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Charlotte does not have a very strong downtown. It's really suburban-feeling, sterile, and auto-oriented. Feels more like an office park than a regular, walkable, pedestrian-oriented area. Just sayin.
Charlotte's downtown (called Uptown by the locals) is certainly a work in progress and unfortunately doesn't have much historic stock left, but it's fairly urban and pedestrian-oriented although not all that dense.
I fail to see how any of those even reaches the depths of Midtown Manhattan....Midtown Manhattan is by far the densiest, busiest, and most action packed urban core in the entire country by far....Nothing in the country ca match Theatre District and Times Square....nothing.
I fail to see how any of those even reaches the depths of Midtown Manhattan....Midtown Manhattan is by far the densiest, busiest, and most action packed urban core in the entire country by far....Nothing in the country ca match Theatre District and Times Square....nothing.
I fail to see why you are even bothering to respond to him.
I don't see how downtown Atlanta is comparable to cities in the northeast.
Are you writing about Philly, Boston and DC when you refer to the northeast?
What areas in Atlanta are you referring to compared to"northeast". I have been missing an entire city when working in the city.
I think it was reference to downtown only, and the assertion is that downtown Atlanta is more comparable to northeaster downtown than to Dallas/Houston/etc. I can agree with that.
Some northeastern downtowns are older and larger than downtown Atlanta, but they still have more in common than Atlanta does with most sunbelt downtowns.
I think it was reference to downtown only, and the assertion is that downtown Atlanta is more comparable to northeaster downtown than to Dallas/Houston/etc. I can agree with that.
Some northeastern downtowns are older and larger than downtown Atlanta, but they still have more in common than Atlanta does with most sunbelt downtowns.
Downtown Atlanta may have more residents than the other sunbelt cities, but the built environment is much more similar to Houston or Dallas than it is to anywhere in the northeast.
Downtown Atlanta may have more residents than the other sunbelt cities, but the built environment is much more similar to Houston or Dallas than it is to anywhere in the northeast.
I'm a fan of Atlanta, but it is at least a tier or two below places like Philly, Boston, and DC (or even Baltimore). And those places are all a tier below NYC.
IMO the best urban cores in the south are NOLA and Miami. Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas are a step below.
I'm a fan of Atlanta, but it is at least a tier or two below places like Philly, Boston, and DC (or even Baltimore). And those places are all a tier below NYC.
IMO the best urban cores in the south are NOLA and Miami. Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas are a step below.
Downtown Atlanta may have more residents than the other sunbelt cities, but the built environment is much more similar to Houston or Dallas than it is to anywhere in the northeast.
That was my point...it isn't more similar to Houston or Dallas. Large areas of downtown Atlanta are pre-1900, so the streets are narrow and the building density is very high. Some areas of it are probably more like Dallas or Houston, but there are streets in the more historic areas that could easily be confused for a large northeastern city. So I guess downtown Atlanta has aspects of both.
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