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Originally Posted by TexasPlaya
I can understand both sides but I was thinking more traditional. Personally, downtown Houston was becoming very interesting pre Covid compared to similar sun belt cities. It felt like we needed to close part of Main St like they do with 6th street Friday and Saturday to deal with the crowds. I just feel like Dallas and Atlanta are more “Disney”, which is just more of a personal taste thing. I like Houston’s grit, reminds me of New Orleans although they are definitely not the same from an urban perspective.
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To me, downtown Atlanta is easily the most traditionally urban and grittiest of the three and it already has a
downtown pedestrian plaza that you wish Houston had. But perhaps you are referring specifically to the Centennial Olympic Park area which is where many of the city's most popular tourist attractions, such as the World of Coca‑Cola, the Georgia Aquarium, the Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Atlanta Eye, CNN Center, the Children's Museum of Atlanta, and the College Football Hall of Fame, are concentrated. I can somewhat see the "Disney-ish" character there but that is only like one of five or so districts of downtown proper. The authenticity and historic character of Fairlie-Poplar, Five Points, South Downtown, the Government District, and Sweet Auburn more than make up for the Disneyfied part of downtown.