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Ramsey Tantawi <ramsey@angband.org> elaborated:

: If you think there's nothing to do in ATL then you're lazy and
: uninspired.  Every place is what you make of it--if you WANT a place to
: be boring, it will be.  If you WANT a place to be great and have tons of
: things to do, it will be (within reasonable limits, of course, but Atlanta
: is well within those limits).

Ok, Atlanta was ranked somewhere as 7th most boring city to live in if you
are under 21. What this means? Besides the stuff you can do in any city,
Atlanta has nothing special to do besides nightclubs, bars, and strip
bars. So if you aren't into any of those, for a city, Atlanta is pretty
boring.

Now, for epople who say it's not a city, it is but it's a city that needs
to learn to organize itself, stop spreading out so much (we're like a
cancer and are almsot always used as a prime example of what a city
should not end up liek, we're the epitomy of the urban heat island for
example and our smog is rivaling LA's... but unlike LA we have no
geography to blame for it). Our streets ewre very disorganized and the
Jacksonville, Fla Mayor was totally correct when he noted that
Jacksonville shoudl take care then to keep their growth in check and
organized instead of turning into Atlanta which just grew with no
organization at all.


: Personally, I like Atlanta a lot, but I also like Boston, Chicago, Seattle
: (I LOVE Seattle) etc. etc.  But the one thing that people in Atlanta have

I'll definitely agree with you on the Seattle thing. Boston I wouldn't be
able to stand to live in cause I like driving (Boston drivers are the
worst about aggressiveness and stuff). That and I prefer a city out west
somewhere. Chicago is ok *shrug*.

: going for them (in my opinion) is the fact that there's a lot of
: opportunity in atlanta (and ESPECIALLY at Tech).  It's not a big,

Agreed. For a standard of living, Atlanta does have it really good. We
have relatively cheap standard of living and lots of business
opportunities (I just wish they hadn't just realized that amybe they need
to keep the growth from just spreading out like a cancer). It's boring as
a city but that doesnt' mean you can't come up with your own stuff and
since it is a city we tend to get most major concerts and have more
different types of movies come to us (rather than a small town which might
miss out on a movie that doesn't hit it big).

Tigress

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