to Atlanta peoples

[Codewiz]

Here is my take, as I am from SC and about 4 hours from Atlanta. I am also pretty well travelled. I have been to NYC MANY times, Chicago, Houston, Newark, Raleigh, Seattle, Washington DC, Portland, and all over Europe. I have seen and visited many big cities. All this because my mom works for an airline so I get to travel for free

Atlanta used to be a somewhat rough place but as far as I can tell from my recent visits, it has cleaned up the streets. I wasn't scared to be downtown at night. Atlanta has TONS of things to do no matter what you like to do. Out of all the places I have been Atlanta ranks up there for the most fun. Now I will go on the record to say that the traffic absolutely sucks ass. I do anything I can to avoid traffic in Atlanta.

I also have multiple friends in Atlanta that love it there. I would definately say Atlanta is a lot better than DC. Of course I didn't really care for DC when I have visited there.

 

[Flashram]

I lived south of Atlanta (Jonesboro), downtown Atlanta (next to Turner Field), North Atlanta (Sandy Springs)... traffic sucks everywhere, there's no getting around it. No doubt it is a diverse area though, shouldn't be a problem meeting some decent people to fit in with. As much as I'm glad I no longer live there I still miss it.

 

[teddymines]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: teddymines

Originally posted by: xchangx
pretty diverse. Asian? Tons of places on Buford hwy. You can pretty much find a place for you.

LOL...Buford. Leave it to Atlanta to have a Buford hwy. Is that near the Cleatus parkway, or the Bubba freeway?

Actually, the name comes from A.S. Buford; President of the Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railroad in the late 1800s. You have to go south of Macon to meet folks with Buford as a first name. South GA is, um....."interesting".

Mmmmmm...Macon.

 

[jteef]

i lived in atlanta for 5 years while going to school. They are supposed to be cleaning up midtown a lot, but really not a lot has changed. It was inevitable that you'd be hassled by no less than 5 hobos walking from the GT campus to the north ave marta station(about 200 yards). North Ave, and Ponce are not a good area to be, and it gets worse in a lot of areas, especially south of downtown. We walked through a sewer tunnel type thing that runs under 75/85 to get to Arbys that always had a bunch of crackheads and there was a crackhouse right behind the Arbys. The best thing i ever did in school was to move off campus to the Vinings area. Its a trendy semi expensive (not nearly as expensive as buckhead, but a lot moreso than living in a suburb) neighborhood with easy access to I-75 and I-285. rush hour gets a little annoying, but driving at other times is not bad at all. My biggest problem with atlanta traffic is the disparity in speeds on the highway. the right lane moves at 45mph, and the left lane moves at 85mph. There are just as many people going too slow as there are going too fast. People also seem to make a lot of irrational decisions behind the wheel. If its icy out, for your own saftey, don't even think about leaving home. I recall quite a few accidents on peachtree one day because people still thought they could drive 60mph through downtown.

I would move back there in a second.

A whole lot of atlanta (within the perimeter anyways) is really nice neighborhoods nestled between poor or just plain bad neighborhoods. That kind of thing isn't my bag, so I would tell your friend to stay away from those places.

jt

 

[Mill]

I lived in Sandy Springs and it sucked. Sorry but I would rather live anywhere else other than atlanta.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Been in the Atlanta metro area for 10 years, in downtown Atlanta (Georgia Tech) for 4 years. There's nothing special about this city: bad air, too much traffic, seems like nothing gets done efficiently. But, it's where my campus is and where my friends are. There are many better places to live, but the cost of living ain't too bad when compared to NYC. I don't know where I'll be after I graduate, but the only thing keeping me here is friends and family.