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Old 05-07-2007, 08:58 AM
 
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I prefer ATL over the L.A area, and would like to live there... 750 Shopping areas with a TJ Maxx and Target in them... What's wrong with that? People like to shop, and it seems that everyone loves Target... And that's the way it is every other place that I'd live (Chicago, L.A.). And I'm sure every other Major Metro area.
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Old 05-07-2007, 09:39 AM
 
Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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I prefer ATL over the L.A area, and would like to live there... 750 Shopping areas with a TJ Maxx and Target in them... What's wrong with that? .
The point in that comment was that some cities have more unique and individual "village" or neighborhood downtown type areas with shopping, as opposed to generic cookie-cutter stucco shopping centers with the same old stuff in them every few miles.

Atlanta has a very small handful of places like Virginia Highland and Little Five Points where you have oddball or unique shopping districts. Overall though, it's not very unique with the shopping areas - especially in the suburbs where every few miles you see clusters of shopping centers with the exact same stores in them as the centers a few miles before (or futher up the road), etc. In other words - a big lack of variety and uniqueness.
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Old 05-07-2007, 10:11 AM
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In other words - a big lack of variety and uniqueness.

...And very little of what we have here is owned by people who actualy live here, resulting in a lack of local character. Take bookstores as one example. I can't think of any locally owned, well stocked bookstores in the Atlanta area. I was in DC a few weeks ago and there were several locally owned bookstores, all of which had an amazing variety.
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Old 05-07-2007, 03:02 PM
 
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Yeah, when Norcross or Lawrenceville are the largest urban centers for a county with a population of 800k+ it is sad. Thats 8 times the size of Athens, but Athens has 8 times the culture, urbanity, interest, history etc etc...

I know Athens has a major college...but still...much of suburban Atlanta is like this...quite generic.
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