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Originally Posted by ardecila
I know two separate people who have moved to Atlanta citing a lower cost of living in the past 3 years.
You're throwing this stuff at me as if the people seriously choosing between Chicago or Atlanta actually care about commuter rail or average density of tract housing.
The reality is, if you're used to a car-centric suburban lifestyle then there's not much difference between Naperville and Johns Creek, except the weather is better in Georgia and (historically) Georgia is cheaper.
I agree that Covid has seriously jacked up COL in Sunbelt metros but my sense is that this is temporary - they will respond like they always do, which is to permit a crapload of new housing and let COL plateau as the coasts continue to NOT build housing and get more expensive every year. The only reason COL increased in the first place is because they couldn't scale up building in the face of elevated demand, due to building material and worker shortage.
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I don't see the COL in Atlanta plateauing. It's one of the fastest growing cities in the country, the prices will just keep going up meanwhile the republicans in power refuse to raise the minimum wage. Atlanta was ranked the #1 city in the country for income inequality and lack of economic mboility. I guess you're right about the suburban part.
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