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Atlanta — a massive metro region with the emptiest downtown area I've ever lived in. It's a bit of a paradox.
by Xcelerate 11y ago
Atlanta — a massive metro region with the emptiest downtown area I've ever lived in. It's a bit of a paradox.
- abalashov 11y agoIndeed! By global standards, it's completely preposterous. 5.5m people should be crammed into 1/10th of the surface area occupied by Metro Atlanta. At most. The downtown area is interesting, but has no imaginable relevance to the lives of 90% of Metro Atlanta residents.
- _delirium 11y agoIf you want a "downtownish" area of Atlanta, Midtown is really the place to look, a little over a mile north of the official Downtown. It has a lot more residents and consistent pedestrian traffic. I lived there for a few years in the 2000s and it felt very bustling to me. I almost never drove anywhere either. Now, Downtown Atlanta is often crowded, but it's basically a giant convention center, so it depends on when there are conventions. There are approximately 10,000 hotel rooms within a few blocks of each other, so when it gets crowded it becomes very crowded .