re: Atlanta, GA is a sh!thole - 2 experiences driving through this weekend

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We sent our son to a month long overnight camp

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Bigger concern should be that he doesn't suddenly want to become a girl with all the brainwashing going on these days.

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Next time drive up to Chattanooga and through the Ocoee to get to NC. A little further of a drive depending on where you’re going, but much more enjoyable.

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agreed - it’s what we normally do, but Mrs L was anxious to see the boy and did not want to add an hour to the drive

In this trip, our son’s camp was in Winston Salem, so we would have had to drive to Knoxville and kick over on I 40 - an extra 57 miles and at least a full hour longer

Driving home, wanted to get home fast, and driving through Atlanta is usually not bad on weekends and later at night

Fish rot from the head…

Those homeless are always panhandling there at the exit from 20 going onto 75/85 North. You can even see them on some of the historical street views. Makes me want to take 285 when heading towards the Carolinas from Alabama.

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Why call 911?

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I call 911 once or twice every few months - not often, but every time I see something worth mentioning

I do outside sales and log more highway/road miles than 90% of Americans (police and truck driver have me beat, but not many others)

Any time I see something blocking a lane on the interstate, or a vehicle fire or something like that

a lane or exit blocked on a busy interstate IS possibly life threatening/dangerous and absolutely 911 worthy

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I’ll go 30+ mins out of my way to avoid driving thru the heart of any city. Give me two lane highways on the out skirts all day. You don’t HAVE to stay on the route the map gives you.

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I mean, this is what I always do if I’m not in a hurry - this trip was planned with Atlanta traffic patterns in mind, and we did not have really any trouble or much traffic

But I was saddened and shocked to see tent cities right by where my dad used to park for Falcon’s games

Also, barriers to the interstate ramp should be more than 2’ tall

Panhandlers approaching cars on the interstate is pretty bad

I remember a panhandler from the 90’s that everyone loved

He sat on the street right where you get off for GA Tech/The Varsity (10th - 14th street exit off the 75/85 connector southbound)

He held up a GREAT sign

“Why lie? I need a beer!”

I gave that sumbich a dollar EVERY TIME I got off that exit - he even had an article written about him in the AJC

getting on the fricking interstate and looking like death is a whole different ballgame

Don’t go to many big cities huh? Bet it was scary for you.

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there are tent cities rivaling LA and San Francisco through out downtown Atlanta which is really sad.

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Do what?

Yes,there are homeless enclaves (mainly
around underpasses and bridges) but it's nowhere close to the out of control homeless situations in LA and SF.

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it's nowhere close to the out of control homeless situations in LA and SF.

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no, not yet, but it is headed in that direction

Kemp should step up and handle this situation, especially since it is now affecting traffic/commerce on the interstate

Now is the time to stop it, and a strong leader with courage could do it

Again, you want to cherry pick the city limits of Bham and just ignore the surrounding suburbs which are separate cities. Many in Atlanta would love to have what we have, hence the failed attempt by Buckhead to split off. By all means, enjoy your large urban city and everything that brings you.

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Again, you want to cherry pick the city limits of Bham and just ignore the surrounding suburbs which are separate cities. Many in Atlanta would love to have what we have, hence the failed attempt by Buckhead to split off. By all means, enjoy your large urban city and everything that brings you.

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Why are you trying to compare the Birmingham suburbs to the city of Atlanta?

The area being discussed is in the city so there’s no reason to compare it to Birmingham suburbs. There isn’t any difference between Atlanta suburbs and Birmingham suburbs. There’s a huge difference between the city of Atlanta and city of Birmingham. One is thriving the other is literally dying.