Atlanta !!!
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- opiate0
I can'y wait to get out of Hicklanta. Been living here downtown since 95 and counting the days. One more month and I am outta here. Can I get a "Hell Yeah"
- Rodimus790
I only lasted a year in the ATL.. Glad to be back North. Midtown/Downtown was decent tho.
If you want some good eats check out Taqueria Del Sol on Howell Mill Rd.. I miss those fried chicken tacos & rotisserie chicken enchiladas w/ lemon cream sauce.. Mmmm..
- subflux0
I've been in ATL for about 6 months now (y'all), moved here from DC. Midtown is cool, little five points has some good hair color and there are some good tat shops (y'all)....but, manoman, I miss dc sometimes (y'all)....
oh, and ATL is a little island of blue in a see of red, stay within the perimeter, it's scary out there (y'all)
and as far as i can tell, the locals all call it " 'lanna " (y'all)
good for the krunk, tho (all y'all)
- opiate0
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only been here 6 months and u got the town figured out, pretty good.
- driftlab0
Nahhh, don't buy the stereotypes about people outside the perimeter. It's quite a melting pot actually. The major outlying counties are comprised primarily of transplants from the North anyway. So, there's a healthy mix of obnoxious folk from above the Mason Dixon and hicks below it.
- ********0
The burbs are completely fine...don't listen to the hype. I live in the burbs and grew up in the burbs here. Atlanta is made up of lots of smalll communities that have their own atmosphere. Each one different from the next.
Most people living in ATL are transplants anyways, mostly from the north or from out west. As soon as you meet people here, they end up leaving, at some point in their life. It's weird like that.
- opiate0
"Nahhh, don't buy the stereotypes about people outside the perimeter"
BUy them , seriously... It's scary. My parents live out there and so does my sis. Side note - they are leaving the state also. I lived out there for about 2 years till i got my place downtown.
White picket fences, suv's all over the place, It;s out of the Twilight zone. (Alpharetta, Marietta, Dunwoody)
Then if you keep going way out , it's literally Hell. I took photos of front yards with croses in front yards and HUGE signs saying "Keep N****ers OUT" and much more disturbing shit. I have never ever seen such a racial tension and divide until I moved here.
People say there are Rednecks everywhere. BUt they where Born and spread in the south. Straight from Georgia. The stereotypes are true.
- driftlab0
In my 26 years in Georgia, I've never seen huge crosses in front yards and racist slogans of that sort. I don't doubt that there are likely shacks deep in heart of the North mountains where some inbreds feature such yard decor, but I suppose you could find freaks like that in any southern state if you look hard enough in the obscure places. As for SUV's, minivans and the like... welcome to suburbia in any U.S. state.
Bottom line, 75% of the state is a melting pot with a good mix of people from all over. Let's face it, there are "Cletis the slack-jawed yokels" in every state. Even in NJ where I'm originally from.
I think they may even be scarier up there.
- Ramanisky20
"As for SUV's, minivans and the like... welcome to suburbia in any U.S. state. "
Hahaah.....exactamundo
Been in Atlanta since 1983
its almost the same everywhere else I've been
minus the weather of course
- subflux0
I grew up in Pennsy, but the divide in GA seems more profound. Weren't they putting anti-evolution stickers in Cobb Co schoolbooks recently? And that's just outside the perimeter. Scary.
But as you said, drift, there are rednecks everywhere...and they scare me equally everywhere.
PS I drive an SUV and live in Midtown...what does that say about me? :-\
- yabyum0
subflux is right, stay inside the perimeter. Bad thing about Atlanta is when you leave, you're in Georgia.
Awesome city though. Hit the Clairemont Lounge on Saturday nights. Beer in a can, funk music, ghetto strippers (although it is definitely not a strip club, you'll see), and a girl named Blondie that will beat you up w/ her boobies and crush your beer cans w/ them. Ahhh Blondie, I hardly knew ye . . .
- subflux0
thanks for the recommend, yab, I really need to get out more :-)
Also, Adult Swim is in ATL, so we go that going for us.
which is nice.
- driftlab0
Meh, I don't think there was an anti-evolution movement. I think they were requesting that it not be taught as a fact, as it currently is. And I believe they wanted Creation Science taught as an equally viable viewpoint.
I'm technically in suburbia - OTP and there are more northerners in my neighborhood than southerners.
- opiate0
I'll show u the pix, it was in duluth.
Anyways Atlanta has its moments.The city has just grown old to me. Just not my type of area at all. And yes, it is a big huge melting pot. Mostly northerns OTP.
U want places to go?
the Local
smiths ole bar
darkhorse
ten high
the brewhouse
vortex
estoria
six feet under
the mark
MJQ
drunken unicorn
emmanuels
eastside lounge
the earl
the star bar
lenny's
halo
club1150
cherry
leapord lounge
crescent room
clairmont - blows
THE CHEETAH
PINK PONY
- subflux0
Hey drift, where do you live? I've been thinking about staying in midtown or somewhere around Emory, but I'd love a backyard for my 'lil schnauzer to run around in and my experience with the 'burbs has been...how should i say it?....very red :-)
Thanks for the Cobb clarification: Hard to interpret these issues from the local ATL news...
- yabyum0
Mmmmmm . . . Pink Pony.
still got my property of the Cheetah shirt too.
- industry730
Since my wife's job will be at the Airport i was looking around Hapeville and East Point.
Are those ok areas?
- opiate0
I would say the gran park area. The airport is only 15 minutes from that area (dowtown area). I-85 and I-20 are right there. It is a really nice area with cool houses.
- opiate0
Sorry , Grant Park
- opiate0
Also, don't know if your looking for a house apt or loft... I have links for the others if u want