which one would you prefer live in Atlanta , Portland or Philadelphia ?

[thedirtypirate]

Originally Posted by DaBears02

It’s because when a sunbelt sprawl gets compared to a “real urban city” on this board all of the good qualities of the sunbelt city essentially get ignored or negated. We know how it is in real life though. No chance Philly is more of a real black Mecca than Atlanta just because it’s more urban.

It's more like people are just stating their own personal preferences, but yes, Atlanta is generally thought of as a 'black mecca' and it's been a very long time since Philadelphia was considered the same.


I actually looked up the weather differences because I was curious, and apparently the weather in Atlanta is pretty similar to that in Philadelphia aside from it getting colder and more moisture in the winter in Philadelphia, hotter in the daytime during the summer in Atlanta normally. They both sit on the Piedmont Plateau and Atlanta sits at a higher elevation and South Philadelphia/South Jersey sit at sea level where humidity rates are higher even though it's much further north.

[DaBears02]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

It's more like people are just stating their own personal preferences, but yes, Atlanta is generally thought of as a 'black mecca' and it's been a very long time since Philadelphia was considered the same.


I actually looked up the weather differences because I was curious, and apparently the weather in Atlanta is pretty similar to that in Philadelphia aside from it getting colder and more moisture in the winter in Philadelphia, hotter in the daytime during the summer in Atlanta normally. They both sit on the Piedmont Plateau and Atlanta sits at a higher elevation and South Philadelphia/South Jersey sit at sea level where humidity rates are higher even though it's much further north.

Sure you can call it personal preference but it’s definitely true that many people here downplay the strengths of sunbelt cities on here because they sprawl and don’t really look like NY/Chicago.