Dallas vs Atlanta - Quality of life (Houston, Fort Worth: transplants, condos)

[USA_Mom]

We were told because of the summer heat. I honestly don't find it "that" hot.

[dallas76]

It is because of the way the city of Atlanta exploded with population growth and development after the Olympics.

[TrueDat]

They were calling it Hotlanta WAY before the Olympics. Back in the '70s, when the Allman Brothers and the like were coming out of Georgia, people were using the word "Hotlanta" to describe how happening the city was becoming musically and culturally.

[dallas76]

True, but it was not as popular nationally as it is now across all types of people. That didn't happen until the media hype after the Games. Thanks for the info being that I was a toddler in the '70s.

[south-to-west]

That's one of the more intersting things about Atlanta. City and business leaders here have traditionally done an exceptional job in promoting this city. Often times in a rather shameless and excessive manner. I mean there is just no "effing" way that we should have gotten the Centennial Games. A city in the middle of Georgia? On the flip side, it's one of the reasons why the area has grown so much over the years. I think that other Sunbelt cities, especially DFW, has done an exceptionally good job at self-promotion as well. Then again...a strong economy, low cost of living, and a mild, sunny climate all sell themselves.

[TrueDat]

Originally Posted by dallas76

True, but it was not as popular nationally as it is now across all types of people. That didn't happen until the media hype after the Games. Thanks for the info being that I was a toddler in the '70s.

The Allman Brothers actually had a song called "Hot'Lanta" back in the paleolithic era, aka 1971. Here's some info about it here: Hot 'Lanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[blueskies49]

Originally Posted by Fishtacos

They are similar cities to some extent. Atlanta is part modern, part old South, Dallas is part modern part old Southwest.

Dallas isn't a part of the Southwest. Texas was settled by Southerners. There is a Confederate memorial right up against Dallas City Hall. There is Robert E. Lee Park in Oaklawn. Jefferson Davis Blvd. in Oak Cliff. Confederate Blvd. in Fort Worth. Arlington was named after General Lee's hometown of Arlington, Virginia. The city of Cleburne south of Fort Worth was named after Confederate General Patrick Cleburne, Fort Hood and Bell County after General John Bell Hood, city of Breckenridge after General Breckenridge, etc. Many native Texans who have been here for generations trace their families back to the Old South. Etc, etc, etc.

[TrueDat]

Originally Posted by blueskies49

Dallas isn't a part of the Southwest. Texas was settled by Southerners. There is a Confederate memorial right up against Dallas City Hall. There is Robert E. Lee Park in Oaklawn. Jefferson Davis Blvd. in Oak Cliff. Confederate Blvd. in Fort Worth. Arlington was named after General Lee's hometown of Arlington, Virginia. The city of Cleburne south of Fort Worth was named after Confederate General Patrick Cleburne, Fort Hood and Bell County after General John Bell Hood, city of Breckenridge after General Breckenridge, etc. Many native Texans who have been here for generations trace their families back to the Old South. Etc, etc, etc.

True, Texas was part of the confederacy but -- emotionally at least -- there's a Western/Southwestern sense to Texas that you don't get in, say, Georgia. I think this is perhaps what the previous poster's referring to. Whether it's Fort Worth's slogan ("where the west begins") to the local airline (Southwest Airlines) to all the cowboy imagery and the whole six-flags mythos where the confederacy gets combined with Mexico and the Texas Republic, Texas faces West as well as South in a way that its neighbors such as Arkansas and Louisiana don't.

[blueskies49]

Yes, all of which makes the saying that goes, "Texas is like a whole 'nother country" very apt! It's very unique and not like any other state!

[Nimish72]

"HotAtlanta" is just a marketing tool the city uses to market itself. Just last week, Detroit was 90 degrees in October, while in the past two years combined, Atlanta never only saw one lonely day over 90 after August. If you call Atlanta "hot" from a climate point, New York City and 90% of the country would qualify as hot by the same standard. We have such short summers in Atlanta. People just have no clue what heat or humidity really is !