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Atlanta.Atlanta core is more urbn and vibrant .Also I think it has the most potential also. Dallas has a little more urban areas metro wide but I think Atlanta has better designed suburbs with their individual downtown's and squares
I also give Dallas the edge, due to its "concrete jungle" feel and more pedestrian-friendly core.
Atlanta has you in an urban environment on one block, and immediately in what feels like the woods in the next. (I actually kind of like that about it.)
There's really just more of everything all over Dallas, it's a very convenient and accessible city. Atlanta is a bit more like Houston in the sense that you have to travel further to reach certain things and the traffic is worse.
I personally don't care for the master planned-type suburbs, because of how sterile they are and how they lack a sense of place (no real history or soul to them).
I prefer suburbs that grow organically and haphazardly (albeit, with reasonable zoning).
This is EXACTLY what I meant by Dallas suburbs,Just flat and soiuless in many cases.One suburb looks just like the other.Houses look so much a like
I personally don't care for the master planned-type suburbs, because of how sterile they are and how they lack a sense of place (no real history or soul to them).
I prefer suburbs that grow organically and haphazardly (albeit, with reasonable zoning).
I don't mind master-planned New Urbanist-type suburbs and Atlanta has plenty of these. They aren't perfect but they tend to be better than organic, haphazard suburbs that didn't have much of a core to begin with.
Dallas suburbs are nice tidy and bland.All you mainly see is the same 3 or4 styles of 2story brick houses mainly.
Atlanta suburbs are very self sufficient and have their own character
I don't mind master-planned New Urbanist-type suburbs and Atlanta has plenty of these. They aren't perfect but they tend to be better than organic, haphazard suburbs that didn't have much of a core to begin with.
For me, the best suburbs are the former mill towns that have since been absorbed by Atlanta. Basically, the places that have a satellite city feel to them.
They still have a vibrant and intact historical core and they don't feel as though you stepped into the Truman Show like, say, Peachtree City where everything looks the same and there's an aura of pretentiousness. Stuff was just built kind of randomly around the historic town square and there's some diversity in the demographics (like a normal city).
But yes, I also think the other extreme like Vinings, Dunwoody and Alpharetta is just as bad as Peachtree City.
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Dallas suburbs are nice tidy and bland.All you mainly see is the same 3 or4 styles of 2story brick houses mainly.
Atlanta suburbs are very self sufficient and have their own character
My "what?!" comment was on the "Atlanta's suburbs are better designed" comment. Not the style of homes that are in the communities. The ATL burbs are not better designed by any measure.
For me, the best suburbs are the former mill towns that have since been absorbed by Atlanta. Basically, the places that have a satellite city feel to them.
They still have a vibrant and intact historical core and they don't feel as though you stepped into the Truman Show like, say, Peachtree City where everything looks the same and there's an aura of pretentiousness. Stuff was just built kind of randomly around the historic town square and there's some diversity in the demographics (like a normal city).
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