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> But with southern hot cities like Atlanta I grew up in Atlanta and lived there for 40 years. You're full of shit. People love going outside and there are o
by cptskippy 6y ago
> But with southern hot cities like Atlanta
I grew up in Atlanta and lived there for 40 years. You're full of shit.
People love going outside and there are outdoor events year round. The beltline has been expanding around the city since the Olympics in the late 90s. Old neighborhoods like the Lindbergh, Edgewood, Inman Park, Kirkwood, and Avondale are all perfectly walkable with their overgrowth of trees. Even Atlantic Station, which is completely devoid of trees and lacking any soul, is tolerable due to the long shadows cast by the buildings.
Yes the heat and humidity can be unrelenting when you're going from your cozy AC'd house to the mailbox across a stark white heat mirror of a driveway flanking a treeless yard, but that's a product of suburban design esthetic.
Older communities in the city are downright pleasant, it's only the newer suburban neighborhoods with expansive treeless yards where being outdoors is intolerable.
- flukus 6y ago> Yes the heat and humidity can be unrelenting when you're going from your cozy AC'd house to the mailbox across a stark white heat mirror of a driveway flanking a treeless yard, but that's a product of suburban design esthetic. I think this hits the nail on the head, many people don't acclimatize because they live in their own artificial climate where they leave an air conditioned home, get in an air conditioned car to go to an air conditioned workplace. I grew up in areas comparable to the one's GP listed long before air conditioning was common and walking places was normal.