"Atlanta will eat you up. You sure you still want to move here?"

[Apollo Creed]

After the Olympics the city was never the same.

Yeah thats my point. The Olympics where brought here to set the stage for the new ATL. All the stuff we see now been planned

 

[Carlton Banks]

You gotta go to the cities no one really talks about like that but are still on the low dope spots to live, like say Charlotte or Savannah

 

[CarltonJunior]

The only way I'd move to Atlanta is if I was making music and I wanted to bet on myself.

Other than that, no need.

 

[MoveForward]

Btw… You can DEFINITELY thrive here without real skills but you will have to humble yourself. I personally know several guys making 60-70k a year working at a warehouse. If you focus for a few years and not get swept up fukking with the b*tches and the night life, you can build a comfortable life for yourself. Dudes would rather work at a call center and fukk up their whips doing some punk ass Uber or food delivery because cats are lazy.

 

[NeilCartwright]

Not a big fan of Erica so I didn’t watch the vid, but y’all are right. I don’t think there’s a real economy here besides retail. A lot of people want to act/rap/strip/sell p*ssy and end up working in warehouses till they come up. Or drive Uber

Now I here APD and the fire department is hiring. But I can be out at 10am on a Tuesday and there’s still people out in gym clothes with no care in the world lol I’m thinking y’all don’t have jobs?

Add in the fact that the cost of living is steadily rising. The whole “Atl is the land of milk and honey” ship has sailed

 

[King Poetic]

Those words been the same before Atlanta when dealing with NYC and LA

 

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

Same here.. had a friend try to convince me to take a job taking pictures of people going through the Ga aquarium. I’m so glad I didn’t do that shyt I have a way better chance to get a job there in my field now but I’m not ready. Charlotte has been good to me Now if they offer unGodly amounts of money though I’m gone

I had a buddy of mine tell me tales of all these whores...big ole booties....I should move yadda yadda...im like-- I aint moving for booty...there women everywhere..cmon

plus I was already entrenched in my career making money...ima just quit and move? like you said...now if someone REAL...was throwing bread my way...now I gotta

 

[newworldafro]

4:25



"If you an unskilled person in the small town you came from, you will still be an unskilled person in Atlanta"

 

[tuckgod]

After the Olympics the city was never the same.

I've heard so many people say this.

I never got a chance to see that Atlanta.

First time I went out there was '98.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

I had a buddy of mine tell me tales of all these whores...big ole booties....I should move yadda yadda...im like-- I aint moving for booty...there women everywhere..cmon

plus I was already entrenched in my career making money...ima just quit and move? like you said...now if someone REAL...was throwing bread my way...now I gotta

Yeah man I’m from Augusta and ATL was always the place to move to when you graduated from high school and/or college. I’m in the media and it’s hard to move from Augusta to Atlanta in that field unless you’re super nice with it or got connections. I luckily was able to start my career in my hometown. People will literally take a job there and hope they can make it from the ground up. I’m not built like that lol. I love Atlanta but not that much.

 

[TheOptimisticCynikal]

It was like that, breh.

I haven't been out there in damn near 13 years now, but back then (90's - early 00s) the city stayed open all night like NYC so if you're coming from some small town you're going to get turned out if you're not super focused.

And the baddest bytch in her little town is mad regular in Atlanta so the chicks that went there thinking they would end up in the industry some kind of way found out real quick what their true value was.

Big fish in small pond turned small fish in big pond type shyt.

Damn. Definitely appreciate the tip off. I'm come from a kind of party city (far as Caribbean islands go) myself, so I'm not worried too much about being carried away by the nightlife, it's more just looking for an opportunity and a place to thrive. Island living getting kind of mundane. Especially since I didn't grow up here, I'm not too worried about being "homesick" or whatever. But if I move, I want it to be at least a good bit permanent. Somewhere I can really set roots.

Atlanta economy isn't diverse like Dallas or Seattle and some other places. Folks still hurting from 2008.

One old brotha who is my mentor said he got laid off in 2008 while in atlanta and took a job in Huntsville and his wife and kids would stay in Atlanta while he would work and come home for the weekends.

A lot of engineers I went to college with left Atlanta and came to dallas cause the pay is better out here than Atlanta.

Alright. That's super vital to hear. I have relatives in Atlanta, so I used to visit some summers and even spent a few months there, but obviously living there is different from staying there for a little time and it'll be different being there as an adult than as a kid. I'm not bad at staying out the way and just saving my coins. But anything better than island life in this pandemic period man

 

[Whogivesafuck]

Atlanta cheap as hell.

 

[BlaccSunrise]

I know a lot who this is true about. Atlanta has a huge wealth disparity if you’re not moving there to work a specific field, you will catch hell trying to get an apartment. It’s a lot of jobs in the service

If you trying to move to that area I would recommend an up and coming city that is rapidly expanding like Huntsville. They ain’t lying when they say Atlanta is full. And it’s only getting worse because besides blacks, a bunch of other minorities are moving there in droves and changing the demographics of the region. The south Asians in north Atl and Alpharetta are like the Cubans of Miami.

Gwinnett County PAAGs

 

[hatealot]

I left my 30/hr job in nyc and took a job for 15/hr in atlanta call center just to make the move and build up becase I was confident I would be able to be hired in my field again making the same amount of money. I used the 15/hr job to secure a offer letter for my apartment.

I didn't get a chance to even start the 15/hr call center job because they snatched me up quick once I landed in atlanta and I was back to making almost making my previous salary within my first 2 months of living in atlanta. Adjusting for COL between NYC and GA, I'm actually ahead because the rent is so low compared to nyc and GA don't tax as heavy.

I wouldn't imagine doing this move without having a degree and specialized experience, its a real leap of faith I took.

For those showing up in atlanta with no degree or specialized skills. Good luck to ya. Most of the jobs are lower paying fast food, restaurants, or straight warehouse work.

 

[Originalman]

Also good post OP. I use to watch a youtube show with this sista on it. Think the show talked about community issues. She is true hustler. Sista is a DJ, got her a business, youtube show and other ventures.