WANTED: New hometown

An addendum....

The close proximity to the greatest 90 miles of driving in America (A1A from Islamorada to Key West) (on non-toll road no less) is a great card to have in the back pocket. Beautiful inspiration well.

 

Not to hijack Jones' thread, but I think you can say that (lack of place) about a lot of sun belt cities. I've done a bit of travelling in the south and most people I meet are from somewhere else--mostly the north and east--Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, NY/NJ/CT...Granted traffic sucks, but again, any big city is going to have that. A lack of a waterfront, but in my view that's overestimated anyway.

 

Athens is like that with R.E.M. and the other musicians in town. There's essentially an unwritten rule, among locals at least, that you leave them alone when you see them around town.

 

I don't get this either.

Atlanta has its problems, like any other city that over 300,000 Southerners died to prevent from coming to fruition (witness last year's Boston-Atlanta series at Turner Field). But it is the bigtime, with much fun, hijinks and culture to be found in equal parts.

In short, if you don't like Atlanta or the surrounding donut, stay the fuck out. There's plenty of people who do.

 

I don't like Hotlanta because...
A) I'm terrified of the airport there
B) A city should be more creative when naming streets and not call every street a variation of peach.

Other than that, Atlanta's fine. Just a big city where the planning didn't account for all the growth. Sounds like lots of other places.

 

I've been siphoned through the ass end of the airport in Atlanta since I was 10 years old, many times all and very alone, and never felt the least bit fear.

Not understandable.

 

OK, that's just dumb. :

And that airport is very, very easy to navigate. Take the big escalator down. Ride the tram to your gate. T-gates -> A -> B -> C -> D -> E. Evens on the left, odds on the right. Hell, if you ever watched Sesame Street, you can figure that out.

 

We all spent some time learning American History. We figure if Sherman burnt it down it can't be all that great.

 

playthrough, I think Jay's implications are plain.

Maybe he has a certain cutesy-nancy name for MARTA.

Boom, Lanta's the only city in 40,000 years since the fucking cave paintings at Lascaux truly o rise from the ashes. Remember that next time you jiggle your ice and cognac.

 

Oh, sweet jesus, buckweaver. You're better than that.

He didn't say he was terrified of getting lost in the airport.

That place is HORRIFYING. There are four people per seat, there are people sprawled in the hallway, I have to step over three people and avoid 17 screaming children just to get to the gate. And what do they do with their money? They put SINGING SINKS IN THE BATHROOM.

Jesus. I would rather cook my mother and eat her than fly into or out of Atlanta ever ever ever again.

Sadly, I'll be there in three weeks.