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Isn't Atlanta a major metropolitan city? I would assume that many of the same opportunities present in LA or NY wold be available there. I live in Portland, OR

Isn't Atlanta a major metropolitan city? I would assume that many of the same opportunities present in LA or NY wold be available there. I live in Portland, OR and there are tons of 20 year olds here and we are a very very tiny city.

Thorrez 6y ago
Portland is very very tiny? It has 600k people. That's larger than Atlanta.
- Apocryphon 6y ago
  The Atlanta metropolitan area is home to more than 6 million people and is the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Portland is located in the 25th.
  - Thorrez 6y ago
    Sure, but 25th largest city in the US is not "very very tiny". I grew up in a township of 4k people. That would be what I consider very very tiny. I was nearby a city of 30k people. I considered it a decently large city.
    - Apocryphon 6y ago
      You're right, but the point is that Atlanta is overall larger than Portland in terms of being a major metropolitan area. The original post was talking about ATL's largeness and number of opportunities for youth.
- throwaway1777 6y ago
  Metro Atlanta is 10x that. Atlanta proper is tiny compared to the suburbs which sprawl for miles where most people live.
- irrational 6y ago
  I can drive around the entirety of downtown Portland in about 5-10 minutes (depending on traffic). It would take at least an hour to drive around downtown Atlanta.
  - kunai 6y ago
    As someone that lives there let me tell you there is no "downtown" Atlanta. There is a neighborhood called Downtown, but it's one of three (four, or maybe even five, depending on who you ask) major, dense business and retail districts in the city limits, and even more in the suburbs. And yeah, would take you about an hour to hit all of them. Probably more with traffic. It's a very polycentric city. Kind of throws people off when they first come here. and LOL at the guy saying "no one wants to live in Georgia." This is what happens when you don't ever leave the Bay.
    - irrational 6y ago
      I’m thinking of driving the 285 loop around Atlanta.
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  - Thorrez 6y ago
    Maybe most people in Portland live outside of downtown. Or maybe Portland just has better traffic management. This route around downtown Portland Google estimates will take 22 minutes: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/45.49314,-122.6699199/45.492563,-122.67388/@45.5240266,-122.6932181,8677m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6643229!2d45.5013086!3s0x54950a6f15da2ba5:0xa3edc58b8d57920f!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6535857!2d45.5272537!3s0x5495a0b04c18a0db:0xc928a062b2566295!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6504989!2d45.5350418!3s0x5495a0b541bf7271:0xb0fbb05665e18c17!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6872887!2d45.5181962!3s0x54950a1b7f4ce737:0xb922d75a365d8b8!1m0!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/45.49314,-122.6699199/45.492... This route around downtown and midtown Atlanta Google estimates will take 25 minutes: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/33.7440027,-84.4006901/33.7454481,-84.3980257/@33.769547,-84.4051033,6143m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-84.3863719!2d33.7925082!3s0x88f504500c43a8a5:0x7fd9fa3dc3769349!3m4!1m2!1d-84.3781475!2d33.7872532!3s0x88f50446e0b09e2f:0x4e44210a8e83a68b!3m4!1m2!1d-84.394446!2d33.7591705!3s0x88f5047f8ef0cbf1:0x46c0c235f21d60e!1m0!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/33.7440027,-84.4006901/33.74...

Thorrez 6y ago

Portland is very very tiny? It has 600k people. That's larger than Atlanta.

Apocryphon 6y ago
The Atlanta metropolitan area is home to more than 6 million people and is the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Portland is located in the 25th.
- Thorrez 6y ago
  Sure, but 25th largest city in the US is not "very very tiny". I grew up in a township of 4k people. That would be what I consider very very tiny. I was nearby a city of 30k people. I considered it a decently large city.
  - Apocryphon 6y ago
    You're right, but the point is that Atlanta is overall larger than Portland in terms of being a major metropolitan area. The original post was talking about ATL's largeness and number of opportunities for youth.
throwaway1777 6y ago
Metro Atlanta is 10x that. Atlanta proper is tiny compared to the suburbs which sprawl for miles where most people live.
irrational 6y ago
I can drive around the entirety of downtown Portland in about 5-10 minutes (depending on traffic). It would take at least an hour to drive around downtown Atlanta.
- kunai 6y ago
  As someone that lives there let me tell you there is no "downtown" Atlanta. There is a neighborhood called Downtown, but it's one of three (four, or maybe even five, depending on who you ask) major, dense business and retail districts in the city limits, and even more in the suburbs. And yeah, would take you about an hour to hit all of them. Probably more with traffic. It's a very polycentric city. Kind of throws people off when they first come here. and LOL at the guy saying "no one wants to live in Georgia." This is what happens when you don't ever leave the Bay.
  - irrational 6y ago
    I’m thinking of driving the 285 loop around Atlanta.
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- Thorrez 6y ago
  Maybe most people in Portland live outside of downtown. Or maybe Portland just has better traffic management. This route around downtown Portland Google estimates will take 22 minutes: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/45.49314,-122.6699199/45.492563,-122.67388/@45.5240266,-122.6932181,8677m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6643229!2d45.5013086!3s0x54950a6f15da2ba5:0xa3edc58b8d57920f!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6535857!2d45.5272537!3s0x5495a0b04c18a0db:0xc928a062b2566295!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6504989!2d45.5350418!3s0x5495a0b541bf7271:0xb0fbb05665e18c17!3m4!1m2!1d-122.6872887!2d45.5181962!3s0x54950a1b7f4ce737:0xb922d75a365d8b8!1m0!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/45.49314,-122.6699199/45.492... This route around downtown and midtown Atlanta Google estimates will take 25 minutes: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/33.7440027,-84.4006901/33.7454481,-84.3980257/@33.769547,-84.4051033,6143m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-84.3863719!2d33.7925082!3s0x88f504500c43a8a5:0x7fd9fa3dc3769349!3m4!1m2!1d-84.3781475!2d33.7872532!3s0x88f50446e0b09e2f:0x4e44210a8e83a68b!3m4!1m2!1d-84.394446!2d33.7591705!3s0x88f5047f8ef0cbf1:0x46c0c235f21d60e!1m0!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/33.7440027,-84.4006901/33.74...