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Used to travel to Atlanta on a regular basis for work when I was a corporate hack and Coca Cola was a premier client of mine. Beautiful headquarters. But Atlanta, like most urban cities, is crime ridden with the more favorable demographics living in th outskirts/suburbs. Buckhead, for example. Great area, but actually in delicne similar to the way Long Island is in decline since the BLM riots of 2020. No place is safe.
But I will say this, if I were a hard working educated AA...I'd def consider moving down there. There are tons of successful AA families living down there, especially 10 or so miles out of the downtown area.
Look how long it took to complete the second ave line.
Chicago was supposed to build the spire which simply ended up as a giant hole in the ground.
In the 1920s LA had plans drawn up for a transit system that contained 140 miles of track.
So while it has been true about Atlanta, it could also be said about pretty much every large city with ambitious plans.
Yeah I am referencing modern times. Atlanta had meetings agreeing to expand the rail parts of MARTA only to become cowards and just add buses which end up being practically worthless. Atlanta could at they very least add light rail. That's where they lose points cause if they did those things you would see that city blossom.
It has a decent urban feeling with easy access to suburban living and amenities. It has a major transportation hub, # 1 air hub in the US. Higher QOL with lower COL. Tasty Southern cuisine with the famous southern hospitality. Just had a filling BBQ dinner with drinks for thee for ~$65. I spent a few days in southern/Black Atlanta. AAs in Atlanta are friendly and pleasant to be around, unlike the crazy black bums roaming NYC streets everywhere. Trees/bushes/pastures are definitely greener, streets are lot cleaner, and roads are wider and in greater conditions. I spent about 10 years in the south before moving to NYC. This visit brought back a lot of sweet home feelings, especially with the backdrop of the rising crime in NYC since de blasio the Nut. Population in Atlanta has been on the rise. Job market is still tight. I only wish the summer is half in duration.
Oh yeah. You definitely don’t know what you’re talking about. If you think the “black bums” in NY are bad you’re not ready for Atlanta. Nice try.
Most places in America have got more expensive during the past decade, including the up and coming Atlanta metro, but still it is far from the NYC expensive. Majority of the people have a roof over their head here, unlike so many NYers call train their home. A few days ago an asian surgeon got punched in the head by a thug in East NY and died shortly after, which is one of the regular deaths/losses of good lives daily in NYC that is not even news worthy any more.
There is no utopia. You can choose to keep running away from your problems or face them head on.
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Also, ATL suburbs are decent. City itself isnt all that. OTP. I dont even think OP knows Atlanta that well. Fun fact - places out west like Douglasville are cheaper because since the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, if you have a job in Atlanta that means you’re driving facing the sun all day. Lol
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It has a decent urban feeling with easy access to suburban living and amenities. It has a major transportation hub, # 1 air hub in the US. Higher QOL with lower COL. Tasty Southern cuisine with the famous southern hospitality. Just had a filling BBQ dinner with drinks for thee for ~$65. I spent a few days in southern/Black Atlanta. AAs in Atlanta are friendly and pleasant to be around, unlike the crazy black bums roaming NYC streets everywhere. Trees/bushes/pastures are definitely greener, streets are lot cleaner, and roads are wider and in greater conditions. I spent about 10 years in the south before moving to NYC. This visit brought back a lot of sweet home feelings, especially with the backdrop of the rising crime in NYC since de blasio the Nut. Population in Atlanta has been on the rise. Job market is still tight. I only wish the summer is half in duration.
Yeah, you’re crazy
ATL’s crime rate is even worse than NYC if thats what you’re trying to escape, lol
If you want to talk ATL suburbs we can have that conversation but thats like talking about LI or Westchester
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