Altanta?
It sucks so bad we are changing the name.:) Sorry for the typo, can't edit.
Your City Sucks: Altanta
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#22The narrow minded comment made me chuckle. I no longer surprised by how myopic certain people can be. In my personal experience moving between Chicago, Appalachia, LA and now deep in the rural heart of Texas is that "broad mindeded" people (especially those in larger cities) often overestimate their own tolerance, and see no reason to be tolerant of, interested in understanding the rural or southern culture within th…
This. I moved to Silicon Valley from Huntsville, AL (My coworkers expressed disgust that they might have trouble in AL going around the office proudly proclaiming they were atheists. I told them that CA had a similar paradigm too: Fox News.
...That being said: Atlanta is a cautionary tale of how laze-faire central planning doesn't work.
Re: Your City Sucks: Altanta
#23I program in Buckhead on the the northside of Atlanta. If you are from here it is a great place. Basically almost nobody is from here so one thing in common everyone has is how long ago their family moved here.
Buckhead is a really great area. If I had to compare it to somewhere in the SF/SV area, it would probably be most comparable to Palo Alto. I've been in Atlanta twice over the past year, and spent most of each trip in Buckhead. There are tons of great restaurants, but my two picks so far would be Woodfire Grill for dinner and Buckhead Diner for brunch. I really can't say enough good things about Woodfire Grill -- it was probably the best meal I've ever had.
Re: Your City Sucks: Altanta
#24I live in atlanta…pretty accurate. Except for the comment about the weather. Yeah we have all 4 seasons…but we also have all 4 seasons once a week during the so-called "fall" and "spring." And there's no snow. One morning or so a year, there's a half-inch of snow on the ground. Occasionally, it's followed by ice that the DOT covers with sand instead of salt for reasons that have never been adequately explained.
Oh, and there's no such thing as clean local politics. Want something passed…pay for it. Period.
Re: Your City Sucks: Altanta
#25The narrow minded comment made me chuckle. I no longer surprised by how myopic certain people can be. In my personal experience moving between Chicago, Appalachia, LA and now deep in the rural heart of Texas is that "broad mindeded" people (especially those in larger cities) often overestimate their own tolerance, and see no reason to be tolerant of, interested in understanding the rural or southern culture within th…
Guns are a good illustration of this. Where I grew up, kids have been known to get guns for Christmas so they can go deer hunting. It's probably not the safest thing but it's not really a problem. Here in NYC though it's completely different. A stray bullet has way too many opportunities to hit something important. Not to mention, all minor conflicts from people living so close together.
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#26"The city is quite segregated (mexicans, white, black, asian, etc are in certain areas and don’t often mix)."
Eh, kind of. It's more segregated by socio-economics just like everywhere else. As a counterexample, many areas in Gwinnett contain Hispanics, whites, Asians, and blacks. Many of the neighborhoods on the East and South of Atlanta contain whites and blacks in mixed neighborhoods. I don't know that the wealthy parts of town are any less diverse than the sample of wealthy people overall. Mostly white, some black, some Indian, some Chinese, etc.
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#27The narrow minded comment made me chuckle. I no longer surprised by how myopic certain people can be. In my personal experience moving between Chicago, Appalachia, LA and now deep in the rural heart of Texas is that "broad mindeded" people (especially those in larger cities) often overestimate their own tolerance, and see no reason to be tolerant of, interested in understanding the rural or southern culture within th…
Guns are a good illustration of this. Where I grew up, kids have been known to get guns for Christmas so they can go deer hunting. It's probably not the safest thing but it's not really a problem. Here in NYC though it's completely different. A stray bullet has way too many opportunities to hit something important. Not to mention, all minor conflicts from people living so close together.
Yeah, I remember during HS students and teachers comparing hunting rifles in the school parking lot (they had them in their trunks since they intended to start hunting after school let out). Every place on earth has its "no big deal" that horrifies someone else.
Safer than a swimming pool....
Re: Your City Sucks: Altanta
#28I program in Buckhead on the the northside of Atlanta. If you are from here it is a great place. Basically almost nobody is from here so one thing in common everyone has is how long ago their family moved here.
Buckhead is a really great area. If I had to compare it to somewhere in the SF/SV area, it would probably be most comparable to Palo Alto. I've been in Atlanta twice over the past year, and spent most of each trip in Buckhead. There are tons of great restaurants, but my two picks so far would be Woodfire Grill for dinner and Buckhead Diner for brunch. I really can't say enough good things about Woodfire Grill -- it w…
The Chef there won "Top Chef" one year.
Re: Your City Sucks: Altanta
#29The narrow minded comment made me chuckle. I no longer surprised by how myopic certain people can be. In my personal experience moving between Chicago, Appalachia, LA and now deep in the rural heart of Texas is that "broad mindeded" people (especially those in larger cities) often overestimate their own tolerance, and see no reason to be tolerant of, interested in understanding the rural or southern culture within th…
This. I moved to Silicon Valley from Huntsville, AL ( My coworkers expressed disgust that they might have trouble in AL going around the office proudly proclaiming they were atheists. I told them that CA had a similar paradigm too: Fox News. ...That being said: Atlanta is a cautionary tale of how laze-faire central planning doesn't work.
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