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All true (except the city core has 520K, not 400K)...but that is changing, and quickly. It is silly to assume that a city growing as fast as Atlanta will remain in its' current state. 'Strip malls'? 'Chain restaurants'? 'Unwalkable'? In case you haven't been here lately, those very generic and outmoded adjectives no longer describe our city. And the growth has reached a point where it's no longer going out, but up...the fact that the core city has gone from 300K to 520K in less than two decades is evidence enough of that.
I checked online and Atlanta had 519,145 in Jan of 2007.
I would guess it is probably around 700,000 now. Who knows? It is definately bigger than 520,000 though
I guess I mispoke too. But saying that has over 700,000 now, I think you might be over stating their pop. Point is, it's basically a 10/1 ratio. Their burbs compared to their city.
It depends on what you are comparing. Metro or city?
Also, Dallas is a sprawl and Boston is not!
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Dallas has 30 buildings at 400 ft
Boston has 26 buildings at 400 ft
So they are similar in height. However, as far as density goes (buildings under 400 ft) Boston kills Dallas.
IMO, their are three things holding Dallas back from being on boston's level
A. Dallas is not dense. It is a sprawl
B. Dallas does not have good transit and boston does
C. Dallas lacks food options/walkable neighborhoods/culture.
I am not sure what criteria you are using to measure skylines but its done by 500 footers.
Also, another way to measure a cities size is by its CBD.
RANKING: Central Business District EMPLOYMENT
1 New York 1,736,900
2 Chicago 541,500
3 Washington 382,400
4 San Francisco-San Jose 305,600
5 Boston 257,000
6 Philadelphia 220,100
7 Seattle 155,100
8 Houston 153,400
9 Los Angeles 143,700
10 Atlanta 129,800
11 Denver 126,000
12 Minneapolis-St. Paul 105,400
13 Cleveland 100,300
14 Baltimore 98,500
15 Miami 98,000
16 Pittsburgh 95,600
17 Columbus 88,800
18 Austin 86,000
19 New Orleans 81,400
20 Dallas-Fort Worth 79,900
Demographia, “United States Central Business Districts (Downtowns): 50 Largest Urban Areas 2000 Data on Employment & Transit Work Trips,†June 2006, at www.demographia.com/db-cbd2000.pdf
I guess I mispoke too. But saying that has over 700,000 now, I think you might be over stating their pop. Point is, it's basically a 10/1 ratio. Their burbs compared to their city.
True, but it's interesting to see 'city centers' popping up all over the metro. Examples:
The Island known as Atlanta is probably over 700k. Driving through the City you could see a lot of construction. They're really going to pack it all in and I'm cool with that. A lot of the old timers that I've spoken to hate that "everything's changing" but hey.
LA is completely diffent than NYC. That doesn't mean that they don't envy NYC. Besides Hollywood, they live in NYC's shadow in just about every other dept. Plus, there's a lot of movies filmed in NYC. And over the years, alot of celebs actually chose NYC as home over LA.
I can guarantee you no one in LA is living in envy of NYC(coming from someone having lived in both and not missing it for a second)..they don't live in NYC'S shadow because there to busy enjoying there own city to think of NYC..and celebs can move wherever they want..who cares? some celebs live in little podunk towns instead of either NY or LA does that make those podunk towns better? LOL,no. And living half there lives in traffic? I've spent one day in traffic and that was moving here otherwise the traffic is only for small stretches and is over pretty quick..and have only seen one day where the smog actually effected the weather..every other day except for 3 cloudy and windy days and one day of rain has been 70 and 80s barely any clouds and sunshine,sorry. Don't assume things based on stereotypes when you don't live here day to day and experience it for yourself. Not that I actually care what some troll thinks but you ride NYC way to hard..don't you live in Pittsburgh? LOL,you should probably worry about your own city instead of everyone elses.
And the transit here is fine..a great light rail system and more buses than you could imagine..does it compare with other cities? nope not one bit but does it get the job done? yeah actually it does.
The Island known as Atlanta is probably over 700k. Driving through the City you could see a lot of construction. They're really going to pack it all in and I'm cool with that. A lot of the old timers that I've spoken to hate that "everything's changing" but hey.
Not this 'old timer'...I love it, frankly. As far as density, the city looks more like a spine than an island...that 'spine' being Peachtree Rd. Highrise development runs for about six miles out of Downtown and peaks there, Midtown and Buckhead. From the air, you'll also see the 'highrise islands' of Cumberland/Vinings, Perimeter (bridging Sandy Springs and Dunwoody), and to a lesser extent, Decatur. It is my belief that Alpharetta will eventually follow suit.
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