Not enough people realize this. And it’s not only for APS (though that’s the biggest chunk). Fulton Co. and CoA need to deal with rising costs for multiple decades too.
It’s even worse when you think about the perspective from 2055.
The real legal question is: if you establish a new baseline, how is that not establishing a new TAD? If it’s a new TAD, how is it getting around the 10% tax base cap in GA state law?
It was a conversion of very old (built 50-60? years ago) industrial buildings into retail. Certainly could think about pivoting some of the closer buildings towards the Beltline now, which I think is likely to happen over the long term.
Hill Street is terrifying. The stop signs have made it marginally better but so many people go the wrong way for one block (“just one block! Sorry!”) and it’s the only place I’ve been confronted by a motorist (Hill and Georgia)
The Beacon used to be much livelier, but three or four key places closed (RIP Eventide and Elsewhere, two incredible breweries). It’s been lifeless since those closed, but the remaining restaurants are still solid.
Well the old FulCo stadium is now a surface parking lot, so that conversion will be much less parking in this area. Heard on the Kaiser development though. Fully expecting the same number of spots there.
If you’re around the neighborhood again, I’d highly recommend biking on the side streets. Way lower traffic, much lower speeds.
A lot of Hank Aaron is getting new signaled crosswalks and was an absolute race track for years, so this will be a marked improvement.
I really wish we didn’t have to wait on development for public infrastructure but that’s Atlanta for you.
Welcome to Peoplestown! That stretch that doesn’t have a sidewalk was purchased (and rezoned iirc) for a phase 2 of the Skyline (the big tower next door). It’ll get a sidewalk whenever that project moves forward, but unfortunately it’s a waiting game for now.
I’m more worried about the lots in Peoplestown, lots of old multifamily (mostly section 8) which is probably too low density, and some vacant lots that are yet to be sold and probably will have too much parking when they do get redeveloped.
Apparently Kaiser Permanente just bought up a huge block of parking for redevelopment. The old Fulton Co Stadium is being turned into GSU’s baseball/softball stadium. It’s ever so slowly creeping in the right direction.
Likely the reason given will be “to make gas affordable” after the Straight of Hormuz closes completely, but there are certainly more…conspiratorial… reasons.
I think do have a point looking at the “blue dots in red states” - I could imagine a bit of regret for people used to the a) freedoms as you mentioned, but b) level of government services in blue states in particular.
That may be a factor, but with all the RTO and tech job layoffs (which skew remote) I think the local housing markets of red states are hitting a ceiling for their local economies.
Here’s the thing: a President openly contemptuous of Congress & willing, unilaterally, to recklessly and illegally commit the US to wars of aggression is an existential threat to the Republic, *regardless* of whether he can ultimately explain his acts to Congress.
The demand must be impeachment.
The best you can say about KLB is that she quiet-quit the mayor’s office in a time of crisis for the city (and nation/world). And that’s a *glowing* review of her time in office.
Trying not to draw too many conclusions from one study - but could this be a driving factor for people in red/blue states to see government intervention so differently?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is the white whale of the Atlanta urbanist community.
Also the President is very dependent on Congress to do good things, but can apparently just unilaterally kneecap the working class on their own.
That’s also falling into the trap of thinking the President controls the economy like a full on puppet master. At best a president can respond to the economy that make reg folks lives easier, at worst they can flip tables and wreck everything.
Decades-long stagnant wage growth set the stage and a rapid increase in inflation (which Americans arent familiar with) and the rug-pull of the COVID-era safety net was a bad combination, as it turned out.
This is so median voter theory-coded that it hurts.
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
Today is the only day you can capture and consume Cupid to absorb his powers. Good hunting, folks.
As an anthropologist, something stands out to me from the Epstein files: these men weren't just motivated by their depraved desires, but also wanting to be liked by the Party Guy. They were clambering for invites because they wanted to be part of the special in-group. It's sort of pathetic
‼️ There are 9 lessons contained in Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit. Even in 2026 it is essential for helping guide people down the path of critical thinking, and inoculating themselves against grifters, frauds, and charlatans.
bigthink.com/starts-with-... 👇
A United States Attorney General who obstructs justice can be jailed.
Case in point: Inmate 24171-157.
Makes me think of the Late Bronze aged collapse around the Mediterranean. Crop failures and societies that became overextended crumbled upon mass migrations of people. A technological throughline here too: green tech is the energy future and the West is still stuck on fossil fuels.
“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”
This should be THE story everyday.