Pros and cons of atl (Atlanta: living in, restaurants, vs.)

[ARaider08]

I'm finishing up a project and was wondering, what are pros and cons of living inside Atlanta and what are the pros and cons of living in the Atlanta suburbs?

[Archan]

That is a pretty broad question. Some parts of Atlanta are very much like the suburbs. For me, I live in Midtown and love that walkability of this area. Restaurants, bars, grocery, banks, Piedmont Park and Marta are all a short walk.

[DeaconJ]

I would venture to say that the pros and cons of living in Atlanta vs. the suburbs are pretty similar to the pros and cons of living in any city vs. the suburbs. Of course there are some differences depending on which particular area, but it would basically be the same advantages/disadvantages found anywhere.

[ARaider08]

Kinda looking for things specific to Atlanta though.

[northstar22]

Traffic - there is limited public transit outside the city, so many are forced to drive to get to work and elsewhere. Atlanta traffic is awesomely bad.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by flyingwriter

Traffic - there is limited public transit outside the city, so many are forced to drive to get to work and elsewhere. Atlanta traffic is awesomely bad.

It's awesomely bad in some places during certain times. In many other places during other times, or sometimes even during primetime rush hour, it's usually not bad at all.

This is why it's important for some to live at least somewhat close to the workplace.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by ARaider08

Kinda looking for things specific to Atlanta though.

That's the problem...I don't know that there is anything specific to Atlanta that wouldn't be a pro/con of living in any city vs. suburb.

[JPD]

One person's pro is another person's con. There's no way to answer this question without knowing a little about the preferred lifestyle of the OP.

[Archan]

I know that our answers are probably not what your looking for. In Atlanta there are no physical geographic features to create that much difference between the city and the suburbs. San Francisco is on a peninsula, so the options are limited as far as where the suburbs are. In Atlanta most of the suburbs are just an extension of the city itself. It's hard to tell where the city ends and the suburbs begin. There are no lakes or mountains to break up the metro area. Let's face it, Atlanta is built in the middle of a flat hunk of land.

[DeaconJ]

I have to point out that Atlanta is anything but flat.

One question...what usually signifies the end of the city and beginning of the suburbs? I'm not familiar with the assigned borders that are normally used. It seems to me that every city I've visited transitions smoothly from city to suburbs without any geographical boundaries.