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Old 06-05-2014, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Atlanta's Castleberry Hill
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Oh ATL! The average entry-level salary is $43,000, which Homes.com says is 21 percent above the national average. And while it's still not as high as those in Boston or Washington, D.C., living in Atlanta costs only half as much. The median rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $800. There are plenty of good, well-paying jobs in the Georgia capital, as Atlanta "holds the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies" that include Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Delta Airlines and UPS. And the city also provides young grads with opportunities to continue their educational endeavors, with 19 nearby colleges and universities. Peachy!

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Old 06-05-2014, 07:29 PM
 
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Without taking the state of the local economy into account, this doesn't mean much. It's no secret that at this point in time, other cities are doing a bit better than Atlanta on this front.
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Old 06-06-2014, 07:58 AM
 
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Oh ATL!.. And the city also provides young grads with opportunities to continue their educational endeavors, with 19 nearby colleges and universities. Peachy!
That's fairly common across the country.
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Old 06-06-2014, 02:25 PM
 
Location: N.C. for now... Atlanta future
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Is this just the city proper of Atlanta? Does the Metro as a whole figure in? The Metro as a whole has 43 colleges and universities. Some of those companies listed are headquartered in the Metro but not the city proper. I get so confused about what they mean when they describe "Atlanta" and I believe they are too sometimes...

In any case, the Metro seems to be firming up economically based on the manufacturing projects coming down the pike and the corporate relocations and expansions, etc...
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