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The more Atlanta grows the more problems they will have especially with their traffic is already a nightmare. I was thinking about moving to Atlanta but not until they improve their traffic situation it's already near NYC level bad.
Live in a neighborhood served by MARTA and/or live near your job. You're only going to have serious problems if you choose to live miles away from the city and have to commute in to work. Also get a bike if you live intown.
Live in a neighborhood served by MARTA and/or live near your job. You're only going to have serious problems if you choose to live miles away from the city and have to commute in to work. Also get a bike if you live intown.
I am content with just visiting Atlanta a lot and not moving to Atlanta, it suits my needs right now. I like visiting Atlanta for the weekend because of the nightlife, I do not know if I would like living in Atlanta so for now I am good but thanks.
I am surprised no one mentioned the 1996 Olympics( I even forgot in my previous post) this really increased the international visibility of Atlanta.
And Nashville being "Music City" I think dampened the growth, it was known for being the center of " Hillbilly Music" and for those from the Northeast it was a negative.
Are people forgetting about Atlanta's great universities as well? It has GA Tech and Emory so it has a large talent pool. Not only that, but well respected HBCUs, well, Spelmann at least...Morehouse used to be more respected.
It's mostly location and airport. Remember, to the south of GA, there's is a massive, fast growing state called Florida. Atlanta has easy access to Florida via I-75 so naturally, it becomes a logistic hub for the Southeast. From there, manufacturing takes off. Because of it's relative low tax environment and "business friendly" policies, corporations begin relocating to Atlanta, not to mention it's location, quick access to manufactured goods, the airport, and large talent pool because of the abundance of colleges and universities.
And a lot of people say the Olympics, but Atlanta was booming prior to the Olympics. I mean, in the 1970s, Seattle, St Louis, and some other metros were a larger metro areas than Atlanta was. Really goes to show you just how fast Atlanta has grown.
Are people forgetting about Atlanta's great universities as well? It has GA Tech and Emory so it has a large talent pool. Not only that, but well respected HBCUs, well, Spelmann at least...Morehouse used to be more respected.
It's mostly location and airport. Remember, to the south of GA, there's is a massive, fast growing state called Florida. Atlanta has easy access to Florida via I-75 so naturally, it becomes a logistic hub for the Southeast. From there, manufacturing takes off. Because of it's relative low tax environment and "business friendly" policies, corporations begin relocating to Atlanta, not to mention it's location, quick access to manufactured goods, the airport, and large talent pool because of the abundance of colleges and universities.
And a lot of people say the Olympics, but Atlanta was booming prior to the Olympics. I mean, in the 1970s, Seattle, St Louis, and some other metros were a larger metro areas than Atlanta was. Really goes to show you just how fast Atlanta has grown.
Nashville has Vanderbilt and 10-15 additional colleges and universities within its city limits, including 3 HBCUs. The second largest (barely) university in the state is also in the Nashville Metro Area. Nashville isn't lacking in that regard.
Nashville has Vanderbilt and 10-15 additional colleges and universities withing its city limits, including 3 HBCUs. Nashville isn't lacking in that regard.
I didn't say that was the only factor, but it is clearly a factor in Atlanta's rapid economic and population growth.
It's location and the airport mostly. The problem is Nashville is that it has treacherous mountains to the east so trucks can't easily travel to the eastern seaboard without going through winding roads whereas with Atlanta, you can take I-85 north and bypass all of the mountains to the eastern seaboard, not to mention easy access to Savannah's port and rapidly growing Florida. Trucks almost must go through GA to get to most parts of the eastern half of the country from Florida.
If you look at historic state populations, Atlanta boomed around the same time Florida started booming. There ya go.
Are people forgetting about Atlanta's great universities as well? It has GA Tech and Emory so it has a large talent pool. Not only that, but well respected HBCUs, well, Spelmann at least...Morehouse used to be more respected. .
Yep. There are only a handful of HBCUs that are still respected and competitve and Atlanta has two of them with Morehouse and Spellman.
It's "Spelman". No one seems to know how to "spell" it correctly. lol
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