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Originally Posted by Texcitement
I thought I might smoke him out. But "them's the facts" I heard from a very reliable source. Too many Atlantans don't really realize that their city wears thin pretty quickly to a lot of people from bigger, more cosmopolitan cities. What's the city's population... about 500K? Seattle packs far more than that in half the area. One of their key points was desirability of young adults to live there, and this young generation don't care for Atlanta as much as other places with vibrant downtowns. They don't even buy cars, for crying out loud. For a newbie, fresh out of college, a coder or jr. manager would need to live way the hell out in Kennesaw or Lawrenceville. When I lived in Atlanta in the early/mid 90s, Buckhead was THE PLACE to go. But then it started to become 'shoot-em-up central' and too hard to get to for people who didn't live in B'head. Midtown took some of that but the people who live there are NOT the same people who used to go to the bars at East Paces Ferry & P'tree and Roswell Rd. Those people are the ones Amazon is looking to hire, and face it, Atlanta's downtown can't hold a candle to Nashville's "hicktown" vibe.
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Agreed for the most part. I think it's important to note too that I don't think you, or I, or any other Nashvillian is under any illusion that our city doesn't have a laundry list of our own flaws we need to work on, too. The difference, though, between us and most Atlantans I've met is that we are actually aware of our faults and have no problem admitting to them. Atlantans seem to want...
need?... to be told constantly that their city is THE CHOSEN ONE and any indication to the contrary, no matter how subtle or realistic, will get you the wrath, as it were, as you just received. It's quite a bizarre thing to witness.