Midtown Atlanta vs. Uptown Dallas for urban living (best, state, comparison)
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It's a close call for sure. this is a good poll. I'm going to say Dallas only because there are tons of projects coming online to add to what already is going on.
This seems like a very good comparison. Definitely two of the most urban neighborhoods in the new south.
I'm not gonna vote between the two, but I am more familiar with Midtown as I go to Atlanta often and usually stay there. Been to Dallas only a few times and always stay with my cousin-in-law in Lower Greenville. Have only spent a couple nights going out in Uptown.
It's a close call for sure. this is a good poll. I'm going to say Dallas only because there are tons of projects coming online to add to what already is going on.
The West Village area of Uptown Dallas is actually quite beautiful at street-level and pretty walkable and urban for a Sunbelt city. Midtown Atlanta and Uptown Dallas are both great neighborhoods and both of them are seeing noticeable infill, I saw both recently and they are among the best urban areas in the Southern United States in general. That being said, I generally prefer Deep Ellum to Uptown Dallas in Dallas. The Tech Square area of Midtown Atlanta is very nice, I feel Atlanta will benefit tremendously if it takes a page of two from Cambridge's Harvard Square and Kendall Square area.
I'd like to see even more urbanization from both Midtown Atlanta and Uptown Dallas. Not to sound like a jerk, while these neighborhoods are nice, there need to be much more of them in the central cores of both cities.
The West Village area of Uptown Dallas is actually quite beautiful at street-level and pretty walkable and urban for a Sunbelt city. Midtown Atlanta and Uptown Dallas are both great neighborhoods and both of them are seeing noticeable infill, I saw both recently and they are among the best urban areas in the Southern United States in general. That being said, I generally prefer Deep Ellum to Uptown Dallas in Dallas. The Tech Square area of Midtown Atlanta is very nice, I feel Atlanta will benefit tremendously if it takes a page of two from Cambridge's Harvard Square and Kendall Square area.
I'd like to see even more urbanization from both Midtown Atlanta and Uptown Dallas. Not to sound like a jerk, while these neighborhoods are nice, there need to be much more of them in the central cores of both cities.
In the future, I want the infill to create more streetscapes like that. Its pretty to say the least, clean too, I like modern yet classical stuff.
I feel like a large part of Uptown Dallas lacked retail at the bottom of apartment buildings. Like, it's residentially dense, but there's a lack of restaurants or a street scene, at least the area closer to the Downtown. The northern part of it is more mixed used than the southern part.
I also believe Uptown Dallas doesn't have the street scene of Peachtree in Atlanta or maybe even Crescent Avenue.
Also, one thing Uptown Dallas lacks that Midtown Atlanta has is a solid urban park: Piedmont Park. I don't know if you ever went to Piedmont, but I still consider it the best large urban park in the south. It's connectivity to Midtown is great and reminds me of Central Park in NYC in several ways, most notably, the skyline.
I feel like a large part of Uptown Dallas lacked retail at the bottom of apartment buildings. Like, it's residentially dense, but there's a lack of restaurants or a street scene, at least the area closer to the Downtown. The northern part of it is more mixed used than the southern part.
I also believe Uptown Dallas doesn't have the street scene of Peachtree in Atlanta or maybe even Crescent Avenue.
Also, one thing Uptown Dallas lacks that Midtown Atlanta has is a solid urban park: Piedmont Park. I don't know if you ever went to Piedmont, but I still consider it the best large urban park in the south. It's connectivity to Midtown is great and reminds me of Central Park in NYC in several ways, most notably, the skyline.
I agree and I think Uptown Dallas would best benefit from improvements, namely infill that come with ground floor amenities (laundry cleaners, restaurants, banks, post office locations, boutique but necessary offices, so on).
I have a question for people in Sunbelt cities like Atlanta and Dallas. Okay, so I notice that both cities are teeming with some of the world's top retail stores (I'm going to make a thread on that tomorrow) but the locations are further away from the CBD in places like the North Park Mall, Galleria Mall, Lenox Square Mall and Phipps Plaza Mall as well as some of the "boutique" style walkable oriented areas like Buckhead Atlanta (the Oliver McMillon development) and Highland Park Village.
What I want to know is that by having these stores further away from the CBD if it completely diminishes the chance that these retailers ever setup shop in the CBD or in neighborhoods that surround the CBD such as Uptown Dallas and Midtown Atlanta. Would the cities be able to entice these retailers to set up shop closer to the Downtown core (ala Union Square San Francisco, Magnificent Mile Chicago, Madison or 5th Avenue New York, so on and so forth).
I agree and I think Uptown Dallas would best benefit from improvements, namely infill that come with ground floor amenities (laundry cleaners, restaurants, banks, post office locations, boutique but necessary offices, so on).
I have a question for people in Sunbelt cities like Atlanta and Dallas. Okay, so I notice that both cities are teeming with some of the world's top retail stores (I'm going to make a thread on that tomorrow) but the locations are further away from the CBD in places like the North Park Mall, Galleria Mall, Lenox Square Mall and Phipps Plaza Mall as well as some of the "boutique" style walkable oriented areas like Buckhead Atlanta (the Oliver McMillon development) and Highland Park Village.
What I want to know is that by having these stores further away from the CBD if it completely diminishes the chance that these retailers ever setup shop in the CBD or in neighborhoods that surround the CBD such as Uptown Dallas and Midtown Atlanta. Would the cities be able to entice these retailers to set up shop closer to the Downtown core (ala Union Square San Francisco, Magnificent Mile Chicago, Madison or 5th Avenue New York, so on and so forth).
Possibly, but I think they should focus more on the basics first. Just having, say, an Old Navy or Forever 21 move into the core would be big in itself.
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