Atlanta or New York
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- mightyj0
I was born in ny york and have a lot of family in the city and in upstate so I go back a lot but I have been living in atlanta for the last 5.5 years. It's a great city and is growing into a much bigger city (great for investing). I am not sure about someone making the comment of there being no good agencies down here, we actually have quite a few. Tribalddb, schematic, razorfish, Iconologic, all the turner divisions, and so on all have offices here and more seem to be opening up all the time. If your a flash designer/developer you basically can name your place in the industry here. I live on piedmont park and the area I live in is rather safe. I think there are good and bad finds in any city. If I were to stay in NYC i would look around prospect park I always felt that it had a similar feel to where I live in atlanta today. If you check on salary to living costs atlanta actually ranks rather high. For those that said Atlanta is more of a suburb i'd have to entirely disagree. Outside the perimeter is considered the suburbs and yes some people like to still call that atlanta but it really is not the city of atlanta. Negative comments from people who have never lived in atlanta are a bit unjustified. I honestly think you can find the good or the bad in any place if you look for it. Anyhow good luck in your search.
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- pushme0
I live in Atlanta and yes it has its perks...affordable housing, accessible living, etc. BUT if you're young live NYC. Despite the growth here in my opinion Atlanta is no match for NYC. If I could do it all over again I'd be in NYC.
As far as agencies we do have some good ones but whatever you do...do your research. Alot of the mid-size regional agencies here are borderline sweatshops. I've worked in one and have since moved to a larger agency that acts more like a creative house should.
- robbob0
maybe this will help too
http://www.mostlivable.org/coming from Melbourne Aus, one of the most livable places in the world, we have the luxury of good living standards, good public transport, employment, low crime, etc. So i know what to look for!
- robbob0
and also this article will be helpful perhaps
- Tara0
No place matches NYC.
it's just a matter of what you want.
very expensive to raise kids here indeed.