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Originally Posted by Ant131531
Race is the answer to why Atlanta sprawls so badly today, why public transportation lags, why the region is so balkanized, and why Atlanta only started aggressively urbanizing the core over the last 20 yrs or so. Everything comes back to race and racial politics.
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politics or preferences? maybe both I bet. its seems like the black middle class, with the exception of maybe in some select NE ciites prefer suburban life. big cars, big streets, nice yards and trees. lots of white folks like that too obviously. those drawn to Atlanta proper are probably more urban minded and development follows their tastes. public transit will always have an image problem too, especially in the eyes of suburbanites that don't see its benefit. that's too bad...