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re: Atlanta is such a shitty Sports Town
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:01 am to SirWinston
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:01 am to SirWinston
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suppose its possible that I need go give the actual city a fairer shake. I've enjoyed midtown in the past
Go to Virginia Highland and West Midtown. Great food and bar scene in both neighborhoods.Summerhill, also.
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I think I've been assuming that the Braves moving to the suburbs was proof that the entire downtown and near downtown areas were unpleasant.
That was the Braves moving closer to their STH base.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:30 am to SirWinston
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I suppose its possible that I need go give the actual city a fairer shake. I've enjoyed midtown in the past. Didn't really care for the downtown are where Georgia Dome and Phillips were.
Any of the Northeast Neighborhoods along the Beltline are great - Midtown, Virginia Highland, Inman Park, Old Fourth Ward, Poncey Highland, Morningside, and even on the southeast side like Reynoldstown, Cabbagetown, and Grant Park have tons of options and things to do and are as safe as anywhere in the metro. Atlanta isn’t for everyone and you don’t have to like it but if you can’t have some fun in those areas doing something I would question what you could have fun doing. And yes, Downtown is a shithole and there’s no reason to even go there it’s been overrun by the homeless by design the city has basically forced them all into an area around Woodruff Park to keep them out of the aforementioned residential areas.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 7:33 am
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:05 am to SirWinston
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Atlanta is a shitty EVERYTHING town.
Imagine living on the west coast and shitting on any city other than Jackson and New Orleana lol
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:06 am to ronricks
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From the city core 75, 85, and 400 are WIDE OPEN going north in the mornings.
They are not. I go north on 85 often in the mornings. As I said.
Going south on 75 I see 75 north in the mornings. It is not wide open unless you define wide open differently.
The connecter is gridlock both ways 16 hours a day.
Whatever though. Traffic sucks in Atlanta and the weekends are often the worst.
City and county government is terrible and it’s too late to ever make it better. Continued growth will only make it worse.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:08 am to FLTech
Atlanta is a great MLB town but a shite NFL/NBA town.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:24 am to Tigertown in ATL
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They are not. I go north on 85 often in the mornings
You live in Canton. Explain this. How are you doing this? At what time? I leave for work between 6:30 and 7:00. 75, 85, and 400 North are very clear and I’m going 80 mph. It’s hilarious you are acting like I have anything to gain lying about this
I don’t get on the connector I enter after it in the mornings in afternoon going home I jump off at N Druid Hills or Cheshire Bridge or Sidney Marcus. You seem to not know what you are talking about.
Yes, Atlanta traffic sucks when you live in fricking Canton
Which is the whole point of this conversation. I wouldn’t live in Canton for that reason alone you don’t have a reverse commute and it’s way the hell out there and not easy to get to places.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 9:32 am
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:54 am to FLTech
I think the Braves gave it that reputation because they were super successful but they often had sparse crowds at turner field or Fulton county stadium but with the great atmospheres at Truist park in Cobb county just north of Atlanta it proved that being located in downtown Atlanta was a huge hinderance.
FYI, I’m a Braves and saints fan so I love the Braves but hate the falcons.
FYI, I’m a Braves and saints fan so I love the Braves but hate the falcons.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 9:57 am
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:56 am to FLTech
That place makes my skin crawl.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:09 am to Undertow
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but with the great atmospheres at Truist park in Cobb county just north of Atlanta it proved that being located in downtown Atlanta was a huge hinderance.
It also helps that the Braves have been consistently good since Truist opened.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:15 am to ronricks
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you don’t have a reverse commute
I don’t have a commute at all. I travel all around the city at different times of day.
Sydney Marcus in the afternoon?
You definitely have a different version of what bad traffic is. That whole area is a shithole.
I’d take a picture of 75 north at 7 am next time I’m going south but too much trouble to post it.
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75, 85, and 400 North are very clear
Not sure how you are on all three of these every morning.
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I wouldn’t live in Canton for that reason
I wouldn’t live inside 285 because of the people. So there’s that.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:24 am to Wally Sparks
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It also helps that the Braves have been consistently good since Truist opened.
Absolutely. But the point is they were consistently good at turner field and Fulton county stadium as well.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:36 am to Undertow
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But the point is they were consistently good at turner field and Fulton county stadium as well.
At AFCS, they would've been more consistently bad
Basically the only highlights were 1982-84 (and the stadium was still half empty) and obviously the 90s run (the first time average season attendance ever broke 30,000 was 1992). That carried over into the Ted, but by the mid-2000s the NLDS losses really took their toll. Attendance finally cratered after 2013 when the team was in rebuild mode to 24K, and they got a bump with the Cobb move from 2017 onward. Only in the past three years has attendance reached the early Ted years on average.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:22 am to CunningLinguist
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Atlanta is a great MLB town but a shite NFL/NBA town.
I can't argue this.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:31 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Living in Atlanta, I feel like the traffic isnt as bad as some would make it seem. Either that or maybe I'm just really good at avoiding the traffic.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:41 am to QJenk
You must know the surface streets.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:43 am to SteelerBravesDawg
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You've earned it at this point.
Now go frick right off.
Are you gonna report him too?
Posted on 4/8/24 at 1:06 pm to QJenk
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Living in Atlanta, I feel like the traffic isnt as bad as some would make it seem. Either that or maybe I'm just really good at avoiding the traffic.
ITP non-freeway traffic is pretty good
Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:21 pm to FLTech
Atlanta is wayyyy better than it used to be in regards to it being a “sports” town. Like it’s wayyyy better than a lot of the french here think it is now. They have the mindset of basically of what Atlanta was like as a sports town at the end of the Braves 90s run and Vicks shite going down.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:26 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
The Braves DID NOT move to the suburbs.
Their address is still Atlanta, GA
You can still see downtown Atlanta from the nosebleed seats at Truist lol
My god there are a bunch of Mis informed people on this website about Atlanta. It’s nauseating
Their address is still Atlanta, GA
You can still see downtown Atlanta from the nosebleed seats at Truist lol
My god there are a bunch of Mis informed people on this website about Atlanta. It’s nauseating
This post was edited on 4/8/24 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:27 pm to FLTech
It's an Atlanta address but they are for all intents and purposes in Smynings. Which is a suburb.
And I grew up here, my sister lives in West Midtown, and my mom lives in Braselton. I know Atlanta.
We're arguing semantics at this point.
And I grew up here, my sister lives in West Midtown, and my mom lives in Braselton. I know Atlanta.
We're arguing semantics at this point.
This post was edited on 4/8/24 at 6:29 pm
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