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Atlanta folks get mad online defending their city

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It's just frustrating because 95% of SEC folks come to Atlanta, stay in the burbs or Buckhead, go to Six Flags and/or Turner Field or the Dome, go see their friends in the northern burbs, leave town and assume all of Atlanta is that. Everytime I take college friends to the main areas of town where most non suburban folks (And many of them) go out my friends are shocked and had no clue the areas existed.

Also, because of all the sports choking we deal with a lot of shite all the time. Very large chip on the ole shoulder.

Houston has the same problem but I just don't really care. Cities like Atlanta/Houston/Dallas are not tourist destinations, so people only go there for work (where they stay in hotels that aren't in inner loop neighborhoods, they're typically in the downtown area business area) or to visit family (typically in the burbs).

A lot of conferences in Houston now are in The Woodlands or Galleria area which is the worst for making Houston seem attractive to young people

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That's true and kind of funny as a comparison as Atlanta is the highest city East of the Rockies while New Orleans is the lowest.

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These guys got killed because of the high altitude of the ATL.


"SUWANEE - An air crash that occurred 53 years ago in Suwanee caused aircraft engineers to design safer altimeters, possibly saving thousands of lives. Ex-Marine Ben Cole of Suwanee has written and published a 261-page book documenting the event that was virtually erased from Gwinnett County's memory. "Four Down on Old Peachtree Road" was dedicated Wednesday at a ceremony next to the roadside memorial at 704 Old Peachtree Road. In 2003, Cole raised funds to purchase the marker that commemorates the crash's 50th anniversary.

Just after midnight Dec. 6, 1953, four pilots from the 128th Fighter Bomber Squadron of the Georgia Air National Guard were flying back to Dobbins Air Force Base from a training mission in Miami. The pilots were flying four separate F-84D fighter jets in formation through the cloudy, rainy night. Their lead pilot, Capt. Idon Hodge, had to depend on instruments to guide his men home. "The lighting was not real good in those jets and the altimeters were hard to read," said Gen. Joel Paris, commander of the 128th in 1953. "It had a short, skinny needle that only moved one-fourth inch for every 10,000 feet. It could hide behind the other needle." James Brooks was 18 years old in 1953. He had just returned home from the picture show when his house brightened. "We came outdoors, it scared us so bad," Brooks said. "We hadn't never been around nothing like that, and they were down so low their lights lit the whole house up." The four jets crashed into the rented home of Ernest Brooks, James' brother, killing all four pilots. The Brooks family was spending the night with an aunt when the crash occurred. Debris scattered across a 500-yard radius and Brooks said he found a jet engine the next morning where his brother's bedroom had been. "It killed all five of his rabbit dogs," Brooks said. Soon after the crash, the altimeter design was upgraded to include a crosshatch that indicates when the plane drops below 10,000 feet. Ernest Brooks has since passed away, but back in 1981, he told Cole about the four planes that had crashed into his Vernon Road house and burned it down when he was a young man. The idea piqued Cole's curiosity, but two decades passed before he began researching the story. In the wake of World War II and the Korean War, Cole discovered the crash had been forgotten. That inspired Cole to raise $2,000 to erect the Old Peachtree Road memorial plaque for the crash's 50th anniversary."

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This is an F-84F

I'm all in for you guys. That 2 game set in Atlanta a few weeks ago literally terrified me. That is the scariest fvckin lineup I've seen since the 1995 Indians.

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Nicest college town in the south.

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As much as it pains me to say this...and it really does...I honestly think Auburn is the nicest college town in the south.

Athens isn't bad by any stretch though.

I love Atl. It is the tits. Also, regarding Bham as someone not from there, the best part is it's location. Close to the beach, mountains, and other cities. The leadership doesn't do enjoy take advantage of Birmingham's location to Atl, port of Mobile, etc.

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Everytime I take college friends to the main areas of town where most non suburban folks (And many of them) go out my friends are shocked and had no clue the areas existed.

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I took a co-worker from Marietta(born and raised, now 26) down to mid-town/down-town area. he had never been anywhere around there, fricking amazing the bubble people stay in.

to be fair... the growth in memphis is small because we are shooting all the low lifes. Only the strong survive in this place.

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How is Sun Trust Park and area around it? I can't wait to go after I move back.

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It is awesome. A totally new experience over the Ted. I live very near there.

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And on each trip, I always made it to Decatur to spend an evening at Eddie's Attic, but I enjoyed the downtown, too. But never have seen so many panhandlers. I visited with some of them and found they were mainly Auburn alums.

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