Could GE relocate HQ to Atlanta (Alpharetta, Camilla: apartment, condo, Home Depot)

[jsvh]

Nice. That would be a big win for Buckhead.

As Gulch points out, if you don't want to live in a growing city, Detroit is probably a better fit for you than Atlanta. The solution to traffic is making other transportation alternatives such a transit more accessible.

[jsvh]

2 mile walks for regular shopping are not practical. But that is not needed. Living in Atlanta without a car is becoming an increasingly great and easy lifestyle.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Really?

Why don't you explain to me how to walk or ride a bike 2 miles to Petsmart to get my dog her 28 lb. bag of dog food?

Or how to bring my milk, soda, and meat back from the grocery store on foot or bike?

Especially recently. Where it has rained every afternoon.

Your advice simply is not practical.

Use a grocery cart, or panniers on a bike, or cargo bikes to transport food. You are making it harder than it is, or you are too lazy to accept it is possible. Also, people who do shopping on foot or on bike make more, smaller purchases. There is no need to buy groceries for a whole week, instead if the grocery store is on the my home from transit or alternative commute the shopper can stop every couple days to buy food. That guarantees better freshness.

[TripTychTwo]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Really?

Why don't you explain to me how to walk or ride a bike 2 miles to Petsmart to get my dog her 28 lb. bag of dog food?

Or how to bring my milk, soda, and meat back from the grocery store on foot or bike?

Especially recently. Where it has rained every afternoon.

Your advice simply is not practical.

Really? There are multiple grocery delivery services that you could use, Instacart is one. Or Uber would be a $5 ride. Or you can use Chewy to deliver tax free dog food to your doorstep. It's really not as difficult as you make it out to be.

[ATLTJL]

You are making it harder than it is, or you are too lazy to accept it is possible.

Oh, I accept it as possible. But it is also possible to haul 50 pounds 30 miles. That doesn't make it PRACTICAL.

No pannier is going to hold a decent supply of dog food (I take it you don't have a big dog). And the only other solution is to buy smaller bags more frequently, which adds significantly to cost and inconvenience.

That's why nobody in Buckhead does what you are talking about. Or ever will.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Oh, I accept it as possible. But it is also possible to haul 50 pounds 30 miles. That doesn't make it PRACTICAL.

No pannier is going to hold a decent supply of dog food (I take it you don't have a big dog). And the only other solution is to buy smaller bags more frequently, which adds significantly to cost and inconvenience.

That's why nobody in Buckhead does what you are talking about. Or ever will.

First, no one said 30 miles. I said 2 miles, hauling some groceries 2 miles is not too much to ask.

[glovenyc]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Different experiences, I guess, but I like that median and feel like it helps a lot.

Traffic in the Lenox area is heavy at rush hour so I just try to avoid peak hours.

The rest of the time you can scoot around up there pretty easily.

I find Atlanta to be fairly easy to "scoot" around outside of rush hour. There are some large metros in the country that are potential traffic nightmares 24-7.

[ATLTJL]

hauling some groceries 2 miles is not too much to ask.

Yes it is.

[arjay57]

Not many people will willingly walk even a few miles lugging a 50 lb bag of dog food.

However, I know a number of folks in Buckhead and elsewhere in the city who walk to the grocery store if they're just getting a bag or so. There are tons of condos and apartments and even some single family homes within fairly easy walking distance of shopping.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Use a grocery cart, or panniers on a bike, or cargo bikes to transport food. You are making it harder than it is, or you are too lazy to accept it is possible. Also, people who do shopping on foot or on bike make more, smaller purchases. There is no need to buy groceries for a whole week, instead if the grocery store is on the my home from transit or alternative commute the shopper can stop every couple days to buy food. That guarantees better freshness.

Bingo.