Seattle’s problem is the serious geographic/geologic limitations. There’s a whole lotta people trying to jam into very little usable space, narrowly distributed along peninsulas.
TX & GA have, on the whole, no such limitations. Atlanta sprawls, rather comfortably. As downtown has filled up, high-tech has moved up “the 400” to more spacious areas yet still can travel quickly without too much trouble. Major arteries can be slow, but plenty of roads spread between with no physical limitations of ocean or mountains.
Driving around (and now being driven around) the Dallas/Ft Worth area, it amazes me how much vacant land there is.
Lake washington really messes it up. It was really convenient for me to bike commute to downtown when I lived on Mercer Island, though. :)
And when I got a motorcycle it did add to the convenience with all those hov lanes.