At about 6 million people, the Atlanta metro is the ninth-largest metro region in the U.S.
But experts predict a lot of people will migrate to Atlanta in the coming decades.
In fact, by 2050, the growth will be the equivalent of the entire Denver metro area upped and moved to Atlanta.
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