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Originally Posted by mcgrath618
Huh?
HUH?
May or may not be true, but a large selling point of Philadelphia is it's incredibly low cost of living for its location on the east coast.
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You may not care for Atlanta’s climate. However, it’s an undeniable fact that Atlanta’s milder climate, milder winters especially, has attracted a large number of migrants from the Northeast and Midwest.
Atlanta has a huge hub airport, is a major convention destination, is a major logistics center, is a prime location for corporate relocations, etc. because of its location.
The original topic regarded Black people moving from the Philadelphia to the Southeast. They aren’t moving to city. They’re moving to suburban Atlanta. Low real estate prices and low property taxes in the suburbs south and east of the city are a huge draw.
Black people were denied access to suburban housing for decades. As suburban access opened for Black folks in the 1990s suburban Atlanta had abundant cheap undeveloped land and still does today. You can buy new or recent detached SFH construction at a lower cost per sq foot than what you would pay for a 50 - 60 year old house in eastern Delco. Because the school districts are countywide the property taxes are much lower and you don’t end up with tiny and financially unsustainable districts like Penn Wood.
Black migration to the Southeast has nothing to do with the quality of government which was the original assertion. It’s been driven by climate, cost, and the presence of lots of other Black people. The ability for Black people to move into suburbs in which they are not a distinct minority is a huge draw in its own right.
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