Atlanta, GA Reviews

Great Culture and Food, but bad Traffic - 2/19/2024
Lots of traffic near the airport at all times. Adds about 1.5 hrs to a 30 min commute. Great food and culture in downtown ATL area. Read More

Totally Underrated, great city for young people - 2/14/2024
Honestly the greater Atlanta area is the best place I've ever lived. There is so much diversity, delicious food, shopping, etc. The traffic really isn't that bad if you don't commute the same direction as everyone else. The only downside is the quality of schools. Unless you live in Decatur or an affluent suburb, you will probably have to invest in private schools.

If you like to go out to restaurants, clubs, brewery, beltline, etc. you will love Atlanta. Read More

It's really not that bad - 2/1/2023
I've lived just outside of Atlanta for 22 years and have spent a year deep within the hustle and bustle of the city. It's really NOT that bad. The crime really isn't that bad. If you stay out of trouble, you have nothing to worry about. The craziness you hear on the news is mostly localized to obviously sketchy parts of town. Plenty of people are nice here. Plenty are miserable bums. Just like most places.

The traffic also isn't that bad. It's largely localized. Certain areas are always congested. Always. Meaning, if you live here, you know these areas in particular are going to be congested. Heading through downtown at dinner time on a Saturday? So is everyone else. It's busy. People live here.

Rent sucks, it's a major city. I feel as if it should be expected.

There are plenty of parks, places to ride your bike, fun areas to walk around in shop in. Glenwood and Reynolds Town are 2 of the nicest areas in Atlanta. Filled with fantastic Read More

Growing American City with a Bright Future - 8/17/2022
I have spent my life between Chicago and Atlanta and in the end I chose the Atlanta metro area for affordability. People may complain about rising rent prices, but if you are looking to own property- there is still amazing opportunity in the metro area. I really wanted to buy in Chicago- but I couldn't justify paying 2-3x the amount in taxes to get a smaller place with worse weather. This is really a comparative answer, but I like Atlanta. I enjoy very easy access to hiking and outdoor recreation, rich civil rights history, Fortune 500 companies calling ATL home, events in Piedmont Park, nice restaurants in Buckhead and Midtown, downtown Decatur, the ingenuity of the new Beltline as well as the young, educated and diverse population. There is a lot of work that needs to happen to improve public transportation which I believe would be Atlanta's greatest investment opportunity. The improvement of MARTA could in turn cause many neighborhoods that were previously undesirable to increase Read More

Atlanta is a no no - 11/6/2021
I've been in Atlanta my whole life!!! The traffic here is so bad, the people here are awful, more and more people are moving here, violence is everywhere, the rent prices are ridiculous. I'm tired of Atlanta!!! Read More

Losing it’s quality - 9/15/2021
Been in Atlanta my whole life, gotta say it’s going downhill pretty fast. I honestly wish people would quit moving here. I don’t even believe the official statistics, it’s way off. It is becoming way too overcrowded. Nobody seems like they can keep up, and anybody who says they can is probably lying. Day by day life is becoming a real challenge! It is a real war in order to get by these days…..Everybody knows this population growth is real unpleasant and unnecessary…Basically, I’m going to pack my bags and head out to the countryside. Sorry to all you people that are stuck here Read More

I put my plan of escape into action - 8/2/2021
I moved to Atl in 2016, stayed 3 1/2 yrs. I hated it. I was born in Los Angeles, I'm a Cali Girl. Grew up accustomed to seeing all races, think nothing of it. Cali people tend to accept everyone. I'm Chinese and really look Chinese, but from LA, I'm as American as can be. I first "felt" racism in Atlanta. Didn't know what I was feeling. I was in an all Black Walmart. Who are they looking at? I looked behind me. Are they looking at ME?! What's going on? The feeling I felt was like a movie where a white person walks into a black nightclub and the music stops, everybody looks, that's what it felt like. I saw confederate flags. :0 I saw the Governor's Commercials with him holding a shot gun and saying he'd take all the Mexicans back in his bus, I thought it was a skit from Saturday Night Live! At my job, a coworker called me "ching ling" to others (I haven't heard that since elementary school) OK, now everything else. The traffic is horrible and the way they drive, a car Read More

No reason to be here any longer - 5/25/2021
The Atlanta metro has a few redeeming qualities: the job market is relatively strong and has good scope/range of opportunities and industries, housing is relatively affordable for a major metro (although we’ll see how long that lasts; it’s just recently gone up substantially w/ covid), you can find pretty decent public schools provided you can afford to live in the district, there are a lot of mature areas with lots of old tall trees and greenery, etc.

But it’s clear to anyone who’s lived here more than a few years that this place is basically atrophying and falling apart. Traffic improved for a bit during covid, but it’s pretty much back to the slow motion train wreck it was before covid, especially on regular roads/off the highways, which is more bothersome than highway traffic imo.

The weather is really only good in late winter/spring and late fall. Otherwise it’s either way too hot and humid or just cold enough for it to be uncomfortable and for the Read More

Don't do it. - 2/27/2021
Don't move here. Just don't. I've lived here nearly 40 years, and it is nothing like what it used to be. Traffic and sprawl is insane. Crime is bad. Cost of living is ridiculous, particularly for rent. The "ritzy" part of the city has been taken over by gangs and crime. Atlanta is business, business, business, and nothing else. Planning to get the H out of here and head to the mountains. Read More

Have you people completely lost your minds?? - 12/12/2020
This place has become so dangerous over the past decade. There is just nothing here that is necessary or right anymore. I don’t believe official statistics on this website, it seems like bull. This place is insane and sick and not well and no realizes it. The culture is degenerating. It’s degenerating fast. Nobody wants to know each other or help. Traffic is as bad as everybody says it is- just ride around. The growth is very much a problem also. There is just nothing that is organized: everything is completely atrocious and there is no direction. The people cslling the shots here have no understanding of organization. It’s a one big ball of disorder. Atlanta is Read More