Atlanta Vs Denver (Chicago, downtown, size, climates)
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I agree with you! But...People complain about "Brown Denver" because they don't have all seasons for there city to be "brown as well"
Oh yeah? I didn't realize that? Are they Southern Cali transplants that complain? I've seen on the Denver forum a good bit of complaining about the L.A. and other California transplants.
Here in Atlanta we get complaints both way. People moving up from Florida or New Orleans transplants complain about the cold. Some people from the North complain that we don't have all four seasons because our winters aren't cold enough to them. Most everyone (even the natives) complain about the heat and humidity in July and August.
Here's a kinda funny one. This is a California transplant who has a youtube blog complaining about our winter this year in Atlanta.
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One thing that always bugged me is how a spread out city like Atlanta got such a decent heavy rail mass transit system. Seems so much more condusive to places like Seattle, Minneapolis, or Denver that have more cohesive neighborhoods and walkable areas rather than a light rail which IMO is just a glorified streetcar. However with 5.5 million in the metro MARTA is definitely needed. I do see Atlanta getter better in the future with a more cohesive environment as they seem to have ambitions plans to do so with the Peachtree streetcar, provided the funding is still there.
Denver and Atlanta are both beautiful cities. Atlanta has a gorgeous panoramic skyline, and the city has so many trees it feels like an urban forest, something unique to Atlanta. Denver's skyline leaves something to be desired but it definitely has a better downtown than Atlanta, and I would never get tired of having the Front Range of the Rockies in my backyard. Scenery, food, & culture are all subjective to personal preferences, one thing that stands out though is Denver has much less riff raff than Atlanta
One thing that always bugged me is how a spread out city like Atlanta got such a decent heavy rail mass transit system. Seems so much more condusive to places like Seattle, Minneapolis, or Denver that have more cohesive neighborhoods and walkable areas rather than a light rail which IMO is just a glorified streetcar. However with 5.5 million in the metro MARTA is definitely needed. I do see Atlanta getter better in the future with a more cohesive environment as they seem to have ambitions plans to do so with the Peachtree streetcar, provided the funding is still there.
Denver and Atlanta are both beautiful cities. Atlanta has a gorgeous panoramic skyline, and the city has so many trees it feels like an urban forest, something unique to Atlanta. Denver's skyline leaves something to be desired but it definitely has a better downtown than Atlanta, and I would never get tired of having the Front Range of the Rockies in my backyard. Scenery, food, & culture are all subjective to personal preferences, one thing that stands out though is Denver has much less riff raff than Atlanta
I think when MARTA was built (back in the 70's), Atlanta wasn't nearly as spread out as it is today. Marta pretty much went out to the boonies, then it was expanded and overhauled for the Olympics.
Nowadays Atlanta is starting construction on the streetcar later this year (I believe) and the Beltline is still under construction and will be for a while longer. The Beltline will feature a LRT line going around the inner city area in a circular fashion.
Please refer to this map of what is called "Concept 3". This is the ultimate goal for transit in Atlanta and would provide pretty good coverage. This includes multiple forms of transit all rolled into one map but take it with a grain of salt. It will be 30 years before something like this is completed... If ever.
One thing that always bugged me is how a spread out city like Atlanta got such a decent heavy rail mass transit system. Seems so much more condusive to places like Seattle, Minneapolis, or Denver that have more cohesive neighborhoods and walkable areas rather than a light rail which IMO is just a glorified streetcar. However with 5.5 million in the metro MARTA is definitely needed. I do see Atlanta getter better in the future with a more cohesive environment as they seem to have ambitions plans to do so with the Peachtree streetcar, provided the funding is still there.
Denver and Atlanta are both beautiful cities. Atlanta has a gorgeous panoramic skyline, and the city has so many trees it feels like an urban forest, something unique to Atlanta. Denver's skyline leaves something to be desired but it definitely has a better downtown than Atlanta, and I would never get tired of having the Front Range of the Rockies in my backyard. Scenery, food, & culture are all subjective to personal preferences, one thing that stands out though is Denver has much less riff raff than Atlanta
That subway is pretty heavily used contrary to popular belief however. Not as heavily used as East Coast subways but way more so than light rail in cities in other parts of the U.S. outside the coast.
On these videos you can see pretty good use especially on New Years day.
Sorry Mezter. I think your thread's going to have an early death. I've seen this happen to a couple other Denver vs. Atlanta threads. Denver posters really don't participate in City vs. City much at all. In fact in City Data much. Type in Atlanta vs. just about any other major city and you would have atleast 10 pages of comments by now .
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Sorry Mezter. I think your thread's going to have an early death. I've seen this happen to a couple other Denver vs. Atlanta threads. Denver posters really don't participate in City vs. City much at all. In fact in City Data much. Type in Atlanta vs. just about any other major city and you would have 10 pages of comments by now .
I hate to say it, but the majority of the Denver votes probably came from people who just hate Atlanta so they voted for Denver without knowing much about it.
I could be wrong but considering how many Denver posters have come in here (few) and how often Atlanta gets bashed in City vs City (lots), it makes sense.
On the flip side, a lot of Atlanta votes probably came from people who just vote for Atlanta no matter what.
I hate to say it, but the majority of the Denver votes probably came from people who just hate Atlanta so they voted for Denver without knowing much about it.
I could be wrong but considering how many Denver posters have come in here (few) and how often Atlanta gets bashed in City vs City (lots), it makes sense.
On the flip side, a lot of Atlanta votes probably came from people who just vote for Atlanta no matter what.
Atlanta is a hot button topic in this room. lol
I somewhat agree with this. But Denver actually gets bashed alot on the threads as well, so i think its pretty fair.
Denver wins the scenery battle by about a gazillion miles. It's a rout ... like the U.S. going to war against Liechtenstein.
not in the actual city... 100 mile radius? yes.
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