Gridlock traffic we have little except for the highways during rush hour, and I have amazing access being able to be in line at the Atlanta airport in less that 30 minutes with public transport, basically I have access to 50% of the city within 30 minutes without a car
Atlanta is one scary city. My husband and I had a second home in Atlanta and it was broken into when we were not there. We sold the home in 2015 and I don't even want to visit the city ever again.
I moved away from Atlanta but I still receive the updates on next door neighbor for East Atlanta village. Every day it's break in,break in, break in, car break in. It's out of control.
I’m surprised that the state minimum wage didn’t play a factor being it’s still technically $5.15 (7.25) and it’s extremely expensive. It was expensive when I lived there in 2012-2015. The one place I lived at in Canton around that time was $715 a month. Now it’s 1600, that’s insane.
@@willp.8120 Who cares, Im in East Cobb, its a dream here. Blk folks always acting scared of whites. I was raised by a real blk man who dont fear shit. Southside is a shit hole.
I’m from Philadelphia Atlanta crime rate double ours so #3 is spot on. The air quality was fine for me it was the fire ants, plants and trees that trigger, those big behind spiders,cicadas hell the list can go on. I miss the weather.
Grew up around atlanta and I would never have guessed the city would get this popular, it’s like a second California and New York almost. Literally everyone is moving here no reason and prices have been going up too 😭 Crime is also another big thing like shootings and people are rude asf now rather than friendly
Biggest problem with Atl is low wages and high cost of living. Also, crime is much higher than you are making it out to be! You are seeing many native Atlanteans leaving in droves.
When I was very young, I always wanted to see Atlanta. But everytime I go to Atlanta, I just get so furious. People ask me why I hate Atlanta, I just tell them One Word.
Wait.. what? I live in atlanta and it seems like a million people are moving here daily. When I was younger, this city was almost like a small town, everyone basically knew everyone, at least in regards to age groups and social scenes. They tore down all the cultural spots and historical gathering spots, put up hundreds of sky rise condos, brought in countless people from LA for the new film industry, etc. and now the streets and highways are gridlocked in a 24-hour rush hour and no one knows each other. Dive bars replaced by fancy joints, a giant super mall in the center of the city, Atlantic station, Ponce city market, etc. all places that Atlanta natives neither can afford or care to go to. From the ground level it seems like everyone is moving to atlanta (and ruining it)
@@shivtim i live in Henry county and which is seeing a huge influx of people leaving ATL city limits for our little neck of the woods. Pair that with the multiple distribution centers they are building here and we are one of the fastest growing areas in metro. The video doesnt address that. People might be leaving the city limits but they arent leaving the area. The city itself might be shrinking but all of the metro areas are growing. Cheaper housing, more available jobs, better traffic but still with the ability to get into the city for the night life and entertainment.
@@shivtim its not though. Atlanta only has 480,000 people its small and the city is boring as hell. Nobody is moving here he's going by stats you're going on emotions Atlanta sucks
I lot of people see Atlanta as "cheap", but I always say this, "everyone loves Atlanta until they get an Atlanta paycheck." That LA/NY paycheck isn't guaranteed when you move to Atlanta. Some apartments in downtown Atlanta is matching downtown LA.
You're so right! People move to Atlanta from places like LA or NY or even Florida because they see it as cheaper but don't understand the pay doesn't match other places and think the living is cheap. The price of housing has gone up everywhere but especially in Atlanta seeing that people from other dense populated states move here and think it's cheap because they sold their 600k house somewhere else so all of Atlantas beautiful 400k houses get snatched up and they jack up the prices to 900k.
I live in Augusta, Ga. No one in the rest of the state considers Atlanta cheap. We normally consider Atlanta the reasons our cost of living is going up because Atlanta. And the out of towners moving there.
I guess that also depends on what you do for a living. We moved here from Florida and it’s our best decision ever. Less crime, better schools, and definitely more affordable than Florida. Oh, we are in the suburbs outside of Atlanta. I would never want to live in Atlanta itself.
@@TriRacialAmericana It's not like Atlanta (suburbs included) will have zero success, but a lot of folks are struggling there, myself included. If Atlanta was what it was in the late 2000s, I would've considered staying.
Honestly, as someone who grew up in the Atlanta suburbs (and who is leaving soon), a big push factor is that the city and suburbs rarely agree to actually invest in any infrastructure (especially transit) to accommodate a growing population. My final decision between accepting a job offer in Atlanta or elsewhere was pretty much decided by my desire to not need a car anymore.
I gave your comment a like. Atlanta is super DOPE. The food, culture, dating scene if your are a professional single. Its awesome. The downside is the traffic and two many foreigners. I don't hate immigrants but Atlanta is the HOME of Southern Hospitality but you have out of towners and immigrants that are RUDE. Sorry, When I come into somebody house I wipe my feet as a New Yorker, when I come to Atlanta can I ask my fellow Georgians get I have some of that chicken or deer meat. I don't just take the chicken. You got people from Asia, Latin America and other parts of the United States just doing what they want. This is the problem.
One of the worst traffic jams I was ever in was in Atlanta. And yes, I've driven through LA, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Dallas, etc etc.
Yes, the traffic in Atlanta sucks. I grew up on the L.A. freeways, and have drove also in Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Miami, and Chicago. But by far Atlanta is the worst! And there is no other freeways to get around it either!
Yeah I'm a truck driver and they tell us not even stop nowhere near Atlanta or Macon because of the crime I think a lot of crime in Atlanta probably goes unreported because it is bad
Joshua Beeler, you just told the truth: ask anyone who owns a RING security system and gets neighborhood updates. We live in Buckhead and there are shots fired every night. Right around the Buckhead Home Depot is a new cluster of condos & there is a shoot-out as soon as the sun goes down.
Macon is really bad! Totally agree with you. Yes, crime goes unreported because it does no good to report it. So many cops here are smart alecks, on super ego trips, no matter how nice you are. Interesting comment that you have been warned but agree.
I’m from Decatur and let me tell you it’s like Chicago and New York. The crime wave is real. You just never know if you’re going to make it home at night , evening, or broad daylight. They having shootouts in broad daylight now. 14 year old kids walking around with AK-47😬😬😬
It is terrible. I'm planning an exit strategy. I really hate it here. It used to be cool but 20 yrs in and I'm beyond past ready to dip. It's very overrated and over populated. The people are fake and pretentious, cost of living is insane, the roads are raggedy af...I could go on and on.
I once drove 9-10 hours to Franklin, TN just so I could avoid driving in Atlanta. If I would've went through Atlanta, it would've been only about a 6 or 7 hour drive (not counting traffic time). It was worth it. Between the amount of times I've been stuck in Atlanta traffic and all the times I've seen wrecks or people driving like complete psychopaths up there, I'm fine with driving more hours to avoid it.
I'm from Miami, Florida and went to Atlanta in September. Took the Marta, thought the public transportation was centuries ahead of Florida. Funny how many NYers complained about public transportation in Atlanta, can't imagine the nightmare they're having in Florida.
Miami native here. The world is full of negative-minded, whining little bitches. Otherwise known as rich people bitchin. Travel to other countries; see HOW and WHAT people have to do to get around, and then push back a biggie-sized cup of "shut the F@k up!" If you live in the U.S., we are BLESSED no matter how shitty we think we have it.
I had that same experience when I visited Atlanta last year. I was so happy to be able to take the train. The bus system we have (PSTA) is one of the best in our state but it still sucks ass sometimes. And barely any place in Florida has heavy rail as a public transportation option.
Yeah but South Florida has beautiful beaches and is worth the horrible public transport but ATL has no beauty and just humid weather and pine trees everywhere…ATL is like Detroit in the south
@@sweetwonkahallelujah7016 Not to mention how absolutely depressing Atlanta looks in the Winter months. It's enough to give me seasonal depression just by looking at it.
@@sweetwonkahallelujah7016 c’mon I get that it’s no beach town but “not beautiful” or “Detroit in the South” is just rude, petty, and not true. This city has its problems and I’ll be the first to call them out as I did in the comments with crime rates going up but it’s still a beautiful city. Or maybe beauty is truly only in the eyes of the beholder or native, I guess 🤷♀️
I lived in the Atlanta area for most of my life ( I'm 58 now) and I can agree on a few of these points. The traffic is horrible, the air quality isn't the best, and the cost of living has gotten a bit high recently. but the one thing that I noticed over the last 20 years wasn't mentioned: ATTITUDE. Atlanta used to be a fairly friendly city. if you asked someone for directions, they would help you out. If you were in a line, the people in line with you were willing to talk to you. the cashiers and servers in stores/restaurants were pleasant. Now, that has all changed. I went there to visit my mother a few months ago, and I stopped in to a Chick-fil-A to get some food. The people behind the counter ignored me for 3 minutes, and when I called out to them I got flipped off! And that wqas at a chain noted for their excellent customer service! All other places in Atlanta are showing similar or worse attitudes as well. I grew up there and i remember Atlanta had the fabled "Southern Hospitality" everywhere you went. Now, you need to get out beyond where the public Transportation systems run to find friendly people.
100% agree with. Born & raised in the ATL metro (40yrs) and it has become so pretentious, not like the small town wrapped in a big city feel it used to have. All that said, still wouldn't leave unless for Key West. I think I'm moving there for retirement
YOu want to know why the attitude has changed? It's because of all the people moving to here from other states. I was born and raised here and for every 10 new people I meet, only one is from Georgia. Migration has changed the a lot of things.
I only went to Atlanta once but that was 12 years ago. Back then all the people were nice and friendly towards me, but I guess a lot has changed in 12 years since I last visited Atlanta.
Omg yesssss!! People’s attitude is definitely a big issue. Employees AND just regular people you encounter. But a lot (most) of them aren’t from atl or even anywhere that’s known for being friendly/polite/considerate. Now once we get away from the city, the further away we get the closer we get to that “southern charm” that we all were hoping to still find in this melting pot.
I used to work as an apartment locator in the city. At my job we had a chart that showed $/hour compared to the price of rent. If you weren’t making $25/hr we couldn’t help you and we worked with a vast majority of complexes. A lot of ppl aren’t making that and a lot of apartments don’t accept vouchers. It used to break my heart to hear those stories everyday.
As an Atlanta native, I believe alot of the recent stats on the city doesn't take in to account the metro area. Our city is one of many cities where taking just the city number won't paint the full picture. For me personally, everything within I-285's perimeter is considered Atlanta, but with so much unnecessary politics, the geography looks and depicts differently. Cities like Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, South Fulton, Dunwoody, etc have become their own now, which leads people to believing that 'Atlanta' is shrinking and have poor test scores (affluent neighborhoods of the cities). The 4 specific cities I named, you could walk on one side of the street and be in Atlanta and the other and be in ___. Ultimately I have my reservations with newer cities popping up because it skews actual data and makes the politics (and the cost of living) go through the roof. WATB is spot on with this list though. Crime for sure is overrated here, (just more sensationalized and various). The heat and bugs down here will piss you off too lol, just hot as hell for no reason.
I agree. Atlanta's big growth spurt occurred when "Atlanta" included all of Fulton County and some of DeKalb. It never had clear borders except for county borders. But most of the wealthy suburbs that used to be unincorporated Fulton (and thus "Atlanta") are incorporated cities now. I think Buckhead will eventually secede as well. Atlanta proper has gotten smaller but also regentrified somewhat, so there is more wealth there than there used to be. When I moved here in the mid-90s, that "Atlanta's Population Now" sign across from Piedmont Hospital read something like 3.5 million; last time I saw it working, it read 6.5 million.
@@cisium1184 Atlanta was never all of Fulton County, EVER. Fulton County used to be three counties. 1. Fulton County (this area is basically the area from East Point up to Sandy Springs. 2) Milton County (this area is in present, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton, John's Creek, and some of extreme east Cobb. 3) Campbell County (this area is in present Union City, Fairburn, Palmetto) The City of Atlanta within Fulton County was originally a small concentric circle. It extended to about where West End is now and north to about the I-75/I-85 split, and south to just below where Georgia State stadium is. After this period, Fulton County was consolidated Milton and Campbell Counties. The city of Atlanta later expanded to incorporate the current city limits, including a small area of Dekalb County. It, however, did not include Buckhead. In the 1950s, Buckhead was incorporated into the city of Atlanta, giving us the city limits as they pretty much stand today.
Atlanta grew massively during the 1980's and absorbed other cities to become part of it's suburbs. Marietta, Smyrna etc. Which are included as part of Atlanta and where the city proper fights to expand Marta every few years. The issue is that those cities never really gave up their independent sense of themselves. To where if you compared them to other cities in the area they will make it very clear that Kennesaw is not Atlanta, Smyrna is not Atlanta, Marietta is not Atlanta. Even though I have heard a ton of people in metro Atlanta treat them like simple suburbs.
@@als3022 Smyrna is very much a suburb, as is Kennesaw and Marietta. Nearly everyone acknowledges that it is part of the Atlanta area, even people who live there. A small percentage want nothing to do with the city, but even these don't pretend to think they aren't part of the Atlanta area. Marietta and Smyrna have been developed suburbs since the 70s, by and large. South Cobb Drive and Cobb Parkway was rather developed around this time and throughout the 80s. You talk like you're speaking more of Alpharetta, since that area didn't really take off until the early 90s.
Atlanta gps be like "turn left onto Peachtree st, turn right onto Peachtree st, take the 2nd left onto Peachtree st. in 400 ft make a u-turn and turn right onto Peachtree st"
I lived there for 6 months in 2001 and almost got robbed 3 times. The first time they got some other students in my dorm. The second time 2 students walking behind me got shot by the same robber. The 3rd time I was smart and told my homeboy to split up. The guy peeped game and took off. ATL I’m good….
I have lived in Atlanta metro for 20 years. The heat, tolerable- air conditioning. The bugs are typical for the south. Allergies- a problem, a big problem. Traffic is terrible- and I came from Los Angeles. Many of us are reluctant to go into the city secondary to crime. The schools in the city are poor, the burbs not so bad. There are two separate cultures in the Atlanta metro area- one values education, the other- not so much. I have lived in Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, San Diego, and Phoenix as well. Atlanta isn't the worst in this list.
@@taylorj6177 I'm born/raised in Seattle, and traffic is a challenge given the city is in between 2 large bodies of water, and worse given the population growth over the past decade or so.
As someone that lives in Metro Atlanta you are right the public transportation system is a joke. My commute takes 1 hour to up to 2 hours depending on traffic.
@@PlayaPotna1984 your 100% right. A major thing that would help traffic would be extending MARTA rail service into the suburbs. Like you were saying though it gets voted down time and time again. Because of a belief that it will bring "criminals" from Atlanta to their quiet safe suburb lol
@@willp.8120 I mean like everything there are gonna be positives and negatives. The suburbs have already been experiencing an upswing in crime and violence due to gentrification in Atlanta proper and people getting pushed out of Atlanta to the burbs. I honestly don't think expanding Marta train service to these areas would have a major negative effect crime wise. Of course Im just a person giving my opinion. I don't have any statistics etc to back up my opinion.
@@HanStar Based on my life experience in the Atlanta area, it would accelerate the trend of crime, and or bring it to places that don't have much crime. The ghetto elements use a train system much like any other transportation system, it gives them access to nice areas that they'd normally not seek out on their own, but if a busline or a train is going there, at all hours of the day, they want to go explore it. Before you know it, they're moving into your area.
We have traveled many places, recently retired military and I agree with everything you said 100%. My biggest annoyance, though, is the traffic. In metro areas, one lane roads at 45 miles an hour, people refusing to even go the speed limit, roads not able to accommodate the population growth. People can't seem to drive, daily wrecks and extremely high insurance rates, rude people and I don't even have time to talk about the antiquated trash disposal system here it's ridiculous.
I LIVE IN Atlanta and it is pretty bad. It gets super hot or super cold. Atlanta has so much bugs like flys, mosquito eaters, etc. that’s why we hate spring and summer the most
Those are the same people, usually tourists, who while in Hawaii where I lived asked me stuff like; "Can I use American money here?" or "Is it still a Monarchy here?" For the money question I would answer, "No, you needed to go the Bank of Hawaii to exchange it."
This is just wrong. there has been a HUGE boom in the Atlanta area. this is why Georgia is such a political battleground now. People coming from blue states, usually. Rent and home prices are going up at a rapid pace and construction of new apartments adding density to the city and the metro area is constant. Major tech companies and tech divisions of corporations have opened up headquarters in Atlanta, not to mention the film/TV industry. Bugs aren't going to cancel out a major economic opportunity for someone. Atlanta is growing and won't stop. I wonder if Briggs has some kind of ulterior motive to subversively dissuade people to move to Georgia....
@@williamwilkins3084 I like that white and black Atlantians are finally putting aside racial differences to walk hand in hand into some Yankees kitchen window to steal their electronics while theyre at work. That’s the one good thing they've done. They brought us together. :*)
@@jamesc.e.s.4551 I had that happen to me while living there, too...another WHITE person and a female at that. At the time I was living there men and women also hated each other's guts - doubt that's changed, either - or at least not for the better.
When I was a boy (50s-60s) Atlanta was still a Southern city. By the 80s the city had become a branch of NYC. I left 25 years ago, yes, for the same reason you were told by so many, the reason you cannot publicly disclose and stay on TH-cam.
It makes me laugh when I hear people trying to compare Atlanta to NY. Don't. Atlanta is its own city. There should never be any comparison to The Big Apple ❤ There is only one.
I lived in Marietta for a temporary job for about 5 months. I liked Atlanta metro but I wouldn’t leave the house between 4 pm-7 pm for the traffic. Oh yea, the pollen fell like snow, it would be al over cars and windows.
I moved to Atlanta in the 90’s. I couldn’t believe the pollen that left a yellow snow like substance on your car during pollen season. I’d never seen anything like that.
I live near Atlanta and this area is probably one of the highest growing areas in the country. I don’t get it. Things in the past 5 years have changed dramatically.
My sister lived in the Atlanta area since 1991. When ever I visited, I quickly became frustrated with the traffic. Anytime I had to use any part of the Interstate I wanted to leave town. There are certain towns that just are hard for outsiders to drive and that makes it more frustrating than would show just by travel times. I was relieved when she moved to North Carolina.
We live in East Tennessee and spend a lot of our free time in North Carolina. My Sister lived in north Atlanta in a beautiful neighborhood for about 10 years. She just did not like the culture in Georgia and she and her family moved back to North Chicago. She loves it there.
The thing is, any Atlanta native knows that you don't use the interstate, you used backroads that wind through the city. Every Atlantian has their "secret route" that they take in order to bypass the transplants and shave off three hours of sitting in traffic.
Yep. It’s not just about the travel time in Atlanta. It’s the travel time mixed with feeling that a bunch of maniacs are driving way too fast and erratic for conditions putting you in danger. This feeling seems to be confirmed by the very high number of accidents you see. I’ve heard a couple people from LA say it even stresses them out.
@jamesc.e.s.4551 That idea might've work 15-20 year's ago but with the wide use of GPS there are no more short-cuts through town. I live in Atlanta and even now the alternative routes be slow because GPS have showed people how to avoid the interstate
Atlanta is still growing but not like it was in the 90's and 2000's. My problem with Atlanta and other cities like Dallas and Houston is they feel like giant suburbs not cities.
@@PlayaPotna1984 Yes because their growth came after the rise in people driving cars and suburbs. Northern cities like New York and Boston were already big by the time cars came around.
@@chadmcnabb281 yep, 100% the answer right there. ppl forget that most cities in the northeast developed well before the advent of cars. Atlanta was relatively small time until they developed the airport in the 50's and then it really exploded after the airport's expansion in the late 70's early 80's
I think Briggs deserves the TH-cam sponsorship award on how to best present your sponsor! When many content creators talk about their sponsor it's annoying and disruptive. Not with Briggs. He presents the sponsor almost in passing, so much to the point where you wonder if it's even a sponsor. Good job Briggs! And thank you.
I live in South Carolina my entire life, even though I know not to move to Atlanta. I would move to other cities outside of Atlanta ( if I want to move there).
Moved to Atlanta stayed for 8 yrs trying to remain optimistic then I was done, could not get a job to save my life because I like many others were considered over qualified, Atlanta doesn’t like to pay, became homeless four times in that place, I have never experienced any mess like that living anywhere else. Needless to say won’t even go back to visit friends thank goodness for chat and video. Homelessness should be #1 no matter your background you can get screwed.
In used to commute from Marietta to Alpharetta via 285 and 400, and it would take an hour and a half during weekday rush hour traffic vs. 30 minutes on a Sunday afternoon. It’s still a nice city if you stay OTP (outside the perimeter of Atlanta, which is encircled by 285). Just growing fast and housing has gotten much more expensive since 2000.
Why didn't you drive Roswell Road (120) to Roswell Road/Alpharetta Highway (9)? Would have been much faster for you, I'd think. Either that or take I-575 north to Woodstock and take 92 east to Roswell and then get on Highway 9.
I live right behind Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta, in a family-friendly, quiet nice neighborhood. The commutes I have, even when having to travel across town etc, are very tolerable (vs when I used to live further out), and often pleasant. I work all over the metro and don’t find myself stressed in the car as often since moving to Midtown.
my advice is to live on the outskirt, i live in Mcdonough which is 30 min from downtown atl i love it. less crowded and much more peaceful compared to when i lived in east ATL.
I've lived here since 1996. I agree with most of these; not all of them apply to my lifestyle but I see that they affect other people. One disagreement: the bugs here aren't that bad. There's a _lot_ of them, but they won't swarm you or eat you alive like the black flies and mosquitos in New Hampshire will. Now _those_ are some annoying bugs. Use airtight containers in the kitchen and Atlanta bugs will leave you alone. My big recommendation to people moving to Atlanta is to live as close to your workplace as you can afford to - only a mile or two away if possible. It makes a huge difference.
So many people from all over have been flocking to Atlanta and metro Atlanta for decades it's ridiculous. And they're continuing to build apartment buildings. So I don't know what this video is talking about
Why is this guy lying about the crime. The homicide rate in America is 5 per 100k residents. In Atlanta, it’s around 30 per 100k. It’s 6x or 500% higher than the national average!
Every city can’t be New York, Chicago, LA or Washington. The 8th largest metro in the country can’t be void of everything desirable. I grew up between Augusta/Atlanta and Philly and I find it quite nice. For some reason some people don’t like where they are from because they are aware of the inner workings of their city or haven’t progressed in it as they feel they should have, but trust Atlanta is better than a lot of metropolitan cities. And also, the world’s busiest airport, not country, world. Atlanta is an international city whether you all like it or not.
It is funny how most of the reasons people are leaving Atlanta weren't a problem until all these people from Chicago, the northeast and the west coast moved there. And the other reasons were always there. It has always been hot and has never been near a beach. The traffic and air quality has been bad for decades.
Having relocated to the Atlanta metro area from NYC a few years ago, I can say that the cost of living isn't that high for homeowners. However, the jobs don't pay much so that is why it feels expensive. I was fortunate to transfer my job and pay from NYC. You definitely get more for your money here compared to NYC. I live and work outside of "the city" so I don't experience the heavy traffic.
yall up north trash need to stop coming down. your ancestors ran from the white man mine stayed and fought.. That's why y'all get beat when yall move here because if that ratchet urban culture
Atlanta lost the original culture and southern charm it once had. I haven’t been back to Atlanta to visit in awhile. It’s not like it was in the 90s and early 2000s
Atlanta.....my hometown. Haven't lived there in MANY years and would never move back. I lived in Buckhead and then Sandy Springs, but never again. I had a lot of extended family that stayed there over the years but now all but one have moved to the north Georgia mountains. Crime and traffic biggest reason to get out.
I tried living in North GA which is beautiful country but was like living in the 50's. Tried several locations but all the same and couldn't take the racism. Moved to central GA and a very small town, and now life is sweet!
@@dabprod I live below Macon (1 hour away) and it is probably the highest crime area in the state besides Albany GA. And read where the response time is an average of 30 minutes for police response in Macon area. Sad..
I work for the state of Georgia and my intake shows hundreds of people move here every month. This isn't true. People may talk about Atlanta and some may move away but more and more people are still moving to Atlanta.
I think I’d rather be in Chicago rather than Atlanta. I drive a semi and Atlanta has the worst traffic in the country. People are always in a hurry, if you honk at someone you’re liable to get shot at and every truck stop I’ve been to there has to have a cop on scene who really doesn’t care what goes on. I wouldn’t live in the state of Georgia, but damn sure wouldn’t live in Atlanta. Ever. Lol
@@Hawgwild97 when traffic isn't bad, people are going 80mph on highways and even 50mph on surface roads WITH traffic lights. They are always in a rush and many drive very aggressive. This isn't just ATL with the speed. I-185 in Georgia and GA 400 are almost like autobahn.
Johnson city where I live is considered litte chicago thanks or no to a notorious man, I hope the prescience of the Federal gov. is a good sign as the return of the wildlife to the region, Are you willing to listen now?
Jobs are drying up in the Atlanta metro area as well... Housing is continuing to go up getting WAY TOO EXPENSIVE... One bedroom apartments are now a minimum of $1800 for anything in a safe and decent neighborhood... Police response times are really bad too
So I have to tell you my job involves being in the downtown area of every major city in America multiple times per year. Not just looking at it out of a window but being in the downtown area outside observing and intermingling with people. I put Atlanta in my top three least favorite cities in America because although most major cities have a huge homeless problems the homeless problem in downtown Atlanta is that they are extremely aggressive which I don't encounter at anywhere near the level of aggressiveness anywhere else. They follow you they harass you I've had them follow me for blocks and blocks and I've had to threaten violence to get them to stop following me. Yes the traffic on the 285 is really bad at any time of the day for some reason. And you can call me all kinds of names for saying this but it still doesn't cover up the facts. I am a white male and I am super nice to everyone I encounter everywhere I go but I have consistently been treated with black on white racism all the time when I am there I've been talked to so rudely and looked down upon just for being the wrong color.. And although you say your city is not that violent, it is and it can be. When you have at Wendy's burned down and riots everywhere because of one criminal not obeying orders that shows me the violent nature of the city. And for that reason I would never consider living there nor ever bringing my family there on any kind of vacation. if the city can't get things under control the city is just going to decline just like other places you mentioned like Detroit. Like I said you can call me all the popular names you want for pointing obvious things out that are the elephant in the room but nobody is supposed to talk about because it's Politically Incorrect. But until we start facing real problems head on and stop sticking our head in the sand about things it's not going to be fixed
This isn't true. Tons of (majority black) people are moving to Atlanta and greater Fulton/Dekalb Counties, mostly from Detroit, Chicago, Philly, and Cleveland. That's how Georgia has become a democrat state.
& Baltimore. You speak the truth. Im from cle / chi and youre not lying. Blks have been moving to ATL since freaknic in the 1990s. That started the Movement to Atl. Im 50 yrs old. I know what im talking about
@@cle-chi I'm white, and it seemed to have started in 1997, after the Olympics, when Outcast and the like started promoting Atlanta, along with the incoming rap industry, as well as black media began to tout the city. I don't like the demographic changes we have seen.
It's still very red in the state government, and while there has indeed been black migration for economic opportunity, the real story has been other groups like Asians and Hispanics in counties like Cobb and Gwinnett that have flipped over to blue when they used to be very red. It's mind-blowing to me that Cherokee county is the largest net source of Republican votes in the state now.
This is absolutely crazy! I’ve lived here my entire life and it’s gotten so bad. Traffic is horrible, crime rate is horrible. I know for a fact that people are relocating here from Chicago and New York like crazy. I don’t know where you got your stats but it’s dead wrong. I know what I see every day. We are planning a regional move as soon as my daughter finishes college. It has gotten horrible to live here unless you are 100 miles outside atlanta.
@Joe Washington oh, my bad. Sorry about that my friend. How can I correct my opinions and feelings for your comfort? Briggs has it right. Be nice to each other.
Panhandlers should have made this list. I lived in Atlanta for 10 years, and I was constantly being bugged for money, a smoke, etc. I'm looking to moving back to Georgia, SOUTH GEORGIA.
I've been to Atlanta a few times, and downtown is so confusing to drive in because have the roads are called Peachtree something. It's either Peachtree Drive, Roads, Streets, Avenue, Boulevard, Circle ... and they're all in the same area
Good day. I originally moved to Atlanta in the mid 90’s. It was exciting,cost of living was very affordable and it was still around 3 million metro population. I left in 2006 back to California. Everyone is flocking to the suburbs and Marta really doesn’t go to those areas . Crime used to be just Bankhead and the hoods . Now you have shootings in broad daylight in buckhead. Traffic is horrible on a good day, and the gentrification is so real you rarely find anyone that’s actually from Atlanta. The home prices in the city( for those who want to stay inside 285) is ridiculous!
So sad to see this, but I can relate. I loved to Metro Atlanta back in 1988 and it was improving and a fun place to live! Well, those days are long behind... Underground Atlanta was redone and went to Hell. Buckhead, once a fun nightspot, also went to Hell. Now it's Traffic, Corrupt Politics and just not much fun anymore! I escaped in 1997 and never looked back, but I will always have fond memories of my good years there. Just a side note: If you're unfortunate enough to ride MARTA after either rush hour, do NOT lean back on the seat... the headrest will likely be covered with Jheri Curl. YUCK!
My husband and I rode MARTA to a Braves baseball game and everything was fine. On the way home from the game it was the scariest train ride I have ever taken. Most of the people in my train were younger men that were smoking and a fight broke out. I have never ridden MARTA ever again. We had a second home in Atlanta and it was broken into so we sold in 2015. I have no desire to go to Atlanta ever again.
You’re talking about your experience from 25 years ago as if it’s still relevant today. Jheri curls? Lmao. And I’m not defending the city at all, I hate it here.
I used to live in Atlanta, and lived there for over 20 years of my life. My parents moved me there when I was 5, and I moved out of there when I was in my late twenties. To this day, I haven’t looked back. I’m not saying that I hated it, but what I am saying is that it was one of those places that wasn’t my cup of tea.
You are right about the traffic. I currently live in the south and have driven all over as well as across the country multiple times, and the worst and most stressful feeling traffic I have experienced is in the Atlanta area. Those highways are crazy.
@@jerrymylove1754 I-95 northbound in the morning in northern Virginia is worse than anything in Atlanta. It starts backing up as far as Dumfries until you get to the Capital Beltway.
Live in Augusta Georgia where people are morons when it comes to driving. Went to visit mother in Kennesaw and now appreciate and will never complain about Augusta drivers again.
@@willp.8120 you dont realizes how WIDE the roads are compared to the smaller expressways in the mid Atlanta and NE. it's the sheer volume + the gridlock that makes it notorious. That's why Houston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles have worse traffic objectively
Atlanta is facing the same problems my city is facing too. I live in Raleigh, and a lot of these are relatable to Atlanta. If Atlanta actually shrinks & Raleigh continues to grow, Raleigh may possibly out-populate Atlanta by 2030. We have bugs, humid summers, growing traffic, and growing cost of living too here. On the bright side though, we are closer to the ocean than Atlanta is.
That homeless situation is really bad. When I was there recently it seemed like the homeless were everywhere. It did not make me feel safe at all and people kept asking me for money. I noticed this same issue in Philadelphia as well.
I moved to Florida from NY. Have been living in Florida for 30+ years. I lived in Atlanta for 3. Atlanta has seasons, not like NY, but Briggs described Florida, not Atlanta.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN same. I could care less about the beach. Have been in FL for 23 years, and have been to the beach maybe 20 times… I’ll take the mountains over the beach any day.
Spent a few weeks in Atlanta for work, liked the laid back vibes, good food lots of green trees and it seems very affordable but oh man was the traffic terrible.
@@weswest8666 I do not call my grocery bill being double affordable, I do not call my utility bills being double affordable and I do not call rents being almost triple as being affordable. What world are you living in?
Was just in Atlanta about a month ago. Beautiful scenery but man that traffic was god awful. The infustructure is terrible and that alone is enough to keep me away. I honestly considered moving lol.
I live in Atlanta 28yrs now. Traffic is the worst because everyone at one time wanted to move here, pollen, customer service in the metro area aka the hoods in Atlanta is horrible, mental & the homeless population is out of control.
That's too funny, Iggy. Half the people think folks drive too fast, but the other half think traffic congestion makes them drive too slow. Goldilocks syndrome.
I live in Atlanta and I’m surprised that traffic isn’t higher up, if not top 3. Also, some like crime really aren’t that bad, shocked at some of the rankings, like do y’all really live here? 😂
😂😂😂😂 no one is moving here?! Hi, Atlanta native and current resident. EVERYONE IS MOVING HERE. There are very few natives here. It's annoying actually. It is so over-populated here. So, idk where you got this video from because I WISH people would stop moving here.
No bus is super slow especially on weekends, the cost of living is super high thinking everyone makes the SAME money, so that's how crime rates really went UP! Overall great review!
Car insurance rates are extremely high because of horrible drivers causing accidents. Ironically I’m an insurance agent that moved here 17 years ago from the west coast. I thought our insurance rates and driving was bad in the west, it’s far worse in Atlanta. If you drive 80 mph on the freeway/interstate here (when there is light traffic), you will have someone on your bumper trying to run you off the road. Then drivers in a busy intersection trying to make a left turn always move forward blocking traffic when the left turn arrow goes to red. They flat out can’t drive here.
Not only that but when I was living in Atlanta I was paying higher rates due to the fact that I was living in an area that was higher crime because that's all I could afford. The insurance company told me it's because of where I live. There's a higher chance of property crime or theft.
Atlanta has consistently ranked as a top destination for people moving within the United States. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Atlanta has been among the top 10 cities with the highest net in-migration (the number of people moving into a city minus the number moving out) in recent years.
I live in Atlanta. My apartment is walking distance from my job (I have a car) and EVERY place I need to shop, eat or buy is within walking distance. I never leave my quaint suburb. I stay in during the heat, working from home since 2020, pest control comes when requested. I deliberately moved near my job. Hate driving. No homeless in my neighborhood. I see nothing say nothing hear nothing. No drop ins. Son is grown, in law school. Life is good🙏🏽 No, Not telling anyone where I am😊I ❤it.
Briggs you can do a copy and paste for Florida. Same problems. The thing to remember is the souths wages are a half to a third of the north and west so we really can't afford the housing, food, or rent. Same job titles diffrent pay.
Interesting video, from my personal opinion I see some things similarly but some differently. I live in Florida by comparison and I travel to Atlanta about once a year. It’s odd that transportation was rated bad as Marta trains are the thing I like best as I have taken to/from airport, to downtown, to Lennox Mall, to Mercedes Benz stadium, compared to Florida the transportation is great. That being said there are a lot of negatives in Atlanta too like the traffic, i hate the big circular freeways. Also another area where Atlanta really suffers is that it is more expensive but not as nice as other cities in Florida and Georgia. So it’s kind of like why would you live there when you could live in a nicer Florida or Georgia city for less? I suppose if you work in Atlanta you don’t have much of a choice. However, if you are able to work remotely in the Southeast other cities in Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina are simply more desirable for about the same cost or even cheaper at times. Overall though for big city metros I would rate Atlanta as middle of the pack or even upper middle of the pack as it is still more desirable than many other big city metros. I will take heat/humidity over cold/snow any day. I live in Florida so have grown accustomed to wearing shorts and tshirts year round and rarely ever having to wear a jacket or use a heater.
Visited Atlanta while living in Orlando. Found customer courtesy and friendliness was largely lacking in Atlanta, slightly better than NYC - just a lot of hot attitude. It was nice for a short visit.
I was born and raised in metro Atlanta; but have lived in Europe, California etc but returned to Georgia. I wish I hadn't. But now retired I just moved to a very small quaint southern town in Central GA and love it. No traffic, nice people, no lines, diverse culture, gorgeous farmland, beauty country roads, but yes have to travel to get to big stores. As a Georgian -native, I have seen Atlanta grow into a great city but for the last decade or so, it has taken many steps backward. The crime, the bugs the size of mice, the traffic, rude and backward people seem to be the majority these days. Having lived many different places, personally, I think the entire southern US lacks a lot. Great video on the issues of Georgia. Spot on.
I did the same thing. I live in Barnesville now. I always used to say that Atlanta was my favorite large city back in the early 1980s. I wouldn't live there now for all the money in Georgia
I have lived in the Atlanta suburbs since 1997. I have noticed the rudeness is from the people coming to live here from other places. Sad truth. We see it on the roads with a particular state tag that I won’t say.
Yesss! Agree with you 1000%! I've been in Atlanta since 1995 and especially as of the last 3 - 5 years or so it has gotten ridiculous with the cost of living and the crime especially. I have been contemplating moving to a smaller city/town in the state too.
Pretty much all correct. Rent and home prices have mostly tripled. I am a Real Estate agent and it’s very very bad. Some of the expensive areas used to be about a million dollars and those have also tripled not to mention taxes. My take is that the movie industry ruined it. Plus people don’t want to sell because where are they going to go?
And even in the most expensive areas, crime has increased. Just read yesterday where a woman- senior in Buckhead was stabbed in her home because someone was stealing her I believe a Lexus. Guy was arrested and believe the reports said she must have interrupted him. 11:00 am in the morning and in Buckhead. This is the part of Atlanta that is driving people away- crime and no matter where you live, poor, middle class or upper class..
I retired from working in downtown Atlanta last year. I used to use the park-n-ride for the bus and walk three blocks to my office. What you'll find there is the homelessness and crime walk hand-in-hand. The street people were beginning to get more aggressive. First, they beg and if that doesn't work, they will rob you. Something to consider. I was fortunate not to have been robbed, but I did encounter a pushy homeless guy, and I thought was going to get in trouble there, but he finally backed off. Although he was displaying an angry attitude when I didn't get him money.
@@beckyumphrey2626 I feel your pain. Mostly the street people ignore you. I did find that if I went down there not knowing where I was headed when I was applying for work, one of them would come up asking where you're going and walk along with you to show you hoping for a handout. I had one do that once and did hand him money because I felt sorry for him and he was grateful. It was just before I retired that they started getting more aggressive. Good idea to just keep your distance as much as possible and know where you're headed.
I’m not the type to carry. But I feel like I need to. Even my boss recommended it. Here, I’ve learned to hate the homeless. They block your exits from buildings and harass you, trying to intimidate you into giving them money. Complete Scum.
I haven't even listened to the entire video yet, but, as a native Atlantan, I can assure you everybody and their brother is moving to Atlanta...at least according to my daily drive. Traffic has always been bad, but it has been beyond ridiculous for a few years now! It doesn't matter what time of day or night you hit the roads, you're gonna be sitting in traffic. During "rush hour", forget about it, you'll be in a parking lot. I don't believe these people are just passing through. These are new residents to the city. However, maybe this video will deter anyone else from wanting to move here creating even worse traffic. 😁
One thing I have heard that is a huge positive is Atlanta Film Studios. I have a friend who in an Amateur Director, has done work on product demonstration videos and local commercials for Finance, insurance etc in Pennsylvania. the Film studios had a major breakthrough with The Walking Dead series and caught the eye of a consistently overpriced Los Angeles /Studio City, CA. There are hopes and dreams for Atlanta Film studios to eventually become 'Hollywood East' My friend and his family recently moved to the Atlanta Suburbs and he has obtained work in that field. They love it there. Regarding downtown Atlanta it does seem to be on a downfall, unfortunately
@@uploadvidz4490 yup. All the films being shot all over the city only really do one thing...make the already horrible roads and traffic worse. Go into the area on any given day and you will have to go through around 3 movie shoots, and they just wreck the area traffic wise. Lets take one of the busiest roads in Atlanta Peachtree, where people already just park in the right lane and stop traffic, and add 25 big rigs along the sides leaving it a one lane road.
People don't realize Atlanta is just a giant rolling hill suburb in gridlock traffic and unusable public transportation
Oh, so it's Los Angeles.
I’m from here, live here, moved here in 1984…. Hate it the last 20 years. Traffic, traffic, and more traffic. Crime everywhere. Hot and humid.
Also, hotter than what was said. If it was 81 avg it would be okay but it’s actually hotter all the way through October
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Gridlock traffic we have little except for the highways during rush hour, and I have amazing access being able to be in line at the Atlanta airport in less that 30 minutes with public transport, basically I have access to 50% of the city within 30 minutes without a car
Atlanta is one scary city. My husband and I had a second home in Atlanta and it was broken into when we were not there. We sold the home in 2015 and I don't even want to visit the city ever again.
You made the right decision because since 2015, the crime has grown tremendously. I feel Georgia is going downhill and has for the last decade.
@@MR-pr8tp That is so sad because Atlanta used to be such a cool city.
I moved away from Atlanta but I still receive the updates on next door neighbor for East Atlanta village. Every day it's break in,break in, break in, car break in. It's out of control.
Don’t care. Still considering moving there.
@@lisagardner903 it still is
I’m surprised that the state minimum wage didn’t play a factor being it’s still technically $5.15 (7.25) and it’s extremely expensive. It was expensive when I lived there in 2012-2015. The one place I lived at in Canton around that time was $715 a month. Now it’s 1600, that’s insane.
You must have been one of the 3% black population at the time in Canton.
@@willp.8120 Who cares, Im in East Cobb, its a dream here. Blk folks always acting scared of whites. I was raised by a real blk man who dont fear shit. Southside is a shit hole.
@@willp.8120 What’s your point bringing this up exactly?
@@ejames5153 I'm white, too. I grew up in south Cobb and saw the demographic change, and it is nothing I'd want on any area.
Canton is not Atlanta
Why it’s so dark in Atlanta at night? What do they have against traffic lights ?
I currently live in the Atlanta metro area. The crime is getting worse and I stay in the Chamblee-Dunwoody area. There has been a lot of break ins.
I’m from Philadelphia Atlanta crime rate double ours so #3 is spot on. The air quality was fine for me it was the fire ants, plants and trees that trigger, those big behind spiders,cicadas hell the list can go on. I miss the weather.
There is one reason, and we all know what it is. When it can fully talked about then things can improve
Grew up around atlanta and I would never have guessed the city would get this popular, it’s like a second California and New York almost. Literally everyone is moving here no reason and prices have been going up too 😭 Crime is also another big thing like shootings and people are rude asf now rather than friendly
Biggest problem with Atl is low wages and high cost of living. Also, crime is much higher than you are making it out to be! You are seeing many native Atlanteans leaving in droves.
When I was very young, I always wanted to see Atlanta. But everytime I go to Atlanta, I just get so furious.
People ask me why I hate Atlanta, I just tell them One Word.
Wait.. what? I live in atlanta and it seems like a million people are moving here daily. When I was younger, this city was almost like a small town, everyone basically knew everyone, at least in regards to age groups and social scenes. They tore down all the cultural spots and historical gathering spots, put up hundreds of sky rise condos, brought in countless people from LA for the new film industry, etc. and now the streets and highways are gridlocked in a 24-hour rush hour and no one knows each other. Dive bars replaced by fancy joints, a giant super mall in the center of the city, Atlantic station, Ponce city market, etc. all places that Atlanta natives neither can afford or care to go to. From the ground level it seems like everyone is moving to atlanta (and ruining it)
People are moving here. The video is wrong. Atlanta is still one of the fastest growing metros in the nation.
@@shivtim i live in Henry county and which is seeing a huge influx of people leaving ATL city limits for our little neck of the woods. Pair that with the multiple distribution centers they are building here and we are one of the fastest growing areas in metro. The video doesnt address that. People might be leaving the city limits but they arent leaving the area. The city itself might be shrinking but all of the metro areas are growing. Cheaper housing, more available jobs, better traffic but still with the ability to get into the city for the night life and entertainment.
@@gatorcorinne gentrification in Atlanta and new overpriced pack and stack luxury apartments have priced many people out.
Atlanta only has 480,000 people its small stop it
@@shivtim its not though. Atlanta only has 480,000 people its small and the city is boring as hell. Nobody is moving here he's going by stats you're going on emotions Atlanta sucks
I lot of people see Atlanta as "cheap", but I always say this, "everyone loves Atlanta until they get an Atlanta paycheck." That LA/NY paycheck isn't guaranteed when you move to Atlanta. Some apartments in downtown Atlanta is matching downtown LA.
You're so right! People move to Atlanta from places like LA or NY or even Florida because they see it as cheaper but don't understand the pay doesn't match other places and think the living is cheap. The price of housing has gone up everywhere but especially in Atlanta seeing that people from other dense populated states move here and think it's cheap because they sold their 600k house somewhere else so all of Atlantas beautiful 400k houses get snatched up and they jack up the prices to 900k.
@@JMED0000 Exactly! I had a co-worker who moved from NY, and thought that 1200 for a two bedroom was cheap, until the income did not match the rent.
I live in Augusta, Ga. No one in the rest of the state considers Atlanta cheap. We normally consider Atlanta the reasons our cost of living is going up because Atlanta. And the out of towners moving there.
I guess that also depends on what you do for a living. We moved here from Florida and it’s our best decision ever. Less crime, better schools, and definitely more affordable than Florida. Oh, we are in the suburbs outside of Atlanta. I would never want to live in Atlanta itself.
@@TriRacialAmericana
It's not like Atlanta (suburbs included) will have zero success, but a lot of folks are struggling there, myself included. If Atlanta was what it was in the late 2000s, I would've considered staying.
Honestly, as someone who grew up in the Atlanta suburbs (and who is leaving soon), a big push factor is that the city and suburbs rarely agree to actually invest in any infrastructure (especially transit) to accommodate a growing population. My final decision between accepting a job offer in Atlanta or elsewhere was pretty much decided by my desire to not need a car anymore.
I gave your comment a like. Atlanta is super DOPE. The food, culture, dating scene if your are a professional single. Its awesome. The downside is the traffic and two many foreigners. I don't hate immigrants but Atlanta is the HOME of Southern Hospitality but you have out of towners and immigrants that are RUDE. Sorry, When I come into somebody house I wipe my feet as a New Yorker, when I come to Atlanta can I ask my fellow Georgians get I have some of that chicken or deer meat. I don't just take the chicken. You got people from Asia, Latin America and other parts of the United States just doing what they want. This is the problem.
where are you moving to if I can ask? (looking for ideas)
@@justinkaiser5589 DC area (only cuz I got a job there, I may come back in the future)
@@sumedhgarimella6024 I hated living in DC. best of luck to you.
You’ll be back
One of the worst traffic jams I was ever in was in Atlanta. And yes, I've driven through LA, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Dallas, etc etc.
Yes, the traffic in Atlanta sucks. I grew up on the L.A. freeways, and have drove also in Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Miami, and Chicago. But by far Atlanta is the worst! And there is no other freeways to get around it either!
Damn traffics worse then Houston?
@@imasnail3597 lol I know right? Hard to imagine
I got stuck in a seven hour jam once. A tanker rolled over and caught on fire at 285 & 400. It wasn’t pretty
But not Boston.
Yeah I'm a truck driver and they tell us not even stop nowhere near Atlanta or Macon because of the crime I think a lot of crime in Atlanta probably goes unreported because it is bad
Joshua Beeler, you just told the truth: ask anyone who owns a RING security system and gets neighborhood updates. We live in Buckhead and there are shots fired every night. Right around the Buckhead Home Depot is a new cluster of condos & there is a shoot-out as soon as the sun goes down.
Macon is really bad! Totally agree with you. Yes, crime goes unreported because it does no good to report it. So many cops here are smart alecks, on super ego trips, no matter how nice you are. Interesting comment that you have been warned but agree.
I live in macon
I’m from Decatur and let me tell you it’s like Chicago and New York. The crime wave is real. You just never know if you’re going to make it home at night , evening, or broad daylight. They having shootouts in broad daylight now. 14 year old kids walking around with AK-47😬😬😬
@@westmax8491 Why? lol.
It is terrible. I'm planning an exit strategy. I really hate it here. It used to be cool but 20 yrs in and I'm beyond past ready to dip. It's very overrated and over populated. The people are fake and pretentious, cost of living is insane, the roads are raggedy af...I could go on and on.
Please go on more
Id like to hear it all
Don’t care. Still considering moving there. Will gladly take your place.
Spread your wings and fly
Atl is Hollywood of the south loud and overrated
I once drove 9-10 hours to Franklin, TN just so I could avoid driving in Atlanta. If I would've went through Atlanta, it would've been only about a 6 or 7 hour drive (not counting traffic time). It was worth it. Between the amount of times I've been stuck in Atlanta traffic and all the times I've seen wrecks or people driving like complete psychopaths up there, I'm fine with driving more hours to avoid it.
I drive from Florida to Nashville; I choose not to go to ATL……. Absolute SHITHOLE.
Crime crime crime😱
Pussies.
That’s kind of a navigational error. You can get thru the city in minutes
@@BoyceWebb-h7n not around the time I was going. I would’ve hit the city around the same time traffic start getting bad. It wasn’t worth it lol.
@@AmberKateD1995 Yeah. That can be a factor. I’d still go through. I do everyday
As a Atlanta native this is awesome keep spreading the news brother and we hope this will make the people go away 😂😂😂😂
Frfr
Atlanta is the past for a reason. Let's hope people stay away from this third world shitthole city.
Nah imma be down there next week
@@0Mynameisearl0 please don’t unless your visiting and going back to where you’re from 🤣🤣🤣
I second as an atl native
What the hell? People are moving here like crazy.
I'm from Miami, Florida and went to Atlanta in September. Took the Marta, thought the public transportation was centuries ahead of Florida. Funny how many NYers complained about public transportation in Atlanta, can't imagine the nightmare they're having in Florida.
Miami native here. The world is full of negative-minded, whining little bitches. Otherwise known as rich people bitchin. Travel to other countries; see HOW and WHAT people have to do to get around, and then push back a biggie-sized cup of "shut the F@k up!"
If you live in the U.S., we are BLESSED no matter how shitty we think we have it.
I had that same experience when I visited Atlanta last year. I was so happy to be able to take the train. The bus system we have (PSTA) is one of the best in our state but it still sucks ass sometimes. And barely any place in Florida has heavy rail as a public transportation option.
Yeah but South Florida has beautiful beaches and is worth the horrible public transport but ATL has no beauty and just humid weather and pine trees everywhere…ATL is like Detroit in the south
@@sweetwonkahallelujah7016 Not to mention how absolutely depressing Atlanta looks in the Winter months. It's enough to give me seasonal depression just by looking at it.
@@sweetwonkahallelujah7016 c’mon I get that it’s no beach town but “not beautiful” or “Detroit in the South” is just rude, petty, and not true. This city has its problems and I’ll be the first to call them out as I did in the comments with crime rates going up but it’s still a beautiful city. Or maybe beauty is truly only in the eyes of the beholder or native, I guess 🤷♀️
Atlanta is a boring sprawl.
I lived in the Atlanta area for most of my life ( I'm 58 now) and I can agree on a few of these points. The traffic is horrible, the air quality isn't the best, and the cost of living has gotten a bit high recently. but the one thing that I noticed over the last 20 years wasn't mentioned: ATTITUDE.
Atlanta used to be a fairly friendly city. if you asked someone for directions, they would help you out. If you were in a line, the people in line with you were willing to talk to you. the cashiers and servers in stores/restaurants were pleasant. Now, that has all changed. I went there to visit my mother a few months ago, and I stopped in to a Chick-fil-A to get some food. The people behind the counter ignored me for 3 minutes, and when I called out to them I got flipped off! And that wqas at a chain noted for their excellent customer service! All other places in Atlanta are showing similar or worse attitudes as well. I grew up there and i remember Atlanta had the fabled "Southern Hospitality" everywhere you went. Now, you need to get out beyond where the public Transportation systems run to find friendly people.
100% agree with. Born & raised in the ATL metro (40yrs) and it has become so pretentious, not like the small town wrapped in a big city feel it used to have.
All that said, still wouldn't leave unless for Key West. I think I'm moving there for retirement
YOu want to know why the attitude has changed? It's because of all the people moving to here from other states. I was born and raised here and for every 10 new people I meet, only one is from Georgia. Migration has changed the a lot of things.
@@NottyAries sounds like people are still moving to Georgia. This video is propaganda.
I only went to Atlanta once but that was 12 years ago. Back then all the people were nice and friendly towards me, but I guess a lot has changed in 12 years since I last visited Atlanta.
Omg yesssss!! People’s attitude is definitely a big issue. Employees AND just regular people you encounter. But a lot (most) of them aren’t from atl or even anywhere that’s known for being friendly/polite/considerate. Now once we get away from the city, the further away we get the closer we get to that “southern charm” that we all were hoping to still find in this melting pot.
I left Atlanta in 1995 because of horrible traffic. I can't imagine how bad it is now.
That’s before 1996 Summer Olympics
I used to work as an apartment locator in the city. At my job we had a chart that showed $/hour compared to the price of rent. If you weren’t making $25/hr we couldn’t help you and we worked with a vast majority of complexes. A lot of ppl aren’t making that and a lot of apartments don’t accept vouchers. It used to break my heart to hear those stories everyday.
Thats the American way it's sick.
It's gotten worse.
Ik ppl making less than $20 in ATL...they just get roommates
Promove? They shut those down. Clearly was not for the tenant benefit
@@So_Cato yea that’s where I worked. They’re still open. They shut the offices down and consolidated to one location after covid.
As an Atlanta native, I believe alot of the recent stats on the city doesn't take in to account the metro area. Our city is one of many cities where taking just the city number won't paint the full picture. For me personally, everything within I-285's perimeter is considered Atlanta, but with so much unnecessary politics, the geography looks and depicts differently. Cities like Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, South Fulton, Dunwoody, etc have become their own now, which leads people to believing that 'Atlanta' is shrinking and have poor test scores (affluent neighborhoods of the cities). The 4 specific cities I named, you could walk on one side of the street and be in Atlanta and the other and be in ___.
Ultimately I have my reservations with newer cities popping up because it skews actual data and makes the politics (and the cost of living) go through the roof. WATB is spot on with this list though. Crime for sure is overrated here, (just more sensationalized and various). The heat and bugs down here will piss you off too lol, just hot as hell for no reason.
Could be Climate Change!
I agree. Atlanta's big growth spurt occurred when "Atlanta" included all of Fulton County and some of DeKalb. It never had clear borders except for county borders. But most of the wealthy suburbs that used to be unincorporated Fulton (and thus "Atlanta") are incorporated cities now. I think Buckhead will eventually secede as well. Atlanta proper has gotten smaller but also regentrified somewhat, so there is more wealth there than there used to be. When I moved here in the mid-90s, that "Atlanta's Population Now" sign across from Piedmont Hospital read something like 3.5 million; last time I saw it working, it read 6.5 million.
@@cisium1184 Atlanta was never all of Fulton County, EVER.
Fulton County used to be three counties.
1. Fulton County (this area is basically the area from East Point up to Sandy Springs.
2) Milton County (this area is in present, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton, John's Creek, and some of extreme east Cobb.
3) Campbell County (this area is in present Union City, Fairburn, Palmetto)
The City of Atlanta within Fulton County was originally a small concentric circle. It extended to about where West End is now and north to about the I-75/I-85 split, and south to just below where Georgia State stadium is.
After this period, Fulton County was consolidated Milton and Campbell Counties.
The city of Atlanta later expanded to incorporate the current city limits, including a small area of Dekalb County. It, however, did not include Buckhead.
In the 1950s, Buckhead was incorporated into the city of Atlanta, giving us the city limits as they pretty much stand today.
Atlanta grew massively during the 1980's and absorbed other cities to become part of it's suburbs. Marietta, Smyrna etc. Which are included as part of Atlanta and where the city proper fights to expand Marta every few years. The issue is that those cities never really gave up their independent sense of themselves. To where if you compared them to other cities in the area they will make it very clear that Kennesaw is not Atlanta, Smyrna is not Atlanta, Marietta is not Atlanta. Even though I have heard a ton of people in metro Atlanta treat them like simple suburbs.
@@als3022 Smyrna is very much a suburb, as is Kennesaw and Marietta. Nearly everyone acknowledges that it is part of the Atlanta area, even people who live there. A small percentage want nothing to do with the city, but even these don't pretend to think they aren't part of the Atlanta area.
Marietta and Smyrna have been developed suburbs since the 70s, by and large. South Cobb Drive and Cobb Parkway was rather developed around this time and throughout the 80s. You talk like you're speaking more of Alpharetta, since that area didn't really take off until the early 90s.
Atlanta gps be like "turn left onto Peachtree st, turn right onto Peachtree st, take the 2nd left onto Peachtree st. in 400 ft make a u-turn and turn right onto Peachtree st"
I lived there for 6 months in 2001 and almost got robbed 3 times. The first time they got some other students in my dorm. The second time 2 students walking behind me got shot by the same robber. The 3rd time I was smart and told my homeboy to split up. The guy peeped game and took off. ATL I’m good….
The cockroaches do most of the looting and murders.
I have lived in Atlanta metro for 20 years. The heat, tolerable- air conditioning. The bugs are typical for the south. Allergies- a problem, a big problem. Traffic is terrible- and I came from Los Angeles. Many of us are reluctant to go into the city secondary to crime. The schools in the city are poor, the burbs not so bad. There are two separate cultures in the Atlanta metro area- one values education, the other- not so much. I have lived in Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, San Diego, and Phoenix as well. Atlanta isn't the worst in this list.
Opinion of Seattle? I've been in both, and, I much prefer the "Southern Hospitality" of ATL over the dickish, frankly Creeps, of the PNW...
@@taylorj6177 I'm born/raised in Seattle, and traffic is a challenge given the city is in between 2 large bodies of water, and worse given the population growth over the past decade or so.
@@taylorj6177 boring. nice people.
Agreed. And it’s those people that do not value Education that are the ones who’s kids are riding around on scooters shooting people.
@@taylorj6177 That's all over now even in the Southeast and is not constrained to the PNW. Well, at least in Florida it's like that.
As someone that lives in Metro Atlanta you are right the public transportation system is a joke. My commute takes 1 hour to up to 2 hours depending on traffic.
That and the MARTA rail system is very limited due to ignorance in suburban counties. Hell it resembles a plus sign on a map.
@@PlayaPotna1984 your 100% right. A major thing that would help traffic would be extending MARTA rail service into the suburbs. Like you were saying though it gets voted down time and time again. Because of a belief that it will bring "criminals" from Atlanta to their quiet safe suburb lol
@@mhans79 And it would accelerate more criminals coming into their area. Look what MARTA did to Lenox Square Mall.
@@willp.8120 I mean like everything there are gonna be positives and negatives. The suburbs have already been experiencing an upswing in crime and violence due to gentrification in Atlanta proper and people getting pushed out of Atlanta to the burbs. I honestly don't think expanding Marta train service to these areas would have a major negative effect crime wise. Of course Im just a person giving my opinion. I don't have any statistics etc to back up my opinion.
@@HanStar Based on my life experience in the Atlanta area, it would accelerate the trend of crime, and or bring it to places that don't have much crime. The ghetto elements use a train system much like any other transportation system, it gives them access to nice areas that they'd normally not seek out on their own, but if a busline or a train is going there, at all hours of the day, they want to go explore it. Before you know it, they're moving into your area.
We have traveled many places, recently retired military and I agree with everything you said 100%. My biggest annoyance, though, is the traffic. In metro areas, one lane roads at 45 miles an hour, people refusing to even go the speed limit, roads not able to accommodate the population growth. People can't seem to drive, daily wrecks and extremely high insurance rates, rude people and I don't even have time to talk about the antiquated trash disposal system here it's ridiculous.
Sounds like every major city in the US!
😄 You guys always say "retired military" rather than retired from the military.
Don’t care. Still considering moving there.
Is colonial buildings important?
How much do apartments typically cost in suburban Atlanta, Georgia?
I am a Georgia resident and I wouldn't be caught anywhere near Atlanta. It's turned into a hell hole.
Those in the outstate have been calling it that for as long as I can remember.
I LIVE IN Atlanta and it is pretty bad. It gets super hot or super cold. Atlanta has so much bugs like flys, mosquito eaters, etc. that’s why we hate spring and summer the most
Lot of racist In the comments.
Is that you Al Sharpton ?
Top two issues: The police, and crime.
So these people don’t own a map? of course it’s not near the ocean 🤦🏾♂️
Those are the same people, usually tourists, who while in Hawaii where I lived asked me stuff like; "Can I use American money here?" or "Is it still a Monarchy here?" For the money question I would answer, "No, you needed to go the Bank of Hawaii to exchange it."
Lolll
Hahahahaha
@@lindabriggs5118 damn! 🤣
Love your comment and needed that. I thought the same thing. But the beaches in Georgia are pretty bad wherever you go.
This is just wrong. there has been a HUGE boom in the Atlanta area. this is why Georgia is such a political battleground now. People coming from blue states, usually. Rent and home prices are going up at a rapid pace and construction of new apartments adding density to the city and the metro area is constant. Major tech companies and tech divisions of corporations have opened up headquarters in Atlanta, not to mention the film/TV industry. Bugs aren't going to cancel out a major economic opportunity for someone. Atlanta is growing and won't stop.
I wonder if Briggs has some kind of ulterior motive to subversively dissuade people to move to Georgia....
The traffic sucks and the people there tend to be more rude. That was my experience just visiting.
It used to not be like this. Californians and Yankees ruined it.
@@jamesc.e.s.4551 EXACTLY...that was my #1 reason for moving out of it. I prefer not to live around those kinds of people.
@@williamwilkins3084 I like that white and black Atlantians are finally putting aside racial differences to walk hand in hand into some Yankees kitchen window to steal their electronics while theyre at work. That’s the one good thing they've done. They brought us together. :*)
@@jamesc.e.s.4551 I had that happen to me while living there, too...another WHITE person and a female at that. At the time I was living there men and women also hated each other's guts - doubt that's changed, either - or at least not for the better.
@@williamwilkins3084 when were you living there?
When I was a boy (50s-60s) Atlanta was still a Southern city. By the 80s the city had become a branch of NYC.
I left 25 years ago, yes, for the same reason you were told by so many, the reason you cannot publicly disclose and stay on TH-cam.
I did too
Lol.... A lot of Kenyans like ATL.
We all know.
It makes me laugh when I hear people trying to compare Atlanta to NY. Don't. Atlanta is its own city. There should never be any comparison to The Big Apple ❤ There is only one.
The traffic is so bad in Atlanta that it’s a hour from Atlanta to Atlanta
I think my coffee just came out my noise 😂
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🤦🏾♀️ Nose it came out of my nose
I get it Matt. That is true.
@@oOoMiSSBiRDoOo 😂😂😂
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Common saying in Atlanta. Lol
I lived in Marietta for a temporary job for about 5 months. I liked Atlanta metro but I wouldn’t leave the house between 4 pm-7 pm for the traffic. Oh yea, the pollen fell like snow, it would be al over cars and windows.
I moved to Atlanta in the 90’s. I couldn’t believe the pollen that left a yellow snow like substance on your car during pollen season. I’d never seen anything like that.
@@pauljackson2473 For some reason, it hasn't been that bad in recent years.
@@pauljackson2473, good description, it was like snow. I’ve never had “allergies” but I had to start taking medication to keep my eyes from watering.
@@Jacob-he1lg I know. I didn’t have to take medicine but I used to be affected by the pollen.
People are moving here. Just not savory people. Getting a lot of hoodrats and illegal immigrants.
I live near Atlanta and this area is probably one of the highest growing areas in the country. I don’t get it. Things in the past 5 years have changed dramatically.
My sister lived in the Atlanta area since 1991. When ever I visited, I quickly became frustrated with the traffic. Anytime I had to use any part of the Interstate I wanted to leave town.
There are certain towns that just are hard for outsiders to drive and that makes it more frustrating than would show just by travel times.
I was relieved when she moved to North Carolina.
We live in East Tennessee and spend a lot of our free time in North Carolina. My Sister lived in north Atlanta in a beautiful neighborhood for about 10 years. She just did not like the culture in Georgia and she and her family moved back to North Chicago. She loves it there.
The thing is, any Atlanta native knows that you don't use the interstate, you used backroads that wind through the city. Every Atlantian has their "secret route" that they take in order to bypass the transplants and shave off three hours of sitting in traffic.
Yep. It’s not just about the travel time in Atlanta. It’s the travel time mixed with feeling that a bunch of maniacs are driving way too fast and erratic for conditions putting you in danger. This feeling seems to be confirmed by the very high number of accidents you see. I’ve heard a couple people from LA say it even stresses them out.
@@dannmarks "culture" 🤔
@jamesc.e.s.4551 That idea might've work 15-20 year's ago but with the wide use of GPS there are no more short-cuts through town. I live in Atlanta and even now the alternative routes be slow because GPS have showed people how to avoid the interstate
Atlanta is still growing but not like it was in the 90's and 2000's. My problem with Atlanta and other cities like Dallas and Houston is they feel like giant suburbs not cities.
That's because that's what they really are.
Welcome to modern southern big cities
Most major cities down south have no density.
@@PlayaPotna1984 Yes because their growth came after the rise in people driving cars and suburbs. Northern cities like New York and Boston were already big by the time cars came around.
@@chadmcnabb281 yep, 100% the answer right there. ppl forget that most cities in the northeast developed well before the advent of cars.
Atlanta was relatively small time until they developed the airport in the 50's and then it really exploded after the airport's expansion in the late 70's early 80's
I think Briggs deserves the TH-cam sponsorship award on how to best present your sponsor! When many content creators talk about their sponsor it's annoying and disruptive. Not with Briggs. He presents the sponsor almost in passing, so much to the point where you wonder if it's even a sponsor.
Good job Briggs! And thank you.
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I live in South Carolina my entire life, even though I know not to move to Atlanta. I would move to other cities outside of Atlanta ( if I want to move there).
Moved to Atlanta stayed for 8 yrs trying to remain optimistic then I was done, could not get a job to save my life because I like many others were considered over qualified, Atlanta doesn’t like to pay, became homeless four times in that place, I have never experienced any mess like that living anywhere else. Needless to say won’t even go back to visit friends thank goodness for chat and video. Homelessness should be #1 no matter your background you can get screwed.
Wow that's crazy
How did u survive homelessness
In used to commute from Marietta to Alpharetta via 285 and 400, and it would take an hour and a half during weekday rush hour traffic vs. 30 minutes on a Sunday afternoon. It’s still a nice city if you stay OTP (outside the perimeter of Atlanta, which is encircled by 285). Just growing fast and housing has gotten much more expensive since 2000.
Why didn't you drive Roswell Road (120) to Roswell Road/Alpharetta Highway (9)? Would have been much faster for you, I'd think. Either that or take I-575 north to Woodstock and take 92 east to Roswell and then get on Highway 9.
I live right behind Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta, in a family-friendly, quiet nice neighborhood. The commutes I have, even when having to travel across town etc, are very tolerable (vs when I used to live further out), and often pleasant. I work all over the metro and don’t find myself stressed in the car as often since moving to Midtown.
@@adammcneil231 Sounds like you live in Loring Heights off Deering Road.
@@willp.8120 near the Braves stadium and commuted to an office park near the Alpharetta Whole Foods
I live outside the perimeter and traffic is no better. It’s gotten 10X’s worse since covid.
Bruh ATL is full!
my advice is to live on the outskirt, i live in Mcdonough which is 30 min from downtown atl i love it. less crowded and much more peaceful compared to when i lived in east ATL.
I've lived here since 1996. I agree with most of these; not all of them apply to my lifestyle but I see that they affect other people.
One disagreement: the bugs here aren't that bad. There's a _lot_ of them, but they won't swarm you or eat you alive like the black flies and mosquitos in New Hampshire will. Now _those_ are some annoying bugs. Use airtight containers in the kitchen and Atlanta bugs will leave you alone.
My big recommendation to people moving to Atlanta is to live as close to your workplace as you can afford to - only a mile or two away if possible. It makes a huge difference.
I'm from the swamps of Mississippi bugs is not a problem for me I have seen them all
I have a phobia towards bugs 🐜 such as cockroaches 🪳
I live 7 miles from work. It usually takes me 45 minutes to drive SEVEN MILES smh.
@@marinewillis1202 ikr, absolutely ridiculous!
@@marinewillis1202 you can walk 7 miles in under 2 hours so that is disturbing
The number one hard part about moving is leaving friends behind:(
So many people from all over have been flocking to Atlanta and metro Atlanta for decades it's ridiculous. And they're continuing to build apartment buildings. So I don't know what this video is talking about
Why is this guy lying about the crime. The homicide rate in America is 5 per 100k residents. In Atlanta, it’s around 30 per 100k. It’s 6x or 500% higher than the national average!
Every city can’t be New York, Chicago, LA or Washington. The 8th largest metro in the country can’t be void of everything desirable. I grew up between Augusta/Atlanta and Philly and I find it quite nice. For some reason some people don’t like where they are from because they are aware of the inner workings of their city or haven’t progressed in it as they feel they should have, but trust Atlanta is better than a lot of metropolitan cities. And also, the world’s busiest airport, not country, world. Atlanta is an international city whether you all like it or not.
Number one, savage animals, running the streets and causing crime
You need to tell that to the people moving there daily.
It is funny how most of the reasons people are leaving Atlanta weren't a problem until all these people from Chicago, the northeast and the west coast moved there. And the other reasons were always there. It has always been hot and has never been near a beach. The traffic and air quality has been bad for decades.
Lol the Atlanta metro is definitely growing & will continue too. Briggs must live in a bubble.
Having relocated to the Atlanta metro area from NYC a few years ago, I can say that the cost of living isn't that high for homeowners. However, the jobs don't pay much so that is why it feels expensive. I was fortunate to transfer my job and pay from NYC. You definitely get more for your money here compared to NYC. I live and work outside of "the city" so I don't experience the heavy traffic.
yall up north trash need to stop coming down. your ancestors ran from the white man mine stayed and fought.. That's why y'all get beat when yall move here because if that ratchet urban culture
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Atlanta lost the original culture and southern charm it once had. I haven’t been back to Atlanta to visit in awhile. It’s not like it was in the 90s and early 2000s
as a resident of atlanta i can say this video is 100 percent false. hundreds of people move here every single day
Atlanta.....my hometown. Haven't lived there in MANY years and would never move back. I lived in Buckhead and then Sandy Springs, but never again. I had a lot of extended family that stayed there over the years but now all but one have moved to the north Georgia mountains. Crime and traffic biggest reason to get out.
I tried living in North GA which is beautiful country but was like living in the 50's. Tried several locations but all the same and couldn't take the racism. Moved to central GA and a very small town, and now life is sweet!
@@MR-pr8tp Besides Atlanta where I grew up, I lived in Macon, Newnan, and Valdosta. But many, many years ago. I'm sure they've changed too.
@@dabprod I live below Macon (1 hour away) and it is probably the highest crime area in the state besides Albany GA. And read where the response time is an average of 30 minutes for police response in Macon area. Sad..
@@MR-pr8tp Yeah....too bad. It's where I'm from, but would never move back.
Don’t care. Still considering moving there.
I work for the state of Georgia and my intake shows hundreds of people move here every month. This isn't true. People may talk about Atlanta and some may move away but more and more people are still moving to Atlanta.
Atlanta is becoming Chicago South in terms of crime.
I think I’d rather be in Chicago rather than Atlanta. I drive a semi and Atlanta has the worst traffic in the country. People are always in a hurry, if you honk at someone you’re liable to get shot at and every truck stop I’ve been to there has to have a cop on scene who really doesn’t care what goes on. I wouldn’t live in the state of Georgia, but damn sure wouldn’t live in Atlanta. Ever. Lol
U heard of fayetteville nc
@@Hawgwild97 when traffic isn't bad, people are going 80mph on highways and even 50mph on surface roads WITH traffic lights. They are always in a rush and many drive very aggressive. This isn't just ATL with the speed. I-185 in Georgia and GA 400 are almost like autobahn.
Johnson city where I live is considered
litte chicago thanks or no to a notorious
man, I hope the prescience of the Federal gov. is a good sign as the
return of the wildlife to the region,
Are you willing to listen now?
No HOUSTON is chicago South
I will leave Metro Atlanta as soon as I can retire!
My husband, too.
Jobs are drying up in the Atlanta metro area as well... Housing is continuing to go up getting WAY TOO EXPENSIVE... One bedroom apartments are now a minimum of $1800 for anything in a safe and decent neighborhood...
Police response times are really bad too
So I have to tell you my job involves being in the downtown area of every major city in America multiple times per year. Not just looking at it out of a window but being in the downtown area outside observing and intermingling with people. I put Atlanta in my top three least favorite cities in America because although most major cities have a huge homeless problems the homeless problem in downtown Atlanta is that they are extremely aggressive which I don't encounter at anywhere near the level of aggressiveness anywhere else. They follow you they harass you I've had them follow me for blocks and blocks and I've had to threaten violence to get them to stop following me. Yes the traffic on the 285 is really bad at any time of the day for some reason. And you can call me all kinds of names for saying this but it still doesn't cover up the facts. I am a white male and I am super nice to everyone I encounter everywhere I go but I have consistently been treated with black on white racism all the time when I am there I've been talked to so rudely and looked down upon just for being the wrong color.. And although you say your city is not that violent, it is and it can be. When you have at Wendy's burned down and riots everywhere because of one criminal not obeying orders that shows me the violent nature of the city. And for that reason I would never consider living there nor ever bringing my family there on any kind of vacation. if the city can't get things under control the city is just going to decline just like other places you mentioned like Detroit. Like I said you can call me all the popular names you want for pointing obvious things out that are the elephant in the room but nobody is supposed to talk about because it's Politically Incorrect. But until we start facing real problems head on and stop sticking our head in the sand about things it's not going to be fixed
Black people are more racist
Which are the other 2 cities?
If you dont move to Atlanta because the ocean is too far, wait another 20 years and the new coastline is a lot closer maybe
Might take more like 30 to 50 but you're spot on. Atlanta will get a lot of the refugees.
This isn't true. Tons of (majority black) people are moving to Atlanta and greater Fulton/Dekalb Counties, mostly from Detroit, Chicago, Philly, and Cleveland. That's how Georgia has become a democrat state.
You sound scared, grandpa 😂😂
Demoncrappers sucks..another reason not to move there
& Baltimore. You speak the truth. Im from cle / chi and youre not lying. Blks have been moving to ATL since freaknic in the 1990s. That started the Movement to Atl. Im 50 yrs old. I know what im talking about
@@cle-chi I'm white, and it seemed to have started in 1997, after the Olympics, when Outcast and the like started promoting Atlanta, along with the incoming rap industry, as well as black media began to tout the city. I don't like the demographic changes we have seen.
It's still very red in the state government, and while there has indeed been black migration for economic opportunity, the real story has been other groups like Asians and Hispanics in counties like Cobb and Gwinnett that have flipped over to blue when they used to be very red. It's mind-blowing to me that Cherokee county is the largest net source of Republican votes in the state now.
This is absolutely crazy! I’ve lived here my entire life and it’s gotten so bad. Traffic is horrible, crime rate is horrible. I know for a fact that people are relocating here from Chicago and New York like crazy. I don’t know where you got your stats but it’s dead wrong. I know what I see every day. We are planning a regional move as soon as my daughter finishes college. It has gotten horrible to live here unless you are 100 miles outside atlanta.
@Jaudedagenius you nailed it 👏. I couldn’t agree more.
Yea remember when you could go to the mall without someone reaching into your car or trying to rip you off and sell you garbage?
@Joe Washington that's a trash response, sir. Not even constructive. I am a Republican. I do not approve.
@Joe Washington oh, my bad. Sorry about that my friend. How can I correct my opinions and feelings for your comfort? Briggs has it right. Be nice to each other.
@Joe Washington thank you for the advice, sir.
Panhandlers should have made this list. I lived in Atlanta for 10 years, and I was constantly being bugged for money, a smoke, etc. I'm looking to moving back to Georgia, SOUTH GEORGIA.
I've been to Atlanta a few times, and downtown is so confusing to drive in because have the roads are called Peachtree something. It's either Peachtree Drive, Roads, Streets, Avenue, Boulevard, Circle ... and they're all in the same area
Good day. I originally moved to Atlanta in the mid 90’s. It was exciting,cost of living was very affordable and it was still around 3 million metro population. I left in 2006 back to California. Everyone is flocking to the suburbs and Marta really doesn’t go to those areas . Crime used to be just Bankhead and the hoods . Now you have shootings in broad daylight in buckhead. Traffic is horrible on a good day, and the gentrification is so real you rarely find anyone that’s actually from Atlanta. The home prices in the city( for those who want to stay inside 285) is ridiculous!
So sad to see this, but I can relate. I loved to Metro Atlanta back in 1988 and it was improving and a fun place to live! Well, those days are long behind... Underground Atlanta was redone and went to Hell. Buckhead, once a fun nightspot, also went to Hell. Now it's Traffic, Corrupt Politics and just not much fun anymore! I escaped in 1997 and never looked back, but I will always have fond memories of my good years there.
Just a side note: If you're unfortunate enough to ride MARTA after either rush hour, do NOT lean back on the seat... the headrest will likely be covered with Jheri Curl. YUCK!
My husband and I rode MARTA to a Braves baseball game and everything was fine. On the way home from the game it was the scariest train ride I have ever taken. Most of the people in my train were younger men that were smoking and a fight broke out. I have never ridden MARTA ever again. We had a second home in Atlanta and it was broken into so we sold in 2015. I have no desire to go to Atlanta ever again.
People still get Jheri curls?!?!?!?!?!?! That's soooooo 80's!!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
It’s all the uneducated people that came in
No one wears jheri curls. The trains have gone down tremendously since the 90’s.
You’re talking about your experience from 25 years ago as if it’s still relevant today. Jheri curls? Lmao. And I’m not defending the city at all, I hate it here.
I used to live in Atlanta, and lived there for over 20 years of my life. My parents moved me there when I was 5, and I moved out of there when I was in my late twenties. To this day, I haven’t looked back. I’m not saying that I hated it, but what I am saying is that it was one of those places that wasn’t my cup of tea.
You are right about the traffic. I currently live in the south and have driven all over as well as across the country multiple times, and the worst and most stressful feeling traffic I have experienced is in the Atlanta area. Those highways are crazy.
Atlanta and Washington DC fly under the radar as far as traffic.
@@jerrymylove1754 I-95 northbound in the morning in northern Virginia is worse than anything in Atlanta. It starts backing up as far as Dumfries until you get to the Capital Beltway.
Live in Augusta Georgia where people are morons when it comes to driving. Went to visit mother in Kennesaw and now appreciate and will never complain about Augusta drivers again.
order is kept when there is 4 streets as a North S W E shape. Adding alternatives onto a original grid is a crime. Dublin is a spaghetti bowl.
@@willp.8120 you dont realizes how WIDE the roads are compared to the smaller expressways in the mid Atlanta and NE. it's the sheer volume + the gridlock that makes it notorious. That's why Houston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles have worse traffic objectively
Atlanta is facing the same problems my city is facing too. I live in Raleigh, and a lot of these are relatable to Atlanta. If Atlanta actually shrinks & Raleigh continues to grow, Raleigh may possibly out-populate Atlanta by 2030. We have bugs, humid summers, growing traffic, and growing cost of living too here. On the bright side though, we are closer to the ocean than Atlanta is.
After 2030 RDU could become busier than ATL.
@@Ahuntsicspotter 540 better finish first before we even think about becoming bigger than ATL metro.
What’s so great about being near the ocean when it’s safer inland and at higher elevation?
Metro Atlanta is triple Raleigh's population. No way Raleigh-Durham could ever surpass Atlanta in only 8 years. It likely never will.
@@ALuxeLife Raleigh isn't exactly close to the ocean. It's probably about two hours away.
That homeless situation is really bad. When I was there recently it seemed like the homeless were everywhere. It did not make me feel safe at all and people kept asking me for money. I noticed this same issue in Philadelphia as well.
Wait till its you
@@supme7558 True. I won’t have to wait long. It’s real out here.
I moved to Florida from NY. Have been living in Florida for 30+ years. I lived in Atlanta for 3. Atlanta has seasons, not like NY, but Briggs described Florida, not Atlanta.
Except the lack of ocean thing, you would think people would look at a map first if the ocean was important to them.
There’s a reason more people live in Florida than Georgia. Atlanta is hood.
@@meadster308 rather have mountains
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN The green Appalachians are beautiful but they are not the Rockies.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN same. I could care less about the beach. Have been in FL for 23 years, and have been to the beach maybe 20 times…
I’ll take the mountains over the beach any day.
Spent a few weeks in Atlanta for work, liked the laid back vibes, good food lots of green trees and it seems very affordable but oh man was the traffic terrible.
Affordable my a$$. I would like some of what you are smoking!
@@eastonvonschist2283 everything is affordable compared to taxafornia
@@weswest8666 I do not call my grocery bill being double affordable, I do not call my utility bills being double affordable and I do not call rents being almost triple as being affordable. What world are you living in?
Traffic should have been #1 and I'm surprised it wasn't.
@@myfriendgoo2816 and a lot of us work from home and the traffic is atrocious from 6am to 7:30pm
Was just in Atlanta about a month ago. Beautiful scenery but man that traffic was god awful. The infustructure is terrible and that alone is enough to keep me away. I honestly considered moving lol.
I live in Atlanta 28yrs now. Traffic is the worst because everyone at one time wanted to move here, pollen, customer service in the metro area aka the hoods in Atlanta is horrible, mental & the homeless population is out of control.
Pollen is just a fact of life. Plants exist.
Briggs’ next video : “10 Reasons why Everybody is moving to Atlanta!” 😁
That's too funny, Iggy. Half the people think folks drive too fast, but the other half think traffic congestion makes them drive too slow. Goldilocks syndrome.
@@jimjames1920 😂😂😂
I live in Atlanta and I’m surprised that traffic isn’t higher up, if not top 3. Also, some like crime really aren’t that bad, shocked at some of the rankings, like do y’all really live here? 😂
😂😂😂😂 no one is moving here?! Hi, Atlanta native and current resident. EVERYONE IS MOVING HERE. There are very few natives here. It's annoying actually. It is so over-populated here. So, idk where you got this video from because I WISH people would stop moving here.
Yep, they bring their bad habits from where they come from too
No bus is super slow especially on weekends, the cost of living is super high thinking everyone makes the SAME money, so that's how crime rates really went UP! Overall great review!
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Car insurance rates are extremely high because of horrible drivers causing accidents. Ironically I’m an insurance agent that moved here 17 years ago from the west coast. I thought our insurance rates and driving was bad in the west, it’s far worse in Atlanta. If you drive 80 mph on the freeway/interstate here (when there is light traffic), you will have someone on your bumper trying to run you off the road. Then drivers in a busy intersection trying to make a left turn always move forward blocking traffic when the left turn arrow goes to red. They flat out can’t drive here.
Not only that but when I was living in Atlanta I was paying higher rates due to the fact that I was living in an area that was higher crime because that's all I could afford. The insurance company told me it's because of where I live. There's a higher chance of property crime or theft.
@@Quesadill247 true, unfortunately
Could’ve fooled me. I’ve lived 40 minutes outside of atl all my life and all I’ve seen in the past 10 years is people moving here
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Atlanta has consistently ranked as a top destination for people moving within the United States. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Atlanta has been among the top 10 cities with the highest net in-migration (the number of people moving into a city minus the number moving out) in recent years.
Black ppl love to Atlanta.💀😆
Then they let black women run Buckhead.
@@bigneiltoo i noticed atlanta uses a lot of black women in local government. I wont be putting up with it!
Gang warfare controls Atlanta.
@@dannyhayes664 They need to let Buckhead be it's own city so they don't have Mayor Latisha or whoever.
I live in Atlanta. My apartment is walking distance from my job (I have a car) and EVERY place I need to shop, eat or buy is within walking distance. I never leave my quaint suburb. I stay in during the heat, working from home since 2020, pest control comes when requested. I deliberately moved near my job. Hate driving. No homeless in my neighborhood. I see nothing say nothing hear nothing. No drop ins. Son is grown, in law school. Life is good🙏🏽
No, Not telling anyone where I am😊I ❤it.
Awesome!
Nobody wants to know 😂
Briggs you can do a copy and paste for Florida. Same problems. The thing to remember is the souths wages are a half to a third of the north and west so we really can't afford the housing, food, or rent. Same job titles diffrent pay.
Whenever I discuss moving to Atlanta, the first response is 'crime". I think it significant that Buckhead wishes to become separate municipality.
Well Buckhead will not be it own city Buckhead will forever be Atlanta
Interesting video, from my personal opinion I see some things similarly but some differently. I live in Florida by comparison and I travel to Atlanta about once a year. It’s odd that transportation was rated bad as Marta trains are the thing I like best as I have taken to/from airport, to downtown, to Lennox Mall, to Mercedes Benz stadium, compared to Florida the transportation is great. That being said there are a lot of negatives in Atlanta too like the traffic, i hate the big circular freeways. Also another area where Atlanta really suffers is that it is more expensive but not as nice as other cities in Florida and Georgia. So it’s kind of like why would you live there when you could live in a nicer Florida or Georgia city for less? I suppose if you work in Atlanta you don’t have much of a choice. However, if you are able to work remotely in the Southeast other cities in Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina are simply more desirable for about the same cost or even cheaper at times. Overall though for big city metros I would rate Atlanta as middle of the pack or even upper middle of the pack as it is still more desirable than many other big city metros. I will take heat/humidity over cold/snow any day. I live in Florida so have grown accustomed to wearing shorts and tshirts year round and rarely ever having to wear a jacket or use a heater.
Visited Atlanta while living in Orlando. Found customer courtesy and friendliness was largely lacking in Atlanta, slightly better than NYC - just a lot of hot attitude. It was nice for a short visit.
I’m always culture shocked by the real friendliness I encounter when I go to other parts of the south because I’m so used to the rudeness here lmao
I was born and raised in metro Atlanta; but have lived in Europe, California etc but returned to Georgia. I wish I hadn't. But now retired I just moved to a very small quaint southern town in Central GA and love it. No traffic, nice people, no lines, diverse culture, gorgeous farmland, beauty country roads, but yes have to travel to get to big stores. As a Georgian -native, I have seen Atlanta grow into a great city but for the last decade or so, it has taken many steps backward. The crime, the bugs the size of mice, the traffic, rude and backward people seem to be the majority these days. Having lived many different places, personally, I think the entire southern US lacks a lot. Great video on the issues of Georgia. Spot on.
I did the same thing. I live in Barnesville now. I always used to say that Atlanta was my favorite large city back in the early 1980s. I wouldn't live there now for all the money in Georgia
I have lived in the Atlanta suburbs since 1997. I have noticed the rudeness is from the people coming to live here from other places. Sad truth. We see it on the roads with a particular state tag that I won’t say.
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I always heard great things about Hot - lanta.. i live in the southwest. Glad ur happily retired in Georgia.
"Size of mice" 🤣
Yesss! Agree with you 1000%! I've been in Atlanta since 1995 and especially as of the last 3 - 5 years or so it has gotten ridiculous with the cost of living and the crime especially. I have been contemplating moving to a smaller city/town in the state too.
Pretty much all correct. Rent and home prices have mostly tripled. I am a Real Estate agent and it’s very very bad. Some of the expensive areas used to be about a million dollars and those have also tripled not to mention taxes. My take is that the movie industry ruined it. Plus people don’t want to sell because where are they going to go?
And even in the most expensive areas, crime has increased. Just read yesterday where a woman- senior in Buckhead was stabbed in her home because someone was stealing her I believe a Lexus. Guy was arrested and believe the reports said she must have interrupted him. 11:00 am in the morning and in Buckhead. This is the part of Atlanta that is driving people away- crime and no matter where you live, poor, middle class or upper class..
@@MR-pr8tp Dangerous, young black hoodlums are the problem.
Right, because rent and housing prices have doubled and tripled in most other major cities as well
Glad I didn’t go thru with my GA RE license in 2015 😅 been left ghetto ass ATL since 2018 and never looked back
I retired from working in downtown Atlanta last year. I used to use the park-n-ride for the bus and walk three blocks to my office. What you'll find there is the homelessness and crime walk hand-in-hand. The street people were beginning to get more aggressive. First, they beg and if that doesn't work, they will rob you. Something to consider. I was fortunate not to have been robbed, but I did encounter a pushy homeless guy, and I thought was going to get in trouble there, but he finally backed off. Although he was displaying an angry attitude when I didn't get him money.
I live in Marietta and work downtown on Peachtree. I legally carry a pistol in my purse daily for.that reason.
This is plaguing most big cities. Leaders need to get the homeless away from the city.
@@beckyumphrey2626 I feel your pain. Mostly the street people ignore you. I did find that if I went down there not knowing where I was headed when I was applying for work, one of them would come up asking where you're going and walk along with you to show you hoping for a handout. I had one do that once and did hand him money because I felt sorry for him and he was grateful. It was just before I retired that they started getting more aggressive. Good idea to just keep your distance as much as possible and know where you're headed.
I learned to get my permit and always carry when ITP.
I’m not the type to carry. But I feel like I need to. Even my boss recommended it. Here, I’ve learned to hate the homeless. They block your exits from buildings and harass you, trying to intimidate you into giving them money. Complete Scum.
I haven't even listened to the entire video yet, but, as a native Atlantan, I can assure you everybody and their brother is moving to Atlanta...at least according to my daily drive. Traffic has always been bad, but it has been beyond ridiculous for a few years now! It doesn't matter what time of day or night you hit the roads, you're gonna be sitting in traffic. During "rush hour", forget about it, you'll be in a parking lot. I don't believe these people are just passing through. These are new residents to the city. However, maybe this video will deter anyone else from wanting to move here creating even worse traffic. 😁
No one lol
One thing I have heard that is a huge positive is Atlanta Film Studios. I have a friend who in an Amateur Director, has done work on product demonstration videos and local commercials for Finance, insurance etc in Pennsylvania.
the Film studios had a major breakthrough with The Walking Dead series and caught the eye of a consistently overpriced Los Angeles /Studio City, CA.
There are hopes and dreams for Atlanta Film studios to eventually become 'Hollywood East'
My friend and his family recently moved to the Atlanta Suburbs and he has obtained work in that field. They love it there.
Regarding downtown Atlanta it does seem to be on a downfall, unfortunately
That's a big contributing factor to the problems Atlanta's having. Georgia is not California.
@@uploadvidz4490 yup. All the films being shot all over the city only really do one thing...make the already horrible roads and traffic worse. Go into the area on any given day and you will have to go through around 3 movie shoots, and they just wreck the area traffic wise. Lets take one of the busiest roads in Atlanta Peachtree, where people already just park in the right lane and stop traffic, and add 25 big rigs along the sides leaving it a one lane road.