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Alpharetta (and Cumberland, to extent) have plenty of space. You don’t think this will extend into Gwinnet or East Atlanta//Decatur area over by Emory?
I live on the south side, but lots of employers do not want to utilize it just yet.
Well, yes and no.
Even if there is theoretically still land available, it's priced so high that developers either have to build luxury multi-family structures at rent levels no one other than tech workers or executived can afford (thus the $2K+ per month studio apartments going up all over Alpharetta) or sprawl all of the way out to Dawson County where the land costs are still reasonable for large single-family housing projects. they've been doing is building upward or multi-family housing.
And then there's the road infrastructure. It will eventually reach a point where it's no longer worth it to live in this area if every day, it's going to take 1-2 hours just to drive a mere 15 miles.
I'm not really sure the two cities are comparable, as I think Atlanta might be twice the size of Nashville? Anyways, I like Nashville but I would have to go with Atlanta having to choose between the two.
What's hurting Atlanta is the northward shift of its gravity of jobs (to Sandy Springs / Cumberland / Alpharetta). Most people want to be in close proximity to a plethora of employers in case they're laid off so they can job hop.
Thus for everyone who even considers moving to Atlanta, it's either crowding into these aforementioned northern suburbs or bust. Problem is, these areas are at full build out and there's very little room for them to absorb more growth, so the infrastructure is completely overwhelmed with traffic and the cost to live in these areas have become so expensive that people no longer find it's worth coming here.
That gravity either needs to shift back downtown or higher quality employmemt opportunities need to drawn to the South Metro. In the mean time, Atlanta's growth will likely slow down as the perks that once attracted people (low COL *AND* accessibility to good-paying jobs) are increasingly no more.
Goodgawd, that's not a city... it's a friggin state! No thanks! How much area does that cover? Suburban hell, much?
It has a pretty sizable urban core...
As for suburban hell, sure. But it's pretty much the development model of the modern sunbelt city. Houston, Dallas, Orlando, Tampa, Charlotte, San Antonio, etc. etc.
nashville - but in the suburbs. Pay around Nashville seems relatively high. Tennessee has no state income tax
As the state undergoes rapid development the way it is, people will begin to see the disadvantages of this. Have fun will everything turning into a toll road. Can't get around town here without paying tolls.
As the state undergoes rapid development the way it is, people will begin to see the disadvantages of this. Have fun will everything turning into a toll road. Can't get around town here without paying tolls.
coming from the northeast , we have high state and local income taxes in addition to high tolls for bridges and hgihways. so i'll take no income tax , but pay for tolled roads.
coming from the northeast , we have high state and local income taxes in addition to high tolls for bridges and hgihways. so i'll take no income tax , but pay for tolled roads.
This is true... But in the Northeast (I've spent considerable amounts of time there as well) at least you don't normally HAVE to drive.
I guess some prefer it the other way around though.
Then again, I grew up in Canada, where people were more than happy to pay copious amounts in income tax in exchange for basic necessities.
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