According to Money Magazine, Atlanta Is the Best Place to Live in the U.S. (Auburn: apartment, home)

[equinox63]

Local realtor critiques money.com’s article claiming Atlanta is the Number 1 city in the US.

[MichiganderTexan]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Houston to me is a not so depressing version o New Orleans with lots of concrete and a total aversion to walking by the entire populace.

On Dallas, it's more of a vibe. I agree that they are similar in ways but the cultures are polar opposites, particularly in the central cities.

Tell me in what ways you think the cultures are polar opposites?

[MichiganderTexan]

Originally Posted by equinox63

Local realtor critiques money.com’s article claiming Atlanta is the Number 1 city in the US.

This Atlanta doesn't have a culture thing is stupid, it has a culture some people just don't particularly like or feel like part of the culture. It's culture is hip hop, entertainment, black mecca. Does it have a white focused culture that's recognizable like in other large cities, no not so much. I agree with the lack of history and agree with the statements on lack of mom/pop etc. especially a decade or two ago. I don't even credit Atlanta for civil rights, despite MLK being born here the majority of those events happened in other states particularly Alabama.

[DaBears02]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Houston to me is a not so depressing version o New Orleans with lots of concrete and a total aversion to walking by the entire populace.

On Dallas, it's more of a vibe. I agree that they are similar in ways but the cultures are polar opposites, particularly in the central cities.

I don’t think any of the three cities has the right to call out the others for this when they’re relatively in a similar category with regards to walkability. Atlanta’s core is slightly more walkable than Houston’s but barely tbh. Difference is not night and day and it’s not like any of these cities are Chicago.

[MichiganderTexan]

Originally Posted by DaBears02

I don’t think any of the three cities has the right to call out the others for this when they’re relatively in a similar category with regards to walkability. Atlanta’s core is slightly more walkable than Houston’s but barely tbh. Difference is not night and day and it’s not like any of these cities are Chicago.

Yes Atlanta is equally bad if not worse than some areas of Dallas and Houston. What Atlanta really has going for it is the betline right now which is far from complete and mostly still under construction and planning.

[SEAandATL]

Originally Posted by MichiganderTexan

This Atlanta doesn't have a culture thing is stupid, it has a culture some people just don't particularly like or feel like part of the culture. It's culture is hip hop, entertainment, black mecca. Does it have a white focused culture that's recognizable like in other large cities, no not so much. I agree with the lack of history and agree with the statements on lack of mom/pop etc. especially a decade or two ago. I don't even credit Atlanta for civil rights, despite MLK being born here the majority of those events happened in other states particularly Alabama.

Agreed. Just because it's not their taste of music and entertainment, doesn't mean it should be dismissed as culture. Hip-hop is modern poetry. There's plenty of art as well. It could be though that Hip-hop culture has a large presence in other US cities including NYC, LA, Chicago, etc so it's nothing unique to Atlanta other than a Southern flavor and subgenres like Crunk or trap.

[urbancuriosity]

Here are the topics of the video (my wording not the poster's). The timings are just estimates on my part.

3m - Introductory schmaltz
3m - Understanding what the population of the city is vs ITP vs metro.
2m - The contributions of the black community to Atlanta
1m - The choice of attractions misses the mark and gets the location wrong for baseball
1:30m - The diversity of the labor market
1:30m - Lower affordability to poor people, need for more affordable housing
1m - Struggles for food, food deserts
3m - Comparison to other cities (green space yes, food scene no, walking trails yes, biking - dangerous but improving, culture scene - medium, some blandness)
2m - Corporate growth driven by search for black talent
1m - crime stats & public school quality
2m - Conclusion - It's a beautiful place, but not perfect

Overall I thought it was a good vid.

[cparker73]

Originally Posted by MichiganderTexan

This Atlanta doesn't have a culture thing is stupid, it has a culture some people just don't particularly like or feel like part of the culture. It's culture is hip hop, entertainment, black mecca. Does it have a white focused culture that's recognizable like in other large cities, no not so much. I agree with the lack of history and agree with the statements on lack of mom/pop etc. especially a decade or two ago. I don't even credit Atlanta for civil rights, despite MLK being born here the majority of those events happened in other states particularly Alabama.

I've got to push back on your assertion that Atlanta wasn't instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement. It was actually ground zero for the planning of marches, protests and legal challenges that happened in those other states.

The infamous Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery was planned in part by Atlanta's Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Morehouse student Julian Bond was also a founding member of SNCC and went on to found the Southern Poverty Law Center before becoming president of the NAACP (one of his sons is on the Atlanta City Council today). Ralph David Abernathy worked with MLK Jr. and others to create the organization that led the Montgomery bus boycott (a street and and part of I-20 are named after him). Ambassador Andrew Young is another influential civil rights leader who was King's right hand man. He was literally standing next to King on the motel balcony when King was shot. Young was director of the SCLC and strategized the protests in Birmingham, St. Augustine, and Selma.

All of this planning happened because of the infrastructure in place in and around the Atlanta University Center comprised of religious institutions and colleges and the financial backing of many of Atlanta's prominent Black business owners in the Sweet Auburn district. So, without Atlanta, you really don't have the Civil Rights Movement.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by cparker73

I've got to push back on your assertion that Atlanta wasn't instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement. It was actually ground zero for the planning of marches, protests and legal challenges that happened in those other states.

The infamous Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery was planned in part by Atlanta's Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Morehouse student Julian Bond was also a founding member of SNCC and went on to found the Southern Poverty Law Center before becoming president of the NAACP (one of his sons is on the Atlanta City Council today). Ralph David Abernathy worked with MLK Jr. and others to create the organization that led the Montgomery bus boycott (a street and and part of I-20 are named after him). Ambassador Andrew Young is another influential civil rights leader who was King's right hand man. He was literally standing next to King on the motel balcony when King was shot. Young was director of the SCLC and strategized the protests in Birmingham, St. Augustine, and Selma.

All of this planning happened because of the infrastructure in place in and around the Atlanta University Center comprised of religious institutions and colleges and the financial backing of many of Atlanta's prominent Black business owners in the Sweet Auburn district. So, without Atlanta, you really don't have the Civil Rights Movement.

[Datdudebrah]

Originally Posted by SEAandATL

Agreed. Just because it's not their taste of music and entertainment, doesn't mean it should be dismissed as culture. Hip-hop is modern poetry. There's plenty of art as well. It could be though that Hip-hop culture has a large presence in other US cities including NYC, LA, Chicago, etc so it's nothing unique to Atlanta other than a Southern flavor and subgenres like Crunk or trap.

Music is definitely a part of Atlanta's culture and it's not just rap.