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Originally Posted by lovecrowds
Its very depressing taking a light-rail ride from 44th and Washington to Downtown Phoenix. The city really rolls out the red carpet with its deserted storefronts and used tire lots.
If you think that Phoenix core is small then you should see the adjacent neighborhoods. They have a a small highrise area with a few blocks of buildings on North Central but the neighborhoods west, east and south of downtown Phoenix are deserted and rural feeling. Almost like your in the middle of Kansas or something.
Atlanta has lots of single people and tourism with the world's busiest airport. Phoenix is basically all large families. It will never have the urban neighborhoods of most cities even a fraction it's size because the city only wants families with children living in Phoenix. They have a few multi-family housing units but they tend to want more single-family homes in it's core.
They make a big deal over a few new apartment buildings, but its a city thats nearly 3 times the population of Vancouver or Seattle and nearly 4 times that of Atlanta or Miami proper.
Even Salt Lake City with just over 1/10th of Phoenix population has a much more vibrant downtown then absolutely hillariously laughable downtown Phoenix.
Mesa is a city with a larger population then Atlanta or Miami with-in it's city limits and has a few outdated shops, one senior high-rise and a few fast food restaurants in it's weak downtown. Downtown Mesa is beyond awful and makes downtown Phoenix seem like a big city in comparison.
Another poster laughed at the fact I said Phoenix has more poverty then Baltimore County or Atlanta.
Lets compare the income profile per the 2014 American factfinder numbers from the Census:
Baltimore County, MD 9.7% poverty, Phoenix 23.3% poverty, Atlanta 23.8%.
Family poverty rate: 6.8% Baltimore County, MD: 18.1% Phoenix: 17.9% Atlanta
Per-Capita Income: 35,328 Baltimore County, MD: 24,563 Phoenix: 36,936 Atlanta
Despite, the residents of Phoenix pretentiousness and fascination with material objects looks like it lags far behind Baltimore County, MD and Atlanta.
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I think youre full of nonsense. Granted, PHX's downtown isnt Chicago, but neither is Atlanta's! Youre bragging about ATL's downtown like its some kind of majestic heaven, which its not. Not even close. For being a large city, too, Atlantas downtown is lame and weak, just admit it.
And Phoenix is making HUGE strides downtown. Lots of new cafes, theatre, museums, highrise living, art galleries, etc, are being constructed all over town. Downtown living is becoming hugely popular, unlike what you find in Atlanta. Atlanta is at a standstill, while Phoenix (as always) is growing in leaps and bounds.
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