is Atlanta now filled with transplants ? (fun, dance, time)

[chuckshere]

This is an interesting interactive map of the US that compares the states with number of natives and transplants. It shows the entire state, but a lot of the transplants are probably in metro Atlanta. About 3% of the GA population is from New York and 2% are from California. That would total about a million people. 11% of the population are from other countries, so that would be over a million, too.


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/up...abt=0002&abg=0

[DukeBangerzz]

Originally Posted by chuckshere

This is an interesting interactive map of the US that compares the states with number of natives and transplants. It shows the entire state, but a lot of the transplants are probably in metro Atlanta. About 3% of the GA population is from New York and 2% are from California. That would total about a million people. 11% of the population are from other countries, so that would be over a million, too.


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/up...abt=0002&abg=0

wow, thanks for the info.

[Pemgin]

Originally Posted by chuckshere

About 3% of the GA population is from New York and 2% are from California. That would total about a million people.

Not trying to troll you, but it'd be about 500,000 people, assuming GA's population is now 10,000,000.

[chuckshere]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Not trying to troll you, but it'd be about 500,000 people, assuming GA's population is now 10,000,000.

No problem, thanks. I should have said half a million. My math was off today. And it would be over a million born outside the US.

[Poncey]

I've heard several Atlanta city natives refer to themselves as Grady babies.

[residinghere2007]

Just wanted to mention that I knew more people born in the city of Atlanta than who were not and I lived in Atlanta from 1996-2014.

That said, I went to the AUC and I volunteered a lot in University Homes (old housing project that was torn down). I also volunteered at John. O Chiles, a high-rise apartment complex for seniors on Lowery Blvd. So I knew a lot of older people who were from Atlanta or the vicinity. I also worked in housing and the majority of my co-workers were from Atlanta - property managers, regional managers, directors, etc. Many of the "old guard" as I called them were from SWAT - Cascade Heights area and went to Mays High school many were also from the Westside Atlanta and considered themselves also from SWAT. They went to Washington HS. Both of those schools have very proud alumni and a large contingency in the City of Atlanta and they look out for each other like they are fraternal/sorority brothers/sisters.

I am black and knew mostly native Atlantans who were black. I did work with one man who was white who was actually born in Atlanta and grew up in Atlanta and went to North Atlanta HS.

There are a lot of black people in Atlanta who are from Atlanta. I also moved to the Westside - Vine City and English Avenue and was involved with the Beltline planning for the Westide of Atlanta and the majority of the people I met in my neighborhood and adjoining neighborhoods via various community meetings and activities were from the city and born in the city and still lived in the city.

I also knew A LOT of people who were born in the city but who moved out to the burbs and lived in various OTP communities but who still came back to the city for church or to support neighborhood initiatives.

[Tryska]

Originally Posted by DukeBangerzz

oh okay, and how was Atlanta like in 90's compared to now in 2015 ?

about the same, except with more Mixed Use Communities, and no Freaknik. Still lots of transplants.

[DukeBangerzz]

Originally Posted by residinghere2007

Just wanted to mention that I knew more people born in the city of Atlanta than who were not and I lived in Atlanta from 1996-2014.

That said, I went to the AUC and I volunteered a lot in University Homes (old housing project that was torn down). I also volunteered at John. O Chiles, a high-rise apartment complex for seniors on Lowery Blvd. So I knew a lot of older people who were from Atlanta or the vicinity. I also worked in housing and the majority of my co-workers were from Atlanta - property managers, regional managers, directors, etc. Many of the "old guard" as I called them were from SWAT - Cascade Heights area and went to Mays High school many were also from the Westside Atlanta and considered themselves also from SWAT. They went to Washington HS. Both of those schools have very proud alumni and a large contingency in the City of Atlanta and they look out for each other like they are fraternal/sorority brothers/sisters.

I am black and knew mostly native Atlantans who were black. I did work with one man who was white who was actually born in Atlanta and grew up in Atlanta and went to North Atlanta HS.

There are a lot of black people in Atlanta who are from Atlanta. I also moved to the Westside - Vine City and English Avenue and was involved with the Beltline planning for the Westide of Atlanta and the majority of the people I met in my neighborhood and adjoining neighborhoods via various community meetings and activities were from the city and born in the city and still lived in the city.

I also knew A LOT of people who were born in the city but who moved out to the burbs and lived in various OTP communities but who still came back to the city for church or to support neighborhood initiatives.

oh okay thanks for the info

[cwkimbro]

Originally Posted by DukeBangerzz

oh okay, and how was Atlanta like in 90's compared to now in 2015 ?

So I come from a long line of natives. I was born in '82 and grew up in Gwinnett one the side closer to town. The 90s wasn't much different.

I wasn't a rarity, but I wasn't extremely uncommon... a large minority maybe.

Most of my classmates were from all over: Michigan, new Jersey, New York, Florida, and Ohio were the more common places. However there was a mix of people from out of country, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama. For those from out of country Indians, Koreans, Chinese, Canadians, Mexicans, and Puero Ricans (if you choose to see it as another country/culture) were the most common.


I travel 100% for work and have spent a great deal of time in Europe and in the northeast. One thing I'm finding interesting is I've recently gotten much better at identifying subtle nuances between multi-generations Germans-Americans, Greek-Americans, Italian-Americans, British-Americans, etc..

I've realized if I grew up in some areas in the northeast or the midwest I would have probably grown up knowing some of the differences more. There are neighborhoods that are more dominated from one type.

Here I grew up in an absolute hodgepodge of people from European-centric ancestries. For me I had a tendency to see more of a homogenous group of white people. It would never click with me if a girl I saw was more tan with black hair that she'd be more likely to have Italian/Mediterranean roots. Same goes for social customs and mannerisms. I don't think I noticed or appreciated the diversity in the white population we had. Now that I have traveled more and seen more homogenous areas frequently, I can home in on people's ancestries a bit better.

[Saintmarks]

Similar history to you CW, great grandfather ran a small grocery in Edgewood, the house where my grandmother was raised still stands on Flora Avenue just a couple of blocks behind the big box retail center. We lived in SW Atlanta when I was born but moved back to the grandfather's home place when I was small in Meriwether County.

I remember coming to Marietta in 89 and wondering where the natives were. Even at that time, met very few who actually grew up in Cobb. Would say then that most of the transplants I knew were still southern but weren't Cobb natives. I am sure it is harder today to find folks in any corner of the metro that are true natives.