Downtown Atlanta was once a vibrant city center now it's a hollow shell of it's former self. Honestly, it kind of sucks, unless you're here for the touristy things. I grew up always wondering why downtown didn't feel quite right in today's video, we find out.

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:09 Comparisons
2:14 Suburbanization
3:15 Architecture, Street activation, John Portman
4:36 Safety, Homelessness, and the Olympics
6:30 Downtown today
7:48 Optimism
9:02 Closing thoughts

Primary sources
Low, Setha M. “The Anthropology of Cities: Imagining and Theorizing the City.” Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 25, 1996, pp. 383–409. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2155832. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.
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Media
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Equipment
Camera: Panasonic Lumix G85, iPhone XS
Microphone: MXL 990 (voiceover), Behringer XM8500 (on camera)

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