I Drove Through Downtown Atlanta. This Is What I Saw.

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2021
  • Downtown Atlanta was so empty. Why??
    For this edition of dashboard tours, I took I-85 north from Alabama into the heart of it all - Atlanta Georgia. The plan was to record the downtown Atlanta area, a metro area that I had only seen from the window of a car. I was lucky - Atlanta traffic ranks as the fourth worst in the country. But because of a global pandemic, i was able to scoot into downtown with hardly a backup at all. It was Thursday, January 7, 2021 at about 2:39 pm.
    The Atlanta metro area has been booming, population wise. It’s the fourth fastest growing metro area in the country. In the last decade alone, this region has added more than 730,000 people if you can believe it. Atlanta proper has more than 500,000 people now, making it the 35th biggest city in the country. It’s grown by more than 20% in the last ten years.
    Atlanta became a city in 1847, but during the Civil War, this whole place was nearly burned to the ground. Today, it has become an economic behemoth - its airport is the busiest in the world, and it ranks in the top 20 for GDP in the world. There’s a ton of tech jobs here, and just about every Fortune 1,000 company has a presence in Atlanta.
    The city has really cleaned itself up. The gentrification began when Atlanta hosted the summer olympics in 1996. We’ll drive past the Olympic Village soon, and then at the end, we’ll drive up into midtown Atlanta, an area on the city’s northeast side, with lots of new shopping and dining, hotels, condos and apartments.
    Here’s the rest of downtown Atlanta
    While exploring downtown Atlanta, I visited the Metro Cafe Diner, a really unique place where you can get breakfast and or drinks. I sat at the corner table which had a really cool vantage point of Peachtree Center Avenue.
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Komentáře • 822

  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson  Před rokem +1

    Here's my entire Unboxing America Series: czcams.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yqgM1vGG305six5T7dqGURF.html

  • @tonyp8808
    @tonyp8808 Před 3 lety +332

    Being a Georgia native, I like when videos discourage others from moving here.

    • @TonyBenton0728
      @TonyBenton0728 Před 3 lety +27

      I second that remark 👍

    • @UmAdxXbRo
      @UmAdxXbRo Před 3 lety +19

      Same I don’t want fools to move to Cali

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 Před 3 lety +23

      Georgians do not care for outsiders.

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 Před 3 lety +13

      2:10 that is real Georgia gold on that dome. Mined out of the hills in Georgia.

    • @TonyBenton0728
      @TonyBenton0728 Před 3 lety +13

      @@gregpeterman1102 But unfortunately we have way too many of them ! Ruining the Atlanta metro area.

  • @cameronjohnson3913
    @cameronjohnson3913 Před 3 lety +85

    I'm an Atlanta native, born and raised. I currently live in Buckhead. Downtown Atlanta IS NOT IT! It's primarily a business district, so while you do have people who live there, it isn't a popping entertainment location. If you want to experience the vibrant lively locations, then you need to visit Midtown (the most popular area of Atlanta. ALWAYS lively 24/7 very modern and rapidly expanding), Poncey Highland-Virginia Highland and some of the other similar east side neighborhoods (these give u suburban city vibe with super oldfashioned and vintage quirky aesthetics), Little Five Points (always active, super alternative and quirky and kind of grunge), Buckhead (considered the rich area, bougie and "high class" aesthetic), Ansley Park (really vintage, ecclectic, and suburban aesthetic). Overall, Atlanta is SUPER ecclectic though, since you get TOTALLY different vibes and experiences. You get a vibe in one neightborhood and then get a TOTALLY different vibe in a different neighborhood only 5 minutes away. If someone visits Atlanta and doesn't visit multiple neighborhoods, then they aren't gonna get an accurate look at how Atlanta really is. Unlike many other major cities that have one major city center, Atlanta has multiple mini cities, each super close to eachother, but with very distinctive aesthetics, charms, and things to do.

    • @coolcarlosa66
      @coolcarlosa66 Před 3 lety +7

      Just like LA

    • @jahmirswint6216
      @jahmirswint6216 Před 3 lety +4

      Buckhead isn’t IT either!

    • @cameronjohnson3913
      @cameronjohnson3913 Před 3 lety +4

      @@jahmirswint6216 There is some truth to that. Not gonna lie LOL But its better than Downtown Atlanta. I think the IT spot is DEFINITELY Midtown!

    • @stevepope6095
      @stevepope6095 Před 3 lety +4

      Little 5 points and East Atlanta are getting run down and gangs have claimed them , lots of crime.

    • @NOTHOTlanta
      @NOTHOTlanta Před 2 lety

      Don't forget Lenox Mall. It's a great place for you to GET SHOT.

  • @McTwistedTwisties
    @McTwistedTwisties Před 3 lety +171

    Yeah, you also went when Georgia State, and Georgia Tech were out of class. Downtown isn't where atlanta happens. You needed to have gone to little 5 points or buckhead to see lively areas.

  • @sassymakcheesy4202
    @sassymakcheesy4202 Před 3 lety +136

    I’ve lived in Atlanta 10 years, downtown is not where you go for the action in this city. Also you came in dead winter and drove through Georgia state and Georgia techs campus when all the students were out. Traffic was picked up heavily since Jan. Atlanta is massively sprawling and no one goes to downtown anymore.

    • @katherinebennett589
      @katherinebennett589 Před 3 lety +8

      You go if you work there

    • @O.ggamingreview
      @O.ggamingreview Před 3 lety +9

      If your going to the Falcons or hawks

    • @sanyatesGRIA
      @sanyatesGRIA Před 3 lety +3

      Edgewood is still very much active but other than that, most of the scene in the actual city is a shadow of its former self. Memorial Drive used to be the strip back in ‘07-09.

    • @MrManfly
      @MrManfly Před 3 lety +2

      Ya the downtown core looked clean but also kinda boring! Indeed it doesn’t look like that is where the “action” is.

    • @brotherLee340
      @brotherLee340 Před 2 lety +8

      @@sanyatesGRIA yea Atlanta has become more neighborhood driven. Alot of people just stay local and do what's around. Every lil city or neighborhood has their own lil thing going

  • @tomkruze2749
    @tomkruze2749 Před 3 lety +19

    Spent 37 years outside Philadelphia and 8 years IN Atlanta. I can tell you Atlanta is a Nice place to live. Georgia in general is MUCH less corrupt and Wasteful then cities/states in the northeast

    • @s.j.5850
      @s.j.5850 Před 3 lety

      Try New York with all those people & they are closing so many book stores. What does that say about the city?

  • @arkhamar7121
    @arkhamar7121 Před 3 lety +34

    I can imagine Atlanta being most beautiful in summer time when the trees bares its leaves!

    • @T-Tone
      @T-Tone Před 3 lety +1

      Uploaded 9 hours ago?🤔

    • @MC-td1wo
      @MC-td1wo Před 3 lety +3

      Anthony LeRoy in the video desc. it says it was filmed at the beginning of 2021

    • @cynthiagraham4046
      @cynthiagraham4046 Před 3 lety +2

      @@T-Tone Nick said January in beginning of video.

    • @gacaptain
      @gacaptain Před 3 lety +2

      Yes. This is definitely winter. In the spring or summer you would see way way more green. Especially in Midtown.

    • @palmyatl9533
      @palmyatl9533 Před 3 lety

      @@T-Tone do you honestly believe the trees wouldn’t have leaves by now in the summer it’s the south

  • @poppopscarvinshop
    @poppopscarvinshop Před 3 lety +26

    It's So Quiet! Seems like a Sunday Morning at 730am!!
    Great Drive, Great Video!!
    Thanks Much!!

  • @BlackOperations530
    @BlackOperations530 Před 3 lety +32

    Midtown looks like it's Atlanta's second, newest, and most vibrant downtown.

    • @SuperJMichael
      @SuperJMichael Před 3 lety +5

      Midtown is not new. It’s been the hip place to go for almost 3 decades.

    • @creech444
      @creech444 Před 3 lety +5

      Growth in Midtown the past 5-10 years has been amazing, definitely where a lot f the new growth is, major expansions of GaTech, student housing, apartments and condos, plus the new headquarters for Norfolk Souther, NCR, and Anthem HC. Also what's not shown at all is the whole Buckhead area which has massive development as well with it's own "downtown" skyscraper area.

  • @danhutson3460
    @danhutson3460 Před 3 lety +14

    I was born in Atlanta on September 29, 1955. My family lived on Ormond St from 1952 until 1964. We lived about midway between Capital Ave(now Hank Aaron Dr) & Grant Park. Back then we could walk to school or Grant Park without our parents. Our country cousins would visit during the summer & we always went to the park to spend the day. There was a neighborhood corner grocery store called Dan's where we could get meat carved any way you wanted. It was on Ormond going toward Capital Ave & toward Grant Park, was a drug store named Fabian's that had a grill & you could get a real Cherry Coke! One of the main problems I have with Atlanta, is that with every new mayoral admin, street names are usually changed, getting rid of old historic ones & giving new ones. I mean how many more Peachtree names can you have? I also graduated from GA State University in December 1978. It was nice viewing the drive you made thru Atlanta & trying to figure out where you are. Thanks for sharing!

  • @michaeltaylor4941
    @michaeltaylor4941 Před 3 lety +65

    You didn’t mention that Atlanta is the 9th largest Metro in the US. 6.3 million. Should not have stopped at Midtown, much more to see further north in Buckhead!

    • @nas8326
      @nas8326 Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah Buckhead is the corniest part of Atlanta, and where you'll find an army of overpaid degenerates.

    • @michaeltaylor4941
      @michaeltaylor4941 Před 3 lety +21

      Unnecessarily angry response as I was referring to the high rises and architectural layout…… not the people. Please direct your anger to those who deserve it.

    • @nas8326
      @nas8326 Před 3 lety +2

      @@michaeltaylor4941 thanks for proving my point.

    • @michaeltaylor4941
      @michaeltaylor4941 Před 3 lety +9

      @@nas8326 ? You are warped and toxic. I don’t live in Atlanta!

    • @michaeltaylor4941
      @michaeltaylor4941 Před 3 lety +3

      @@nas8326 Genuflect much?

  • @supersaturn956
    @supersaturn956 Před 3 lety +66

    Atlanta is very spread out and is a sprawling giant suburb. I noticed this, when I visited one Thanksgiving. The tourists were out and about Centennial Park, but downtown was pretty empty. There are I am sure thriving neighborhoods away from downtown though just a spread out city.

    • @SuperJMichael
      @SuperJMichael Před 3 lety +1

      Nah. Kansas City is a spread out city.

    • @mischa8623
      @mischa8623 Před 3 lety +3

      @@SuperJMichael what does that have to do with Atlanta lol. And Atlanta is really spread out for no reason.

    • @supersaturn956
      @supersaturn956 Před 3 lety +2

      @@SuperJMichael Gosh, people don't listen. I am talking about Kansas City and no offense, it exactly is not on the top of my bucket list to even visit.

    • @lfelton777
      @lfelton777 Před 3 lety +7

      @@mischa8623 Atlanta proper isn't spread out. The metro area is.

    • @richarda.w.4562
      @richarda.w.4562 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lfelton777 no they both are, its just that the metro is spread out much worse. But Atlanta proper is fairly suburban itself

  • @tedcnnturner
    @tedcnnturner Před 11 měsíci +3

    I was in Atlanta two months ago as a tourist from the Czech republic and I was surprised how clean is this city. Even though there were homeless people around the Woodruff park, I didn't see garbage around them. Going by walk from Peachtree tower (13:44 in you video) to Old Fourth Ward to visit LottaFrutta, again all was clean and seeing beautiful gardens and small houses... incredible.

    • @blabbla-jp2sn
      @blabbla-jp2sn Před měsícem

      only 500k ppl live in the downtown area of the city, most live in the metropolitan area (around 6 million) and commute to the city for work

  • @margaretdora9127
    @margaretdora9127 Před 3 lety +64

    Don't let this video fool you. There are enough people here in Atlanta.

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety +6

      Okay!! Who ever did this video is lame and a hater. I want to know where this guy from whos doing the video. Atlanta is unique in its own way!! Also aint nothing boring about the "A". Don't get TWISTED the hype is real.

    • @orbs1062
      @orbs1062 Před 3 lety +5

      Ain't THAT there damned truth.
      If you've ever been stuck on 75/85 you'd know it without a doubt!

    • @Zones33
      @Zones33 Před 3 lety +2

      They are all spread out

    • @posiayeni4335
      @posiayeni4335 Před 3 lety +1

      @@SexyBlack8616 fax, ive heard so many good things about it. I kinda want to live there

    • @American_Adventurer
      @American_Adventurer Před 12 dny

      Im a Georgia native, lived in Atlanta and now in Gainesville. More people = more improvements in safety. Atlanta was bad in the 90's now its a lot better. We cant gatekeep states, its bad for business and safety.

  • @crazeyjoe
    @crazeyjoe Před 3 lety +105

    I spent a week in Atlanta. Downtown is defenitely is not where to go for entertainment and fun.

    • @Jaxxie1981
      @Jaxxie1981 Před 3 lety +31

      Atlanta is a big area. Most people think Midtown is Atlanta, but then they miss out on places like Little 5 Points, Buckhead, Virginia Highlands, or even the northern suburbs near Suntrust Park.

    • @travelandfood9625
      @travelandfood9625 Před 3 lety

      I generally hang out around kennesaw area and stay in cartersville when I'm up here

    • @sportsmediaamerica
      @sportsmediaamerica Před 3 lety +1

      This is basically correct. The swingin' areas are outside of downtown.

    • @khalifaofthemosthigh5936
      @khalifaofthemosthigh5936 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm proud to be a Grady Baby 🍼

    • @MoneyComethToshelia
      @MoneyComethToshelia Před 2 lety

      I REMEMBER WHEN THE UNDERGROUND WAS POPULAR, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT

  • @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE
    @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE Před 3 lety +23

    Good morning Nick... Thanks for showing me around America, Cheers... 🇺🇸❤️🇦🇺🦘🤠

  • @magnum.4490
    @magnum.4490 Před 3 lety +4

    Always love driving tours especially places I've never been. Thanks for sharing!

  • @fabiopreviatti3466
    @fabiopreviatti3466 Před 3 lety +93

    Not the pandemic, Atlanta has always been like that.
    Been there several times and downtown is always empty.

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 Před 3 lety +16

      I never saw it empty, couldn't find a place to park 20 years ago.

    • @shaungordon9737
      @shaungordon9737 Před 3 lety +5

      @@gregpeterman1102 just cause you can't find a park doesn't mean it's not empty

    • @gacaptain
      @gacaptain Před 3 lety +10

      Downtown has been crowded and really busy from all the GSU students alone . Add to that the thousands of State and Fed government workers and corporate office workers and tourists and downtown could be very busy especially when a big event was taking place which was often. During the time he filmed this GSU classes were closed. Many government offices were closed or shut off to the public. A lot of the restaurants were closed and of course tourism way down. This not the same Atl you saw a year before the pandemic.

    • @nas8326
      @nas8326 Před 3 lety +4

      @@gacaptain you don't know what you're talkin about. The majority of weekends downtown is dead. I live a mile east of the Capitol building.

    • @nas8326
      @nas8326 Před 3 lety +3

      @@gacaptain you don't know what you're talkin about. The majority of weekends downtown is dead. I live a mile east of the Capitol building.

  • @drexelmildraff7580
    @drexelmildraff7580 Před 3 lety +6

    Love these dashboard tours that Nick Johnson does. It's like you drove around the area yourself.

  • @bern1228
    @bern1228 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for the ride along. Many memories from that city. Fun times.

  • @JeremiahSpeaks
    @JeremiahSpeaks Před 3 lety +15

    This is my Hometown and I love it!! A wonderful city ❤️

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 3 lety +2

      Cool!

    • @JeremiahSpeaks
      @JeremiahSpeaks Před 3 lety

      @@NickJohnson Thank you for all of the hard work involved and travel to give us glimpses into American life in these cities. Your contributions are not in vain my friend 🤗

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety

      Me Too!! Hella fun!! What is he talking about? What a hater!! Lol

  • @dudefromkc6182
    @dudefromkc6182 Před 3 lety +3

    This is great footage of downtown Atlanta. I never been there and was always curious about the downtown area...Most definitely can tell it's a Sunday.

  • @creech444
    @creech444 Před 3 lety +31

    In the beginning you were driving through areas that are totally COVD-closed. The extensive GSU campus, the State, City and County government corridor. The apparel, gift, and other mart centers. The hotels that service what is usually all that traffic. But you did manage to miss the Dome, the Omni/CNN area West Midtown, GaTech Univ. the part of Midtown that is actually where al the new stuff is (Spring and W. Peachtree) the whole Atlantic Station area, Ponce City Market/Beltline area. If you'd kept on up Peachtree you have gotten up to Buckhead and the Lenox area, which are huge areas of development.

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety

      We do be turnt bih.... F*** you mean!!

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety +3

      Good bih..... Don't come back!! We want half of y'all gone anyway!!! Lol

  • @alexmoore7921
    @alexmoore7921 Před 3 lety +51

    lived in ATL all my life. This video showcases the worst part of the city. The east side and midtown are probably the best places to showcase. The problem with ATL is that the city isn't a circle it is a diagonal line so the infrastructure is horrible, causing traffic to clog most major roads and highways.

    • @SkyKitten1
      @SkyKitten1 Před 3 lety +4

      Right? everyone drives here which means mucho traffic jams

    • @s.j.5850
      @s.j.5850 Před 3 lety +2

      It sure is clean though. More so than a lot of other big cities. Small thing unless you encounter it every day.

    • @JoJo-fm4tk
      @JoJo-fm4tk Před 3 lety +4

      Atlanta sucks

    • @goodenoughgirl8102
      @goodenoughgirl8102 Před 3 lety

      lol. Right? Nobody chooses to
      go down Luckie St and such in that area unless they have to.

    • @tswagg504
      @tswagg504 Před 3 lety +4

      I noticed ATL doesn’t follow a square/rectangular grid pattern…streets just go in all kinds of crazy twists and turns…I don’t see how it’s possible for non-natives to get around without a GPS.

  • @tammiepope7946
    @tammiepope7946 Před 3 lety +6

    Being born and raised in Atlanta, and 51 I never dreamed there would be so much traffic! It’s horrible during normal circumstances

  • @abubeker1704
    @abubeker1704 Před 3 lety +5

    Love this kind of videos. Keep it up!

  • @roseluke7148
    @roseluke7148 Před 3 lety +6

    Good morning Nick!❤🙂 hows life?I love your videos, great humor...you make me laugh☺️ Thanks for the tour of Georgia...never been there. I've heard its pretty. I'm in Casper, Wyoming. Moving to Anchorage, Alaska❤ God be with you, have a great weekend💕looks like a sunday morning...so dead/quiet

  • @stardustweaver7759
    @stardustweaver7759 Před 3 lety +37

    He drove through in January he needs to come back today memorial Day weekend lmao

    • @robinholbrook8296
      @robinholbrook8296 Před 3 lety +5

      Lol or drive through Atlanta at rush hr around 5 or 6 PM. I moved out in 1995 but I sure it even busier now

  • @goldtopazasylum
    @goldtopazasylum Před 3 lety +18

    looks like a good size city, bigger than i thought it was, thank you for sharing!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 3 lety +1

      Ok Laura! 👍

    • @soulerflare7
      @soulerflare7 Před 3 lety +9

      It's because he failed to mention the metro population is over 6 million . Can't go by city proper anymore.

  • @loristewart800
    @loristewart800 Před 2 lety +3

    I am from this beautiful city and I am living in Illinois right now, but I enjoyed going on this drive around the city with you. I will be down there to visit my family in November.

  • @saullopez274
    @saullopez274 Před 3 lety +9

    If Atlanta is so bad, why are people still moving here?

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 3 lety +3

      Who said it was bad?

    • @saullopez274
      @saullopez274 Před 3 lety +3

      Not necessarily your video, but the comments mostly.

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety

      EXACTLY!! Bye Bye

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety +1

      @@saullopez274 His video is saying that! Tryna bash the "A". What's wrong with them

  • @itsabovemenow1016
    @itsabovemenow1016 Před 2 lety +5

    I loved Atlanta in the mid 90s. Fun, friendly, a mix of all kinds of neighborhoods. Right now it’s gentrified, less friendly, super expensive by southern standards and only good if you’ve got a terrific job.

  • @danielwalton8172
    @danielwalton8172 Před 3 lety +3

    Hey Nick you have my alarm clock music playing at 8:42🤣🤣💙 it goes off at 5am every Friday - Tuesday. But good video driving through my adopted city.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 3 lety +2

      Haha I know I love that song :) you were probably like - why's my alarm going off? ⏰

    • @danielwalton8172
      @danielwalton8172 Před 3 lety

      @@NickJohnson lol....yes it took me by surprise but guess what❗Atlanta is pretty much back to normal and traffic is back due to things getting better with Covid-19. Also next time your in Atlanta give me a shout. This city has alot to offer.

  • @jeffsea6490
    @jeffsea6490 Před 3 lety +5

    *Big city gr8 video* 👍🇺🇸

  • @valeriebrumbelow7776
    @valeriebrumbelow7776 Před rokem

    I enjoyed listening to your music for your videos. I also enjoyed Mappy and his family and friends!!!!!!

  • @lostuncertain
    @lostuncertain Před rokem +2

    My bro put my iOS super relaxing wake up tone at 8min and now I'm ready to start my day

  • @AD-uc7ho
    @AD-uc7ho Před 3 lety +28

    I feel like most of the empty feeling that day had to do with the bad weather. Who wants to walk around a city on a cold wintery day

    • @SuperJMichael
      @SuperJMichael Před 3 lety +1

      Atlanta downtown area always looks empty compared when comparing the pedestrian vs size factor. However, try to find parking and it’s horrendous. You can pay a premium for a private parking spot to go to church downtown. Spaces are expensive. I attend St. Marks. It’s right downtown and I have to park and walk about 6 blocks. Then, you worry the whole time that your car is being ransacked while you are trying to worship.

    • @lenagraham2093
      @lenagraham2093 Před 3 lety +1

      I live here in Atlanta, and the weather was also my first thought.

    • @ahnraemenkhera7451
      @ahnraemenkhera7451 Před 3 lety +3

      Nope. I’m an Atlanta native. It’s culturally a wasteland, no matter who moves to it. Has been since the early 1990s when Rich’s closed-& so did everything else that made downtown a downtown. That’s how an unranked state school was able to buy it all up so cheaply. Financially, I’d say it’s a money pit: all cart before the horse, all showbiz & no substance. And the newbies simply cannot connect the dots.
      There’s nothing to do here (that any Atlantan would choose to do) because ALL the financial decisions are made elsewhere. Been True, ever since Atlanta lost First National Bank of Atlanta, C&S Bank (Citizens & Savings), Georgia Federal Bank, Trust Company Bank, National Bank of Georgia (NBG) & BankSouth. Furthermore, everything is priced at NY salary rates, not actual Gawja income rates. Not hard to do the math-Atlantans have no real future in Atlanta. BUT they can go to any of 5 churches to a block & they LOVE funerals, so it should be fine.

    • @pinkrose4322
      @pinkrose4322 Před 3 lety +2

      If the city is thriving the weather doesn't matter. Atlanta is boring.

    • @pinkrose4322
      @pinkrose4322 Před 3 lety

      @@ahnraemenkhera7451 Very true.

  • @dabprod
    @dabprod Před 3 lety +9

    Coved. Those buildiings are empty.. My hometown, surprised it's so clean. Used to work down town over 50 years ago. Haven't been back.

  • @carolinems.2411
    @carolinems.2411 Před 3 lety +2

    You make the best videos, I prefer your channel to regular tv stuff. I find you are more thoughtful. I hope you keep making videos for a long while.

  • @anthonymiller5540
    @anthonymiller5540 Před 3 lety +3

    Heya Mr. Nick, i have never seen it that empty before. I lived down there for five years. looks like a ghost town right now👻🤓 I enjoy your filming and programming thanks a lot for bringing it to us!

  • @prettyladydd3637
    @prettyladydd3637 Před 3 lety +5

    THANK U NICK!!! 4 LETTING ME KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON ...
    ....4 REAL!!!
    WAY 2 GO!!!
    U 🎸 ROCK!!!
    👍👍

  • @theresacolvin5805
    @theresacolvin5805 Před 3 lety +4

    Extremely clean downtown

  • @glyph241
    @glyph241 Před 3 lety +14

    I Lived Here For ~10 Years... The 1990’s.
    Thank You
    🙏

    • @Marie-sw5cd
      @Marie-sw5cd Před 3 lety +3

      That's when the ATL was poppin.

    • @glyph241
      @glyph241 Před 3 lety

      @@Marie-sw5cd
      Cooler Than A
      PolarBears
      ToeNail...

  • @diana-uf3xg
    @diana-uf3xg Před 2 lety +1

    You do good work Nick it's tight but it's right !

  • @TWShrewsbury
    @TWShrewsbury Před 3 lety +2

    Dude I love the music you pick for your Videos. It reminds me of the SimCity game series. Keep up the good work!! 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @dempseyarmy7524
    @dempseyarmy7524 Před 3 lety +44

    Amazing all the people commenting who seem to know little about ATL and its neighborhoods...

    • @NOTHOTlanta
      @NOTHOTlanta Před 2 lety

      Been here since 1990. LOTS of changes and over development. Now in Gwinnett. We NEVER go to downtown Atlanta for anything .

    • @kz6713
      @kz6713 Před 2 lety

      @@NOTHOTlanta grady baby here , i stay away from the A now too.

  • @jimigreen2050
    @jimigreen2050 Před 3 lety +7

    Apparently you have never been in Atlanta. When you look at census look at metro, because most people here live in the suburbs our city sucks why live in there. Atlanta has the best suburbs in America

  • @debbied9997
    @debbied9997 Před 3 lety +2

    Ok, so I just let this play as I code for my job and it was so relaxing

  • @javieroliveras344
    @javieroliveras344 Před 3 lety +5

    Love the music! Is relaxing.

  • @CityGuyGoesCounty
    @CityGuyGoesCounty Před 3 lety +6

    🤔 So nice to 👁👁 a big city with hardly any litter / trash on the streets ! Keep it up ATL ...🤗🤗

    • @jonovansackey5601
      @jonovansackey5601 Před 3 lety

      Just chicken wing bones

    • @kamkam5537
      @kamkam5537 Před 3 lety

      Thats the tourist part. It has to stay clean

    • @CityGuyGoesCounty
      @CityGuyGoesCounty Před 3 lety +1

      @@kamkam5537 Yes I've seen the non tourists part on 48 hours..🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️💥💥💥🚔🚔🚔

  • @justincase1481
    @justincase1481 Před 25 dny

    Every time I search an area, you have a video about it. You've been everywhere 😆

  • @jerrydufresne1886
    @jerrydufresne1886 Před 2 lety +3

    I like how I drive through Atlanta regularly and still watched this like "what did he see?!" lol

  • @Rabbit_Hill
    @Rabbit_Hill Před 3 lety +9

    I lived in ATL for a long while pre-pandemic and it was pretty much always like this. I always forget how that’s weird to outsiders. We’re just not really a walking city yet

    • @Rabbit_Hill
      @Rabbit_Hill Před 3 lety +1

      @@NinjaBooKitty Apparently all the other “I lived in ATL for X amount of time and this is exactly what it’s like in these areas” comments seem to disagree with you

  • @clowning81
    @clowning81 Před 3 lety +8

    Downtown Atlanta looks nice.

  • @scagooch
    @scagooch Před 3 lety +10

    I liked atlanta better than. Miami.

  • @jimringo2569
    @jimringo2569 Před 3 lety +2

    Nick I thank you for that memoir of places I spent most of my career being a part of building that city and many of those buildings. It never has been a street life downtown, mostly just business inside and then commute home or back to the hotel. Gets a little more alive in midtown evenings or further north.
    Want to see street life (or death) try Simpson Street Friday PM. You almost got to it on the earlier tour of the west side. Thanks again. Hit me up next time you pass through.

  • @uncleheide
    @uncleheide Před 3 lety +8

    I’ve lived in a close Atlanta suburb for 40 years. The city has grown, and the spillage from the hood has spread outward, resulting in crime increases everywhere. Working now on finding a place to relocate far from the city. Georgia’s fine, but Atlanta is suffocating from its success and the politics that control it.

    • @byrd813
      @byrd813 Před 3 lety

      Gentrification spreads come out instead of localizing it.

  • @JustinNgim
    @JustinNgim Před 3 lety +12

    That is so amazing.

  • @g7playz29
    @g7playz29 Před 3 lety +8

    I like how I’m watching this while I drive thru Atlanta

  • @lekmud86
    @lekmud86 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice driving,,, i like watching this town👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @morriswilburn9858
    @morriswilburn9858 Před 3 lety +5

    The traffic congestion is very bad. There are actually places in which police routinely direct traffic at the intersection of a road and the entrance to some fast-food restaurants.

  • @2400Bklocc
    @2400Bklocc Před 3 lety +4

    I went to ATL in March during Al-Star weekend. It was fun and beautiful. I went to Doraville and Chamblee. I went the MLK musuem and to the GA Aquarium. Georgia Tech and Buckhead was cool.

    • @SexyBlack8616
      @SexyBlack8616 Před 3 lety +1

      EXACTLY! It is BEAUTIFUL! THIS GUY DONT KNOW ANY BETTER

  • @SavageScientist
    @SavageScientist Před 3 lety +5

    Atlanta a beautiful city with 5 skyscraper clusters (downtowns) in its metro here is the list.
    Midtown
    Downtown
    Buckhead
    Marietta
    Dunwoody Northside area

    • @SavageScientist
      @SavageScientist Před 3 lety +1

      Im from New Oreleans and was blown away with the progress in ATL

    • @SavageScientist
      @SavageScientist Před 3 lety

      @@MrLdevelle I never been in that part of town i will take your word. atlanta is growing fast

    • @laryanryan9170
      @laryanryan9170 Před 2 lety

      You forgot downtown Decatur. No skyscrapers but a nice area to hang out.

    • @laryanryan9170
      @laryanryan9170 Před 2 lety +1

      The area you referred to as Marietta is actually considered Smyrna Cumberland or Galleria. Marietta starts north of Windy Hill rd which is about a mile to the north.

    • @SavageScientist
      @SavageScientist Před 2 lety

      @@laryanryan9170 Fo sho i stand corrected!!! thanks for the update.

  • @chandlerdowers4978
    @chandlerdowers4978 Před 3 lety

    I love your video. I like to know more about other states.

  • @spudsT
    @spudsT Před 3 lety +3

    Man do I miss living in this city. Thanks for the video.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 3 lety +1

      Ok Scott

    • @spudsT
      @spudsT Před 3 lety

      Um? Hahah! Was this video ironic and I missed it? FWIW, your tone speaks for itself, but seeing you drive through streets I have so many fond memories of... Yeah... I genuinely enjoyed the throwback. Not everything is destitute and sad, maybe?

  • @miaa1762
    @miaa1762 Před 3 lety +5

    I went to downtown Atlanta to visit the museum for my birthday in August of 2019. I took that opportunity to also 'tour' Georgia State (which I decided not to attend because of how spread out everything is downtown.)
    At the time it wasn't so dead and it was on a Saturday. Maybe because of COVID, fewer people are out?

  • @Traci_S_Aaron
    @Traci_S_Aaron Před 3 lety

    I was driving through Bessemer Al today and I thought of you Thinking you should really make a video of that place

  • @trevortat
    @trevortat Před 3 lety +5

    I have a lot of love for Atlanta. Atlanta is most likely the first city I plan to relocate.. if I have the money.

    • @pinkrose4322
      @pinkrose4322 Před 3 lety +1

      Very bad move.

    • @trevortat
      @trevortat Před 3 lety

      @@pinkrose4322 Why is that a bad move?

    • @laryanryan9170
      @laryanryan9170 Před 2 lety

      @Trevor. You better hurry because home and rent prices are going up daily and inventory is getting very low. They can't build homes and apartments fast enough to keep up with the number of people moving here. A lot of people are living in AirB&B.

    • @trevortat
      @trevortat Před 2 lety

      @@laryanryan9170 That's really sad. There's just too many greedy people these days. Thanks for the info 👍

  • @janhackney2489
    @janhackney2489 Před 3 lety +10

    Lived in Atlanta since I was 5 yo. At 57, I cannot wait to get out. The crime is out of control and our police officers are leaving! Be safe!

  • @PhilMoskowitz
    @PhilMoskowitz Před 3 lety +3

    It's similar here in Austin, TX. Lots of traffic going through downtown. But downtown itself is fairly empty. There's a ton of new high-rises here. I'm waiting to see what the occupancy rates will be a couple of months from now.

  • @westfield90
    @westfield90 Před 3 lety +11

    It just seems the life has disappeared as in most cities. Just 2 years ago the economy was booming, people were happy. It all changed for the bad

    • @rickyhall6687
      @rickyhall6687 Před 3 lety +7

      Stop voting Democrat

    • @dontreldontrel416
      @dontreldontrel416 Před 3 lety +5

      This is all Trump's doing.

    • @dontreldontrel416
      @dontreldontrel416 Před 3 lety +3

      @@rickyhall6687 Let Trump back in lol

    • @ThriftyCHNR
      @ThriftyCHNR Před 3 lety +1

      the president always has little effect on the economy. Congress has more impact, but still little. The federal reserve has more impact than both of them, but still is a minority impact.

    • @angelicadickson8666
      @angelicadickson8666 Před 3 lety +1

      Atlanta is booming. If yo7 don’t have a job in Atlanta you are not looking for one.

  • @jerrydavis3548
    @jerrydavis3548 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice video nick do one on it sister city of charlotte next please

  • @imhellag
    @imhellag Před 3 lety +1

    I love this series of yours!
    edit: the vibe in the comments section is a downer

  • @maril1379
    @maril1379 Před 3 lety +2

    Great video!

  • @sune6708
    @sune6708 Před 2 lety +4

    Would love some advice from the native in the comments. I plan on travelling to Atlanta for a quick trip with my mother. Our plan was to stay downtown and visit the Georgia Aquarium, Coca Cola museum, and the park. According to the comments it looks like Midtown is a better option. Do you guys recommend any accomodations? Willing to try a hotel or airbnb's.

    • @chuck2453
      @chuck2453 Před 2 lety +1

      There's nothing wrong with staying downtown if that's what you plan to do. You'll be right next to all of those attractions and can easily ride the train/Uber/drive to other parts of the city like Midtown and Buckhead. Be sure to go check out Piedmont Park and Ponce city Market.

  • @robertnewman5556
    @robertnewman5556 Před 2 lety +2

    I grew up in Warner Robin's. Ga. 1952 until 1970.

    • @kiabailey5906
      @kiabailey5906 Před 2 lety

      My family is from there😊 Robins Air Force Base

  • @chevychase
    @chevychase Před 3 lety +6

    Too bad you missed the good parts of Atlanta: Ponce de Leon Avenue, Midtown, Piedmont Park, Buckhead, Decatur, Emory/Druid Hills, Little Five Points, Alpharetta, Roswell, etc. You were just a block or two from the Margaret Mitchell house at the end of the video.

    • @paystyles5429
      @paystyles5429 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah can tell he dosent know much about the city

    • @laryanryan9170
      @laryanryan9170 Před 2 lety +1

      Nobody gives a flying F about the Margaret Mitchell house. She lived in one room in that house. It's totally insignificant. Prime real estate that needs to be developed on. Move that house to the history center in Buckhead.

  • @soulerflare7
    @soulerflare7 Před 3 lety +3

    Metro area has over 6 million in population and 9th largest city in US .

  • @edwinodus
    @edwinodus Před 3 lety +4

    Downtown atlanta hasn't change a bit since I left 15 years ago except Emory university is now present on Peachtree street. But the midtown got need highrises everywhere. You missed the gone with the mind house, but not by much

  • @sabishiihito
    @sabishiihito Před 10 měsíci

    This really took me back to my days at GSU in the late 90s/early 2000s, but also sadly reminds me of my current weekly commute.

  • @lfelton777
    @lfelton777 Před 3 lety +4

    Good video. However, you missed some of the key landmarks like the aquarium, Mercedes Benz stadium, and the Millennium Gate museum.

    • @s.j.5850
      @s.j.5850 Před 3 lety

      The aquarium is AMAZING!!!

  • @derekbuxton6626
    @derekbuxton6626 Před 3 lety +1

    I've been to Atlanta plenty of times when I was a truck driver. I had good and bad memories. I wouldn't mind going there again only as a tourist.

  • @thepoleontheroad
    @thepoleontheroad Před 9 měsíci

    Seen so many locations I'm almost certain Baby Driver was shot in, thanks for this!

  • @thornbird6768
    @thornbird6768 Před 3 lety +14

    Parts of downtown Atlanta remind me of London 👍🏻

    • @shivangjuneja7516
      @shivangjuneja7516 Před 3 lety +5

      Yea it strangely gives London vibes

    • @davidellis5141
      @davidellis5141 Před 3 lety +7

      King George founded Georgia. The 🇬🇧 influence is still there.

    • @ALsn-xz9ix
      @ALsn-xz9ix Před 3 lety +1

      @@davidellis5141 No James Oglethorpe founded Georgia with permission from King George, Atlanta was founded almost a hundred years after Georgia was even established

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 Před 3 lety +3

      @@davidellis5141 Most true Georgians are Scott-Irish ancestry. Georgia was founded as a debtors colony, no prison if you go help settle the colony .

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ALsn-xz9ix It was named Terminus, before they changed the name to Atlanta.

  • @vidform
    @vidform Před 2 lety

    What brand/model of dashcam did you use and at what settings? Very good footage. Thanks.

  • @83assassin
    @83assassin Před 3 lety

    Lmao, this is pretty funny. We have the same name lol. It's so weird seeing my name as a youtube channel XD
    Nice work though, good to see its quality content!

  • @jayquan17ify
    @jayquan17ify Před 2 lety

    When is the best time to go out with little traffic? the weekend or week days?

  • @dwaynegrobinson4125
    @dwaynegrobinson4125 Před 3 lety +1

    Ellis Hotel is a Beautiful Boutique 12:33. To tell you the truth, most of those streets I've never been on. I usually use Peachtree or Ponce if I need to go downtown to eat. But Atlantic Station, Buckhead, Lennox and the burbs is where I usually try to stay.

  • @DJ-vf5gu
    @DJ-vf5gu Před 2 lety +4

    Midtown and Buckhead is where it is happenening.I miss living in Atlanta but not the traffic.

  • @johnstancliff7328
    @johnstancliff7328 Před 3 lety +3

    well, at least they have a light rail system, Boise doesn't even have that.... too cheap!

    • @laryanryan9170
      @laryanryan9170 Před 2 lety

      Heavy rail. It just doesn't go to the suburbs because they don't want it.

  • @edwardcox7245
    @edwardcox7245 Před rokem +1

    Winter here feels good compared to Durham NC hey Nick I also moved from NC I moved last year

  • @ryankelsey9646
    @ryankelsey9646 Před 3 lety +9

    Remember seeing the Braves game and riding through Atlanta in 2005 at the age of 10. I'm 25 now and intend to go back soon.

    • @hotmesssouthernmom4542
      @hotmesssouthernmom4542 Před 3 lety

      Well Atlanta is becoming the murder capital of the United States so come on back anytime. Maybe you won’t get shot.

  • @skyeditor1740
    @skyeditor1740 Před 3 lety

    At one point, when you turned you camera, I say you roof rack. was you camera on you roof and if it was how were you turning it?

  • @aliqaysi1
    @aliqaysi1 Před 3 lety +8

    I’m from Saudi Arabia and I was student in Atlanta from 2017-2019 😩 I wish to back to Atlanta

    • @rrun2life
      @rrun2life Před 3 lety

      What do you miss about it?

    • @aliqaysi1
      @aliqaysi1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@rrun2life Everything in Atlanta
      For example
      1- cook out
      2- CAU
      3- Atlantic Station
      4- Lenox Square Mall
      5- Night life because in Saudi Arabia , Alcohol Illegal 🥱

    • @godislove6394
      @godislove6394 Před 3 lety +1

      Come back

  • @MissRandom077
    @MissRandom077 Před 3 lety +3

    I live in Buckhead and work in the City of Atlanta, this looks like am hours, there is always something going on in the City starting in the midafternoon.

  • @mgtowp.l.7756
    @mgtowp.l.7756 Před 3 lety +15

    Nick, I wish you make videos on West Texas cities like El Paso, Texas Amarillo , Texas San Angelo, Texas, and Abilene, Texas... Thank you..

    • @goldtopazasylum
      @goldtopazasylum Před 3 lety +1

      we drove through El Paso and other spots on our way to Houston, Friendswood back in the early 80's, my sister in law used to live there, we're in Illinois and it was a blast driving from here to there, Texas is gorgeous!

    • @young-blk-investor1059
      @young-blk-investor1059 Před 3 lety +3

      Nobody cares about west texas

    • @gregpeterman1102
      @gregpeterman1102 Před 3 lety

      I'll never drive through El Paso again, worse than Atlanta.

    • @palmyatl9533
      @palmyatl9533 Před 3 lety

      @@young-blk-investor1059 well I care

  • @skyeditor1740
    @skyeditor1740 Před 3 lety +5

    You came to Atlanta during the winter on a over cast day during a pandemic and you are wondering why it was empty? really?

  • @lexishendrix1145
    @lexishendrix1145 Před 3 lety

    I used to drive that same route past the Capital to visit and pick my daughter up from Ga State! Awe

  • @Skrhcj
    @Skrhcj Před 3 lety +10

    I lives here since 2012 Atlanta is very overpopulated . Night time everyone comes outside in different areas of the city , the traffic is so bad and this was just an early cloudy day where everyone was inside .

  • @novadhd
    @novadhd Před 3 lety +3

    Atlanta was the spot in the 90-20's . Especially if you were single.