Atlanta named most liveable city in the United States

[jayden]

https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...-north-america

Read more detail without the block here:

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/e...-north-america

[iheartthed]

It's very American to score "infrastructure" without considering public transit lol:

Infrastructure (7 Points)
Hazardous Dams: Half Weight (0.4 Points)

Note: This metric measures the number of hazard dams per 100K people in 2019.

Road Maintenance Budget: Half Weight (0.4 Points)

Note: This metric measures the maintenance disbursements per lane.

Number of Major Airports: Regular Weight (0.9 Points)

Note: This metric measures the number of major airports per capita.

Average Road Condition: Regular Weight (0.9 Points)

Note: This metric measures the number of roads with acceptable pavement ride quality based on the International Roughness Index in 2019.

Number of Electrical Complaints: Regular Weight (0.9 Points)

Note: This metric measures the number of electrical outages per 100K in 2021

Park Maintenance: Regular Weight (0.4 Points)

Note: This metric measures the amount of resources allocated to park maintenance per capita in 2018.

Structurally Deficient Bridges: Regular Weight (0.9 Points)

Note: This metric measures the percentage of bridges that are in poor condition in 2019.

Internet Speed: Double Weight (1.8 Points)

Note: This metric measures the average download speed in Mbps in 2021.

And why is internet speed worth twice as much as any other metric?

[Crawford]

Atlanta has got to be one of the harder U.S. metros to get around. It's all twisty roads, everything is spread out and traffic is horrible.

Also, most of these metrics appear dumb. "Number of major airports per capita"? Huh? What does it matter if there are 10 airports with 10 million passengers each, or 1 airport with 100 million passengers?

[MAC123]

^ And how does that relate to the livability of residents within a city

[Obadno]

I dont really but a lot of credence in publication lists

Its more about setting perceptions than being objective.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Atlanta has got to be one of the harder U.S. metros to get around. It's all twisty roads, everything is spread out and traffic is horrible.

The grid is terrible and traffic there is horrendous. And since the transit is almost non-existent there isn't much alternative to driving for most people. I personally think Atlanta's traffic is worse than L.A.'s.

[C.]

HAHAHHAHAHAHA. Ok, Economist.

[dc_denizen]

IMO the most livable Us cities are

Boston
DC
suburban Philly
Seattle
northside Chicago
Minneapolis/st paul
parts of NYC metro

[JManc]

Parts of NY metro, northern Chicago or Philly burbs aren't exactly ringing endorsements for any of these cities. As for NY, far from livable for many who live there. Unless you work/ live within a short subway or bus route.

[llamaorama]

I've never been to Atlanta but always wanted to visited. My perception of it is that it's basically a smaller but more interesting Dallas.

If only Georgia turned into a solidly purple state and some of the nasty politics there got kicked to the curb.

[llamaorama]

I guess it's because I am a 1990s kid but I associate Atlanta with so much contemporary pop culture stuff. It's the quintessential American city of that particular era.

Like Dallas, it has a humongous airport and a plain vanilla corporate economy. The difference is Atlanta is more famous and colorful and Dallas and doesn't have as a coherent an identity besides Texas stereotypes.

[JManc]

You must be fun at parties. Dallas and Atlanta are great vibrant cities. Their downtowns are Midtown Manhattan (or Chelsea) but they don't try to be. Atlanta in particular has a lot of charm.

[Busy Bee]

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[Quixote]

This is the partial list. I would imagine Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, and Sydney are in there for sure. In the U.S., the most "livable" city after Atlanta is DC. LA is either third or fourth.

1) Vienna
2) Copenhagen
3) Zurich
3) Calgary
5) Vancouver
6) Geneva
7) Frankfurt
8) Toronto
9) Amsterdam
10) Osaka
10) Melbourne
12) ?
13) ?
14) ?
15) ?
16) Hamburg
17) ?
18) ?
19) Paris
20) ?
21) ?
22) Dusseldorf
23) Montreal
24) Brussels
25) (Atlanta or another city that isn't DC)
26) (Atlanta or another city; if not Atlanta, could be DC)
27) Brisbane
28) Manchester
29) (DC or another city)
30) Adelaide
31) (DC or another city)
32) Perth
33) London
34) Auckland
35) Barcelona
36) ?
37) Los Angeles

[dimondpark]

I like Atlanta, lots of my high school friends have migrated there over the years and I try to visit at least once a year to see everyone. It's very lush and green, there are trees literally everywhere, and i love that. I like the food, the shopping, the attractions, always have a good time when I go

[montréaliste]

Originally Posted by dimondpark

I like Atlanta, lots of my high school friends have migrated there over the years and I try to visit at least once a year to see everyone. It's very lush and green, there are trees literally everywhere, and i love that. I like the food, the shopping, the attractions, always have a good time when I go

Yeah, no matter how spread out, the tree canopy in Atlanta is definitely a great blessing. That alone is a major QOL marker.

[Tuckerman]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

It's very American to score "infrastructure" without considering public transit lol:

Just a note: The EIU is a British organization- I don't think they are "very American". In fact, the only highly ranked cities in their index are Canadian.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by llamaorama

I've never been to Atlanta but always wanted to visited. My perception of it is that it's basically a smaller but more interesting Dallas.

If only Georgia turned into a solidly purple state and some of the nasty politics there got kicked to the curb.

I think Atlanta is a better looking city/region than Dallas. Dallas is much easier to navigate, though.

[cabasse]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

I think Atlanta is a better looking city/region than Dallas. Dallas is much easier to navigate, though.

agreed. i'd even go one step further and say dallas is better looking when it comes to built environment (sidewalks, streetlights/signals, buried utilities, fairly ubiquitous alleyways) but atlanta has a better natural environment. (trees, hills) i do like all the lakes around dallas though.

[MolsonExport]

the downtown is bereft of life at night. How is that for livable?