Thanks everybody, In defense of Atlanta, the city is developed, but the trees cover up everything under 2 stories, especially from the angles these photos are taken from. They don't have towers sticking out of the trees, but they do have very low rise, typical single family homes, apartments and stripmalls with towers right next to them. In that sense, Atlanta is sort of odd, but not really any different than Dallas, Houston, Phoenix or even Denver, Minneapolis etc.
Here are some more pics of the areas north of Downtown, the next part will be Downtown. Enjoy...
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