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It is really hard to say.
It really depends on how strong a family and support network you have, how important that is to you, the local economy and of course your age.
Atlanta, I don't think is going to be any cheaper than Cleveland, it may be more expensive.
It will be hard to make a dent in a very saturated market unless your portfolio is really up to snuff and ready to present to a critical clientele.
Have you done all your homework vis-a-vis your skills, life drawing, design and color studies etc.
Just changing locales, even to what may seem a more sympathetic one, will not always ensure that you will be a better or more successful artist. That is always up to the artist.
If you really hate your city because it is economically depressed, dull and uninteresting and the people, all boors, that is another thing. But usually there is culture and cultured people in every major city in this country.
Michele is a stellar example of what hard work and determination can do in another city, that has never smiled kindly on the portrait arts.
Also, today, if you have a wonderful portfolio, there are really good portrait agencies that will promote you, whether or not you live in an igloo in Alaska, if you have the right stuff. Also there is our friend the internet, and wonderful venues like our own "Strokes 0f Genius" website.
But go, if you feel in your heart that it is the right thing to do.
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