Atlanta verse NYC... Where to go?

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Shantanu

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I've driven through Atlanta, GA a few times. I thought about maybe spending a night and seeing the town, but I couldn't figure from the brochures what there was to see and do there, if anything, other than Stone Mountain (not from the South - don't care) and the Coca-Cola factory (whoop-dee doo).

Not that there's anything wrong with settle-down, and raise-your-family type places, but in terms which is "a cooler place to live", there's just no comparision between Atlanta and NYC.

By Atlanta, I'm assuming you mean the suburbs, because I've heard the city itself is extremely ghetto. If endless retail shopping, 10 lane expressways, sigle family dwellings, and banal franchised restraunts are what you like, New York's suburbs have got that too. You might want to give Long Island, New Jersey, or Westchester a shot. Long Island is pretty expensive, but New York's other surburbs are fairly affordable.

New York's mild, yet seasonal weather beats Atlanta's hot, humid, and chock full of insects any day of the week!
 

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I lived in several places in Atlanta, all of them were inside the perimeter. I lived on Defoor ave. by Georgia tech., in Grant park, and in the Highlands area. All were nice areas.

I'm not a "club" guy. I'm an engineer and I like keeping to myself, i.e. I'm not a social bunny. Heaven to me is spending a day in a garage building something. Maybe I should check out some of the schools and try to hang with some like minded individuals.
 

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Originally posted by: Thera
Is Atlanta that nice of a place or am I just reminiscing about it? Should I consider a transfer back to Atlanta w/ girlfriend in tow or not? We're not happy here but I'm leary to make a change if I'm, for some reason, romanticizing Atlanta?

if you hate bad automobile traffic/traffic jams, don't go back

otherwise, yes , move back to atlanta, its a good city overall