10 Great Places That Live Up To Their Reputation

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

Uh ... Georgia has "a really dense and historic city." It's called Savannah.

Savannah is hardly really dense. I mean, NYC, SF, Philly, or Boston dense. Basically, having Atlanta's population and status, but much, much denser.

[masonbauknight]

Any comparison to NYC, SF, Philly, Boston is absurd -- these are large cities, and New Orleans is probably the only southern city that compares to those four. Savannah is a small southern city, so you compare downtown Savannah to downtowns with its population size. By that yardstick, Savannah is indeed "really dense," "dynamic," and a "real downtown."

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Savannah is amazing. Definitely a hidden gem in Georgia....In ways, I kind of wish Savannah was the 'Atlanta of Georgia' because then it's likely Georgia would have actually had a really dense and historic city!

Doubtful. If Savannah was the 'Atlanta of Georgia,' then its big boom would have been of the post-war variety and the historic core would be nothing like what it is today. Even so, a nice chunk of Atlanta's historic urban fabric remains intact downtown, including most of Fairlie-Poplar, but it just so happens to be underutilized. The bones are there; they just need new life breathed into them.