A Climate data for Atlanta The Georgia General Assembly began as a unicameral body in 1777 but changed to a bicameral legislature in 1789 It is now made up of a Senate (the upper house) and a House of Representatives (the lower house) the Senate has 56 members while the House of Representatives has 180 Members from each body serve for two years but have no limit to the number of times they can be re-elected Both senators and representatives are elected from their constituents' districts. Compared to other American cities Atlanta's economy in the past had been disproportionately affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession with the city's economy earning a ranking of 68 among 100 American cities in a September 2014 report due to an elevated unemployment rate declining real income levels and a depressed housing market From 2010 to 2011 Atlanta saw a 0.9% contraction in employment and plateauing income growth at 0.4% Although unemployment had decreased to 7% by late 2014 this was still higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.8% Atlanta's housing market has also struggled with home prices dropping by 2.1% in January 2012 reaching levels not seen since 1996 Compared with a year earlier the average home price in Atlanta plummeted to 17.3% in February 2012 thus becoming the largest annual drop in the history of the index for any American or global city the decline in home prices prompted some economists to deem Atlanta the worst housing market in the nation at the height of the depression Nevertheless the city's real estate market has resurged since 2012 so much median home value and rent growth significantly outpaced the national average by 2018 thanks to a rapidly-growing regional economy. !
3.4 Religion Above populations are 2018 estimates from the U.S Census Bureau, A Black 27.0% 28.7% 30.5% As a national center for the arts Atlanta is home to significant art museums and institutions the renowned High Museum of Art is arguably the South's leading art museum and among the most-visited art museums in the world the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) and the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film are the only such museums in the Southeast Contemporary art museums include the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Institutions of higher education contribute to Atlanta's art scene with the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta campus providing the city's arts community with a steady stream of curators and Emory University's Michael C Carlos Museum containing the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast. Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle Washington 2006 1990 394,017 -7.3% The Dukes of Hazzard a 1980s TV show was set in the fictional Hazzard County Georgia the first five episodes were shot on location in Conyers and Covington Georgia as well as some locations in Atlanta Production was then moved to Burbank California.[citation needed]. Kennesaw State The American Institute of Architecture's 1993 Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta: Moreland Avenue (U.S 23/Georgia 42).
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