyl houses sit in these subdivisions where all the trees were ripped out. Yes, Atlanta has some of that, but what I see when you go around their Perimeter, particularly on the southern end, are a lot of brick ranches inside the trees, styled the same way as their counterparts in Decatur and Brookhaven, that just happen to be in poor(er) neighborhoods. Flying into Hartsfield, from either direction, also confirms this.

Over the past 2 years 3 large apartments have gone up (1 currently under construction) in that area. I forecast a huge problems in the future. See the older apartments off WT Harris which are already showing undesirable signs.

[JoeP]

It is staggering to me that some take pride in Atanta's multiple skylines which highlight the lack of planning and a business level white flight more than anything else.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by JoeP

It is staggering to me that some take pride in Atanta's multiple skylines which highlight the lack of planning and a business level white flight more than anything else.

Most major cities have multiple skylines and they are typically in "edge cities."

Atlanta has downtown and Buckhead and Dunwoody/Perimeter
New York has downtown and midtown, plus corporate hubs in Westchester Co
LA has downtown and Century City, as well as several others, plus a skyline that continues along Wilshire Boulevard, going west from downtown toward the ocean
Seattle has downtown and Bellevue, across Lake Washington
Dallas has downtown and Irving/Las Colinas
Houston has downtown and Westheimer/Galleria (the tallest US skyscraper outside out a city's CBD is located here, the last I knew...Transco Tower, I believe)
SF has the financial district and Oakland and a bunch of corporate hubs in the East Bay
Philadelphia has center city and some corporate hubs, in places like King of Prussia
Don't know about Chicago, since I don't like it much, but think a lot of corporate hubs are near the airport

And your point is?