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Originally Posted by jd3189
Well, if Miami/ South Florida doesn’t have the best urban layout in the Sunbelt, which city/ metro does?
I guess one could mention New Orleans, Savannah, and Charleston, but those places mainly have a dense core and sprawled out surroundings that are no different from Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, Orlando, Jacksonville, Nashville, etc.
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Well, if you're talking pound for pound, then yes, New Orleans, Savannah, and Charleston probably have the best urbanity. Savannah and New Orleans don't actually have much sprawl relative the quality of their urban cores, but Savannah in particular is small.
As far as Miami vs somewhere like Atlanta, it just depends on how you feel about continuous grid with more potential for walkability in suburbia like you'd find in Miami, vs. a higher quality of pre-WWII urban core neighborhoods in Atlanta.
Neither has a fantastic transit system, at least compared to the NE cities, but Atlanta is a bit ahead of Miami.
I always find it odd when people say "like an Atlanta or Phoenix"...as though those two cities are at all similar. Phoenix is very much like Miami in layout, just without any of the demand for high rise living. And Miami has the advantage of having more retail strips with the stores fronting the street, similar to L.A. But, Miami is much more similar to Phoenix than Miami is to Atlanta.