Atlanta vs New Orleans

East Atlanta Village is a strip: Flat Shoals and Glenwood, a few blocks where you eat, drink, and catch a show at The EARL without moving your car. Bywater is looser and slower, shotgun houses in pastel paint, a wine bar in someone's backyard that turns into a concert, and nobody checking the time. Atlanta's version is built around nights out; the sidewalks are dead on a Tuesday afternoon and full by Saturday. Bywater works in daylight too, especially along the river at Crescent Park. If you want a tight, walkable run of bars and music, pick East Atlanta. If you want the weirdness to spill out of the venues and onto the street, pick Bywater.