From 2016-2017 The City of Atlanta Adds The Most Residents Since The Great Recession. (rental, legally)

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by jsvh

This is impressive:

Despite building all these units it is still not enough. Occupancy and the prices are still high. The people want to live in the city.

Yeup. We still have a huge pent-up demand for people wanting to live in the city, with even more growth expected. Occupancy rates continue to trend up, and housing prices continue to rise faster than inflation.

We still need to grow more dense here within the city.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Sustainable versus unsustainable growth is important. No one is trying to make suburbs go away, but more of the growth happening in the city / dense nodes is a good thing for all, including those that choose the suburbs.

If we can connect those dense nodes, via high-quality transit, that would help reduce congestion.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by cqholt

If we can connect those dense nodes, via high-quality transit, that would help reduce congestion.

Well, it wouldn't reduce congestion, but it would allow far more people in total to move through those corridors than can now, while offering an alternative to the congested roads.

[AnsleyPark]

Read in today's AJC that multi-family dwelling construction is sharply down this quarter inside of the city.

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by MegaJoy

People do not like the lonnnnnnnnnnng commutes to work!

I hope the population growth slows down. Atlanta has too many people for too few roads and jobs we have here. I know this goes against the "I wish Atlanta had more people then London & New York City metros combined" crowd, but Atlanta as a metro really is over populated.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by 0nyxStation

I hope the population growth slows down. Atlanta has too many people for too few roads and jobs we have here. I know this goes against the "I wish Atlanta had more people then London & New York City metros combined" crowd, but Atlanta as a metro really is over populated.

People have been saying that for 30+ years.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by 0nyxStation

I hope the population growth slows down. Atlanta has too many people for too few roads and jobs we have here. I know this goes against the "I wish Atlanta had more people then London & New York City metros combined" crowd, but Atlanta as a metro really is over populated.

Can you actually point to any post that seriously advocates for such a thing?

[Pemgin]

If you're not growing, you're dying.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Read in today's AJC that multi-family dwelling construction is sharply down this quarter inside of the city.

We've seen a ton of new apartments come to the market in the past few years. Some of it was pent up demand from the recession, when almost nothing was built.

But memories of overbuilding and collapse are not ancient history.

[JoeP]

Growth in the core counties are out growing the outer countries.

Which means metro Atlanta is growing denser faster then it's sprawling now

On paper yes, but adding more cul de sacs isn't helping and that is happening.