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Originally Posted by caltrane74
Instead of living in the past live in a present, in which Atlanta has added 2 million people to there population in the past 13 years, has 2 or 3 times as many head offices as Montreal and seems to be attracting more each day.
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Looking at satellite view on Google Maps/Earth, you would never know that Atlanta has added 2 million people the past 13 years, or that its metro area at over 5 million is almost as populous as the GTA. To me it looks like a city of 2-3 million total, so I'm always taken aback at the real population figures.
Perhaps their CMA stretches even further out than I think, or the density is just disguised somehow, but it's pretty amazing how even a few km outside of their downtown, which in itself we all know is nowhere near as densely populated as Toronto's or Montreal's, most of the housing is wooded suburban area (much less dense than Toronto suburbs too, I'm talking giant lots with dozens of mature trees).