Who will have the larger population gain over the next decade between D.C. or Atlanta?

[Atlanta_dude]

Who is saying Atlanta is better then every city? Who says this?

[Atlanta_dude]

Originally Posted by MDAllstar

Actually, it doesn't include D.C. The NE doesn't allow sprawl like most southern cities. That wasn't an insult by the way. The D.C. metro area has very strict zoning laws that only allow growth along mass transit lines. All the growth in the D.C. area is going to be along the heavy rail, light rail, and commuter train lines:

-Red Line to (Shady Grove)
-Red Line to (Glenmont)
-Orange Line to (Vienna)
-Orange Line to (New Carrolton)
-Green Line to (Greenbelt)
-Green Line to (Branch Ave.)
-Yellow Line to (Huntington)
-Blue Line to (Springfield)
-Blue Line to (Largo Town Center)
-Silver Line to (Route 772)
-Purple Line to (Bethesda)
-Purple Line to (New Carrolton)
-CCT Line to (Shady Grove)
-CCT Line to (Clarksburg)
-Marc Commuter Line (Brunswick to Union Station)
-Marc Commuter Line (Camden Yard's to Union Station)
-Marc Commuter Line (Penn Station to Union Station)
-VRE Commuter Line (Fredericksburg to Union Station)
-VRE Commuter Line (Manassas to Union Station)


This link to a population projection map shows all the growth of the D.C. area. It's on page 9.

http://www.mwcog.org/uploads/pub-doc...0117203640.pdf

Your point is still off. Tell me this;
1. Where is the majority of the DC metro population?
2. Where do most people live in the north east?

The suburbs. So your argument makes no sense as only a fraction of DCs metro of 5 million+ population actually lives in the city limits.

[EastBay-NowDCarea]

Doesn't everyone know by now to not post a poll when it involves Atlanta?? That is because the polls that involve Atlanta are always rigged in support of Atlanta! Case in point like the 80 votes in a row in another poll that involved Bmore, DC, and Atl!

[MDAllstar]

Originally Posted by Atlanta_dude

Your point is still off. Tell me this;
1. Where is the majority of the DC metro population?
2. Where do most people live in the north east?

The suburbs. So your argument makes no sense as only a fraction of DCs metro of 5 million+ population actually lives in the city limits.

No, I was saying growth should be where mass transit is located. Doesn't matter where growth is as long as you have mass transit. Zoning in Georgia shouldn't allow development in areas without mass transit. That is how you stop sprawl. You won't find much development in the DC metro that isn't near mass transit.

[Atlanta_dude]

Originally Posted by MDAllstar

No, I was saying growth should be where mass transit is located. Doesn't matter where growth is as long as you have mass transit. Zoning in Georgia shouldn't allow development in areas without mass transit. That is how you stop sprawl. You won't find much development in the DC metro that isn't near mass transit.

What does this have to do with the original post? Atlanta is more or less done sprawling, especially the southern end of the suburbs which stopped sprawling long ago. People are moving into the perimeter or staying close within the main five counties. I am for commuter rails to close outer burbs, but building commuter rails to places like Gainesville, or Lawrenceville will only encourage more sprawl.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by MDAllstar

No, I was saying growth should be where mass transit is located. Doesn't matter where growth is as long as you have mass transit. Zoning in Georgia shouldn't allow development in areas without mass transit.

That doesn't make sense. A community can be urban and walkable without access to rail-based transit, although the latter is definitely a plus (if the population is there to support it). What you're saying here equates to no other city or metro in the state of Georgia being allowed to have residential development except what's along the four MARTA lines or the future Beltline. That's a bit extreme, don't you think?

[Kingsley]

Originally Posted by nedergras

Why should I know anything about you? What I've seen from your posts is that you're a snide supporter of Atlanta drunk on kool-aid dissing other cities trying to win the Olympic bid because Atlanta got to host it nearly 2 decades ago, and aren't shy to show your smugness that Atlanta did get to host it and that cities of higher calibre like NYC won't.

I'm neither a native Georgia, I'm a product of a military family whose lived in places such as Texas, NY, South Korea & Germany... I live here not because of choice but rather dedication to my family. I'm argumentative and insulting because it's necessary to call people like you out and the others from here on their bull****... it's sad that a small minority of people from here are actually honest and decent folks, when the rest of the state shows the rest of the country a snide attitude that they're somehow better than everyone else.

I don't know you and I don't live in Atlanta, but you take this thread foolishness MUCH, MUCH too seriously!!! Why can't we all just get along?