Economist publication names Atlanta most livable city in U.S. (Dallas: crime, homes)

[burginsnoff]

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/e...-north-america


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[Citykid3785]

No doubt Atlanta is a great place to live! Number 1 in US? Maybe. There is a reason that we picked it.

Before moving here we said we wanted a place that:

good schools
affordable homes
good jobs
good airport
weekend drive to mountains and ocean
safe areas
amenities
moderate 4 season climate

before you know it, our cities narrowed down pretty quick and ATL was at the top of that list.

I mean, personally, Canada certainly isn't my version of most liveable, I know that much

[SEAandATL]

I was going to share this too. It originally saw this article in the Economist but you needed a subscription to open/read it. DC is the only other US city ranked in the "more liveable" category. It is an honor, especially for an outside publication to rank us almost in the likes of Canadian cities despite the traffic and crime problems, and the negative image people seem to have about Atlanta.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Citykid3785

No doubt Atlanta is a great place to live! Number 1 in US? Maybe. There is a reason that we picked it.

Before moving here we said we wanted a place that:

good schools
affordable homes
good jobs
good airport
weekend drive to mountains and ocean
safe areas
amenities
moderate 4 season climate

before you know it, our cities narrowed down pretty quick and ATL was at the top of that list.

I mean, personally, Canada certainly isn't my version of most liveable, I know that much

Originally Posted by SEAandATL

I was going to share this too. It originally saw this article in the Economist but you needed a subscription to open/read it. DC is the only other US city ranked in the "more liveable" category. It is an honor, especially for an outside publication to rank us almost in the likes of Canadian cities despite the traffic and crime problems, and the negative image people seem to have about Atlanta.

It is definitely an honor—and accurate.

More significant because it’s an international/British publication outside of a biased, US-based perspective.

[ShenardL]

[walker1962]

Originally Posted by burginsnoff

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/e...-north-america


Thoughts?

If not the most, its definitely Top tier and will continue to attract new residents.

[walker1962]

Originally Posted by burginsnoff

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/e...-north-america


Thoughts?

Canadian City issues are #1 housing affordability and #2 winters, EXCEPT for Vancouver which is pretty mild. Conspicuous by its absence in the study is Dallas-Fort Worth, an MSA now over 8 million residents. They would be incorrect is saying Houston is comparable when that list three metro areas for California nd even include Fort Lee, NJ, across from NYC.

[ShenardL]

Originally Posted by Citykid3785

No doubt Atlanta is a great place to live! Number 1 in US? Maybe. There is a reason that we picked it.

Before moving here we said we wanted a place that:

good schools
affordable homes
good jobs
good airport
weekend drive to mountains and ocean
safe areas
amenities
moderate 4 season climate

before you know it, our cities narrowed down pretty quick and ATL was at the top of that list.

I mean, personally, Canada certainly isn't my version of most liveable, I know that much

I could see myself living in Toronto. It feels a bit like Chicago with the lake, tall skyscrapers, and transit. But then the winters are quite harsh and that's why I also couldn't live in most of the northern areas.

[testa50]

Gotta love Texas getting slighted so bad, with Houston ranked bottom tier and Dallas excluded altogether.

[equinox63]

I wonder why New York was so low on the list.