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Atlanta and Salt Lake City are middle market cities which are desirable if you fit the demographic that actually wants to live in that particular city.
You just proved you know nothing about Atlanta. DC and Atlanta switch back and fourth as the top 8 or 9 markets. Dallas is actually number 5 and San Fran is 6. You need to climb from under that rock you been under since the 60's.
You just proved you know nothing about Atlanta. DC and Atlanta switch back and fourth as the top 8 or 9 markets. Dallas is actually number 5 and San Fran is 6. You need to climb from under that rock you been under since the 60's.
I think he was talking about CSA. Remember, Atlanta is an island with nothing around it for hundreds of miles. The entire DC/Baltimore CSA can fit into Atlanta's MSA land mass and we are talking close to 9 million people.
Anyone have any experience in any of these cities, particularly going to Salt Lake City from the East Coast. I am considering some positions in Salt Lake City and DC, however my boyfriend is considering a position in Atlanta.
Overall, I love the idea of living Salt Lake City to have access to the outdoors and be out west. That's ultimately the type of place I want to end up. However, I still want to have a good restaurant scene and some nightlife.
Anyone have any experiences they could share?
Do you like to ski and hike? If so you'll love Salt Lake City--the skiing for one is the best in the country for so close to a medium-sized city. If you don't like exploring the mountains and outdoors, Salt Lake City will seem a little boring. The restaurant/cultural scene is better than it used to be and the nightlife is better as it's gotten slightly a little more liberal after some of the more draconian liquor laws have been loosened. There's stuff to do, music to check out, a few sort of nice, hip neighborhoods and so on...but it's still a small city environment. It's not like the rest of Utah though--it's an oasis compared to the suburbs and rural areas or even compared to Provo or Ogden. The only other place in Utah that feels a little more liberal is Park City--which is a fun place to ski or go to bars.
I'd live in Salt Lake because I'm a skier and climber--but I can see how people used to the East Coast or even parts of the Southeast or West Coast might feel a little isolated out there. But if you love the mountains--not a bad place to be.
I think he was talking about CSA. Remember, Atlanta is an island with nothing around it for hundreds of miles. The entire DC/Baltimore CSA can fit into Atlanta's MSA land mass and we are talking close to 9 million people.
You may be right, but that still doesn't mean that Atlanta is a "middle market" and closer to the size of SLC, as Slevin Kelevra posted previously.
Do you like to ski and hike? If so you'll love Salt Lake City--the skiing for one is the best in the country for so close to a medium-sized city. If you don't like exploring the mountains and outdoors, Salt Lake City will seem a little boring. The restaurant/cultural scene is better than it used to be and the nightlife is better as it's gotten slightly a little more liberal after some of the more draconian liquor laws have been loosened. There's stuff to do, music to check out, a few sort of nice, hip neighborhoods and so on...but it's still a small city environment. It's not like the rest of Utah though--it's an oasis compared to the suburbs and rural areas or even compared to Provo or Ogden. The only other place in Utah that feels a little more liberal is Park City--which is a fun place to ski or go to bars.
I'd live in Salt Lake because I'm a skier and climber--but I can see how people used to the East Coast or even parts of the Southeast or West Coast might feel a little isolated out there. But if you love the mountains--not a bad place to be.
Yes, I do. I also want to get off the East Coast. Okay so now DC is out of the picture because the job there didn't work out!
D.c and atlanta trump slc. Plus. Although not as close to atlanta and d.c as are mountains to slc, atlanta and d.c have the applacians, coasts and islands. I think with factors most people want when they move d.c is the best followed by atlantanad not too far behind woukd be slc
Metro DC is obviously a smaller looking metro than Atlanta.
-Atlanta is much more physically expansive in developed area.
-Atlanta has a superior skyline.
DC does have dense development within the district.
Huh? Don't think so? What's Atlanta's answer for Tyson's Corner, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rosslyn, Crystal City, Old Town, Ballston, etc... Just curious.
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