Atlanta vs New Orleans (better, crime rate, America, people)
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New Orleans has a "run down" feel (with the exception of the Quarter) - I'm sorry but much of the city doesn't look new and clean like other cities. So much of the housing and apartments look old and has-been. Yeah uptown has some nice houses, but other than that and the Quarter, it's a bit of an eyesore unless you like that Caribbean shack look.
I agree with everything you said, especially the roads. I was Uptown today at the Bulldog.
But of course the city doesn't look new, what older city looks new outside of it's CBD? Brooklyn looks old, so does North Philly, and Back Bay. There are nice homes on Esplanade, West End, Marigny, and Lakeview. I agree that neighborhoods in other cities sometimes look cleaner but that is part of New Orleans. It's not for everyone.
There is a difference between old and rundown. Brooklyn's brownstones look miles better than many of the shotguns in N.O. that look like shacks from some third world country.
The downtown/midtown stretch feels larger than New orleans core...I can be at on Peachtree at 4th street in midtown and look both ways north and south and seed a continuous line of highrises and skyscapers. You don't get that same feeling in New Orleans.
I do have to agree that the core of New Orleans actually feels larger on foot because it's so much more dense and walkable. Atlanta has the continuous line of highrises and skyscrapers along Peachtree, but New Orleans has many more pedestrian-oriented buildings adjacent to each other along several different streets which contributes to the bigger feeling. Metro vs. metro, Atlanta feels larger no contest. But core vs. core? New Orleans does win that one.
New Orleans core has that "atmosphere" of activity. You see lots of people, lots of small shops, and what not. Atlanta's core feels much more empty (of people) and corporate and blah.
I do have to agree that the core of New Orleans actually feels larger on foot because it's so much more dense and walkable. Atlanta has the continuous line of highrises and skyscrapers along Peachtree, but New Orleans has many more pedestrian-oriented buildings adjacent to each other along several different streets which contributes to the bigger feeling. Metro vs. metro, Atlanta feels larger no contest. But core vs. core? New Orleans does win that one.
I always ask myself why Atlanta looks so small in pictures. It seriously looks like a city of about 400k and a metro of about 1 million.
Especially when you compare it to cities like San Francisco, Boston, Philly, etc.
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Originally Posted by jojo2222
New Orleans core has that "atmosphere" of activity. You see lots of people, lots of small shops, and what not. Atlanta's core feels much more empty (of people) and corporate and blah.
Downtown Atlanta honestly doesn't feel corporate to me. It feels very gritty and it has decent walking activity. I do think midtown feels more soulless, but i think Downtown Atlanta has some soul. But please stop trying to make New Orleans to be like SF or NYC.
What does that mean? Boston is vanilla? Charm city is vanilla?
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