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re: Buckhead pushing to split off from the declining city of Atlanta
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:42 pm to dukke v
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:42 pm to dukke v
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Atlanta overall is a total shithole…
As someone who has lived here at different points for nearly 7 years it definitely was not like this. Hell even 3 or 4 years ago it was actually a pretty nice place to live. The beltline which is a walkway throughout the city created a nice social atmosphere with new breweries and eateries and it never really felt dangerous. The city was making efforts to improve and when they supported their police department things were getting better. Fast forward to last year when Fentanyl Floyd got himself killed and the whole city rioted and our political leaders decided that we didnt need police. Well over 200 cops have left the APD in the last year and the city has been struggling to replace them but honestly who the frick would want to be a cop in a major democrat controlled city now?
But Buckhead has honestly been in decline for well over the last decade, hell probably more like 15-20 years if we are being realistic. As another user pointed out when Ray Lewis decided to stab that guy it put Buckhead on the map for all the wrong reasons. Now a certain "urban element" has inundated the area to the point that I simply dont go there and it was like this before covid and the floyd riots. People were already getting mugged and stabbed outside of bars before Atlanta decided they didnt need cops. Even if Buckhead succeeds in creating their own community, I am not sure their problems get solved that easily. Lennox Mall and Phipps Plaza are still hotbeds of urban crime with shootings taking place at Lennox basically every week. I drive past Lennox frequently for work and I see police cars there more often than not and always AFTER the crime has taken place. Buckhead is going to need to adopt some policies that will not be politically popular if they want to improve their area. I dont think they have the will power to do this and with Abrams and company taking over this state after 2022 we will instead see this decline accelerate as people with means vacate the area and leave it to decay.
There was a pregnant lady who got stabbed with her child next to her last week on this trail I frequently walk/run on near my place. I hear shootings much more than I did a few years ago coming from the ghetto nightclub a few blocks from where I live. I am leaving this city at the end of July (hopefully for somewhere in Tennessee) and plan on never returning, Atlanta had the chance to be great but much like our football team, they blew a huge lead it will lead to an inevitable decline.
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 12:43 pm
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Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:42 pm to goofball
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Two recent assaults include a man shot while jogging by an unknown assailant in a residential neighborhood and the stabbing of a pregnant woman on a walking trail in broad daylight. Her baby had to be delivered three months early. Neither victim was robbed, just violently assaulted:
Like WTF
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:44 pm to Pettifogger
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The trick is that they all claim it's entirely COVID-related and refuse to entertain the idea that last Summer has been a major impact.
I'd never make that argument. When $750k homes are getting multiple all cash offers and waiving inspections there are some weird things going on in the market that can't be explained away with just one contributing factor. Besides, I know Atlanta's market was insane before Covid. This same friend bought his current house in Va Highlands 5 years ago without even stepping foot in it. He had already been beaten out on a handful of houses.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:49 pm to LSUfanNkaty
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Two recent assaults include a man shot while jogging by an unknown assailant in a residential neighborhood and the stabbing of a pregnant woman on a walking trail in broad daylight. Her baby had to be delivered three months early. Neither victim was robbed, just violently assaulted:
Like WTF
Blacks know they can attack whites for no reason other than being white and these Soros DAs won't prosecute them for it.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:50 pm to Nigel Farage
Despite what the poli board thinks, I'm a very conservative person, I despise wokeness and leftism, etc. And even I believe Atlanta was at something akin to an all-time peak just 2-3 years ago. Crime was there but managed, Atlanta had a good reputation of largely staying out of the racial unrest you saw elsewhere, our nutjob community was pretty quiet and isolated. We were on a frenzy of new restaurants and breweries and the BeltLine was exploding, lots of new commercial development focused on building community (successfully IMO). It was just really going as well as you could hope. I agree that the mall district of Buckhead was already in decline, but we avoided as much for the tourists/hassle as the crime. There was just a lot more happening in other parts of the city. Even some of the disputes along race/political lines (like the Braves departure) were going fine, Summerhill was a thing, but the Battery was great. Win-win.
It's all come tumbling down very quickly. It's depressing.
It's all come tumbling down very quickly. It's depressing.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:52 pm to Pettifogger
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It's all come tumbling down very quickly. It's depressing.
And it all feels like it is by design. The question is, why?
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:53 pm to VADawg
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Blacks know they can attack whites for no reason other than being white and these Soros DAs won't prosecute them for it.
I suspect we're seeing the gaslighting from the media make an impact. The media loves to talk about how Trump has somehow caused black people to attack asians due to his Wuhan rhetoric.
I haven't seen any discussion about the spate of black-white attacks in Atlanta, supposedly by people with mental illness. Some will reject the mental illness angle and say it's cover for hate crimes, but I'm not sure it matters. If the media and our government is telling crazy people (who happen to be black) that they're under attack by whiteness - bad things will happen. No different than Islamic extremists radicalizing people with mental health or emotional issues, etc.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:54 pm to Dulacrat
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Correct. Sandy Springs was one of the first to incorporate. It seems to have worked out well (at least vs. the alternative of staying part of ATL)...
It was never part of the City of Atlanta.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 12:56 pm to Pettifogger
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Despite what the poli board thinks, I'm a very conservative person, I despise wokeness and leftism, etc. And even I believe Atlanta was at something akin to an all-time peak just 2-3 years ago. Crime was there but managed, Atlanta had a good reputation of largely staying out of the racial unrest you saw elsewhere, our nutjob community was pretty quiet and isolated. We were on a frenzy of new restaurants and breweries and the BeltLine was exploding, lots of new commercial development focused on building community (successfully IMO). It was just really going as well as you could hope. I agree that the mall district of Buckhead was already in decline, but we avoided as much for the tourists/hassle as the crime. There was just a lot more happening in other parts of the city. Even some of the disputes along race/political lines (like the Braves departure) were going fine, Summerhill was a thing, but the Battery was great. Win-win.
It's all come tumbling down very quickly. It's depressing.
Not to mention a lot of the areas that had been in decline for decades were going through gentrification and people were mostly excited about it. It is kind of amazing how quickly this place fell off and shows you shouldnt take these things for granted. Even with my disagreements politically I still found Atlanta a desirable place to live and I got along with some of my lefty friends pretty well. Hell I saw myself one day buying a house of condo in the area but now there is just no way that is happening. Good luck to people who are gonna stick it out here over the next decade.
Like you said its really depressing how quickly things went to hell here.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 1:00 pm to goofball
Hmmm wonder what my Buckhead libtarded, Biden voting cousins are thinking! LOL
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 6/16/21 at 1:13 pm to Nigel Farage
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There was a pregnant lady who got stabbed with her child next to her last week on this trail I frequently walk/run on near my place. I hear shootings much more than I did a few years ago coming from the ghetto nightclub a few blocks from where I live. I am leaving this city at the end of July (hopefully for somewhere in Tennessee) and plan on never returning, Atlanta had the chance to be great but much like our football team, they blew a huge lead it will lead to an inevitable decline.
Nashville is going to be what Atlanta used to be.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 2:37 pm to goofball
I lived in Midtown and Atlantic Station for years, before moving to Cobb County and never witnessed a single crime unless you count people smoking weed and tranny prostitution.
Now, it's rampant. Uuugh. Kasim Reed, even with the corruption in his administration, was far more on his game.
Now, it's rampant. Uuugh. Kasim Reed, even with the corruption in his administration, was far more on his game.
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 6/16/21 at 2:45 pm to Wildcat In Germany
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Wildcat In Germany
You vote for the people who allow/want this to happen.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 2:53 pm to Wildcat In Germany
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lived in Midtown and Atlantic Station for years, before moving to Cobb County and never witnessed a single crime unless you count people smoking weed and tranny prostitution.
Now, it's rampant. Uuugh. Kasim Reed, even with the corruption in his administration, was far more on his game.
And what’s the common denominator in all of this decay? What’s the catalyst for the decline?
Posted on 6/16/21 at 2:56 pm to Limitlesstigers
quote:its commonplace in Atlanta to have cities within the great city limits of Atlanta.
Didn't Sandy Springs do the same thing? Or was it unincorporated before?
Posted on 6/16/21 at 3:10 pm to The Nino
So glad I moved. Such a shithole
Posted on 6/16/21 at 3:14 pm to goofball
Not sure how Atlanta is "declining." Seems like lots of people want to move here.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 3:29 pm to red sox fan 13
Every time I see that photo of Abrams I marvel at how hard the photographer worked to hide her bulk.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 3:33 pm to Wildcat In Germany
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I lived in Midtown and Atlantic Station for years, before moving to Cobb County and never witnessed a single crime unless you count people smoking weed and tranny prostitution.
Now, it's rampant. Uuugh. Kasim Reed, even with the corruption in his administration, was far more on his game
I’m at a conference in Georgetown Tx and was at the bar with some customers and competitors last night. One guy shows up straight from the Austin airport coming in from Atlanta. Never met him before, but we’re both security engineers and get along great.
He brings up the Buckhead thing and says that it’s probably going to happen. Further conversations, I come to realize he’s pretty far left but recognizes that this is completely Bottom’s fault and Atlanta is now a complete shithole because of how she handled the Brooks incident (I.e. firing the cops when she didn’t have the whole story and it was probably illegal) and it pissed off any of the good cops that cared and the bad cops DGAF.
Always good when people get what they voted for. Don’t wish ill on anybody ever, but as bad as Republicans can be, these leftist mayors and DAs are going to eventually have the chickens come home to roost. I, in no way, want or laugh at the destruction, crime, or loss of life that’s come with it but life comes at you fast.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 3:37 pm to 3nOut
This may be a foreign concept to someone from Bastrop or Madisonville, but Atlanta has a history of problem-solving. Keisha is going away, presumably because she realizes she's in over her head and might not have won an election. Erika Shields (ridiculous police chief) is gone.
This is not New Orleans. We don't have a Pampy Barre or a Sidney Barthelemy sucking us dry. Atlanta will emerge from whatever the frick is going on right now stronger than ever.
This is not New Orleans. We don't have a Pampy Barre or a Sidney Barthelemy sucking us dry. Atlanta will emerge from whatever the frick is going on right now stronger than ever.
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 3:38 pm
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