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Atlanta's economic diversity has always been on of the regions blessings. You have massive universities (Emory, GA Tech, GA State, etc), the state and federal governmnet (CDC, Capital city), and large companies that span basically every industry possible, (UPS, Dela, Coke, Cox, RaceTrac, Global Payments). It is really astonishing that almost every industry has a sizeable presence in Atlanta. https://www.metroatlantachamber.com/...19_6a7P4J4.pdf
I do think Atlanta's economy is more diverse than Seattle's. However Seattle's economy is more diverse than people on here give it credit for.
Downtown: Seattle
Walkability: Seattle
Skyline: Seattle
Transportation car and public: Tie
Bars/ Restaurants: Seattle
COL: Atlanta
QOL: Seattle
Climate: Seattle
Suburbs: Tie
Recreation: Tie
Scenery: Seattle
Diversity: Atlanta
Economy: Seattle
Where would you rather live? Seattle
Downtown-Seattle for sure
Walkability- Seattle had a more compact tight feel.
Skyline-Seattle (more imposing)
Transportation car and public - Seattle by a slight margin, heavy rail = ATL
Bars/ Restaurants- Atlanta
COL- Atlanta
QOL- Atlanta
Climate-Atlanta
Suburbs- Seattle (Bellevue is impressive)
Recreation-Seattle (lots of lakes, beautiful hikes nearby)
Scenery-Seattle (ATL has pretty scenes, but Seattle has breathtaking views)
Diversity- Atlanta by far. Seattle was very white to me
Economy - Seattle has more start-ups and greater tech scene, ATL is well-rounded though so TIE.
Where would you rather live?- Atlanta for me.
Seattle and Atlanta both have two of the biggest suburban skylines in the country today. (Though to be exact, Buckhead is within Atlanta, while Bellevue is truly suburban.)
Bellevue across Lake Washington from Seattle is approaching square footage in cities like Portland, OR, and Sacramento, CA. Buckhead is also very strong in this category in the Southeast.
Seattle and Atlanta both have two of the biggest suburban skylines in the country today. (Though to be exact, Buckhead is within Atlanta, while Bellevue is truly suburban.)
Bellevue across Lake Washington from Seattle is approaching square footage in cities like Portland, OR, and Sacramento, CA. Buckhead is also very strong in this category in the Southeast.
I'm not sure Bellevue is even suburban anymore. It feels like a full blown city these days. Atlanta has a growing suburban skyline in the perimeter center.
I'm not sure Bellevue is even suburban anymore. It feels like a full blown city these days. Atlanta has a growing suburban skyline in the perimeter center.
I hear that, because it is close (as the crow flies) to Seattle's downtown. But by definition, it is suburban as it is a separate city.
Downtown Bellevue is an urban island amid suburbia in my opinion. Much of its surroundings are unequivocally suburban. I mean the style-based definition, not the what-side-of-a-line definition.
That's how Washington works. The state requires metro counties and municipalities to plan for growth. So Bellevue and dozens of other municipalities all have to provide room, which can't be overly sprawly, and I think there are guidelines to consider transit. So what do they do? They leave the house areas as they are mostly, and focus their required growth into downtowns and commercial zones.
So basically every suburban municipality has a core of urban-type apartment buildings at least. Typically they get into the idea (electeds etc.) and try to make a real downtown. Where there wasn't a center before, often they've tried to kick things off with a library, a park, and encouragement for a multifamily project or two.
Bellevue's highrises started going up before the state growth management laws, and before King County's laws that preceded the state's. They started in the 60s I'm vaguely recalling, and became truly urban in the 80s. The state's requirements have certainly fueled the fire since then however. And now Bellevue is also going big-ish at the various stations around the new grade-separated light rail that will arrive in 2023...more aggressive than Seattle actually, though it's easier for them with shopping malls and old industrial sites along the way that can handle larger projects.
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