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DC definitely. However I think Atlanta has so much more potential. With the right planning and infilling, Atlanta could take chicago's place and be the 'second city'.
That's pretty bold statement to make. How could Atlanta surpass Chicago in importance when it's not even the stand alone top tier city in the South.
This is an odd question. I don't think that Atlanta is even in the same league as DC as far as being urban. Most areas of Atlanta have lots of surface parking lots and underutilized space. This is improving over time, but DC is also developing (I would say even faster), so DC is significantly ahead right now and is growing at a faster rate and will thus be ahead for the forseeable future.
The only thing that Atlanta has over DC re: urban feeling is the skyline. There are a few areas on and near Peachtree Street where you can get that feeling of urban canyons and really tall buildings, but if you just walk/drive a few blocks that feeling goes away. DC on the other hand has much lower buildings, but it is much, much denser.
Well my opinion is subjective but, Atlanta has a lot of land to work with. It has a lot of empty lots, parking lots that can be built on, open space that can be used. All it has to do is learn from the mistakes other cities have made. It has a good foundation. A subway system thats relatively good, a nice mix of corporations, with the busiest airport in the world (i think). Atlanta's foundation to me is stronger than anybodies. L.A. is nice and all, but trust me, hollywood is the best it's got.
Atlanta won't be passing L.A. anytime soon in population simply because L.A. is older. But back to comparing ATL to DC, the latter is definitely more urban.
I think Chicago has the greatest potential of any city in the U.S. The lake makes a great setting and large swaths of the southside are ready to be developed.
DC is clearly more urban. Atlanta feels suburban and even rural in many places. Go out Peachtree-Dunwoody road between Buckhead and Sandy Springs and you'll see exactly what I mean. DC has more sophistication in one block than Atlanta has in its entire metro. Comparing suburban parts of Northern Virginia to Atlanta is much more fitting.
DC is clearly more urban. Atlanta feels suburban and even rural in many places. Go out Peachtree-Dunwoody road between Buckhead and Sandy Springs and you'll see exactly what I mean. DC has more sophistication in one block than Atlanta has in its entire metro. Comparing suburban parts of Northern Virginia to Atlanta is much more fitting.
What a laugher! But it is possible that NYC has more sophistication in a single block than DC does in it's metro. Would you consider that to be true?
When I rode the MARTA(mostly elevated) through the south side to downtown, I could not believe that they have a Barn with a horse not even 1 mile south of the I-20 Expressway........
Those are the stables for a carriage company. Where do you propose they board the horses? Way out in the country?
There are parts of Atlanta that have a rural appearance once you leave downtown, midtown, Buckhead and east Atlanta.
There are no places within the city of Atlanta that have a "rural" appearance. I think that what you mean is that there are places in the city of Atlanta that have a "suburban" appearance.
There are no places within the city of Atlanta that have a "rural" appearance. I think that what you mean is that there are places in the city of Atlanta that have a "suburban" appearance.
Rural is right.
If y'all definition of suburban is this:
But to the rest of the world that s*** is west bubble f*** country lmao
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