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Posted on 2/16/14 at 7:50 pm to notiger1997
Not even close to the same relative to competitive admission. Did not grow up in New Orleans and my kids got in every private school we applied. Atlanta schools are brutal with cuts and I'm talking about pre-k
Posted on 2/16/14 at 7:53 pm to Adam Banks
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Vanilla Sunday
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Quite appropriate for Atlanta
Oh wait, that's the entire year's events calendar.
I'm sorry. No, really I am. This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 2/16/14 at 7:57 pm to dallastiger55
Just to throw in my piece as well.
Anyone hating on Atlanta saying they have never had a good time here either does not know where to go, or they are just flaming. Atlanta is extremely diverse which means you have so many different options for good and very different experiences. This goes for food as well. Not everyone is a fan of seafood and if that is the case you are severely hampered with the cuisine in the NOLA culture. Atlanta is a hotspot for great food and it is diverse as well.
While others seem to think that transplants living here is a bad thing, it actually opens up many different experiences and food that they bring with them.
In short, in NOLA you better be 100% happy with the culture/food/activities. In Atlanta you can find what fits with you from Virgiinia Highlands, buckhead on out into more suburb living or even country living.
Anyone hating on Atlanta saying they have never had a good time here either does not know where to go, or they are just flaming. Atlanta is extremely diverse which means you have so many different options for good and very different experiences. This goes for food as well. Not everyone is a fan of seafood and if that is the case you are severely hampered with the cuisine in the NOLA culture. Atlanta is a hotspot for great food and it is diverse as well.
While others seem to think that transplants living here is a bad thing, it actually opens up many different experiences and food that they bring with them.
In short, in NOLA you better be 100% happy with the culture/food/activities. In Atlanta you can find what fits with you from Virgiinia Highlands, buckhead on out into more suburb living or even country living.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:19 pm to flyAU
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Not everyone is a fan of seafood and if that is the case you are severely hampered with the cuisine in the NOLA culture
Brakes please... I'd like to exit the ride now. My head is spinning from that lunacy. If you think New Orleans cuisine is solely seafood and that's what makes it great, you know less than nothing about New Orleans and why the food is so acclaimed. Obviously there is a slew of seafood, because like with all coastal areas on this planet the cuisine tends to lean toward what is available, and that's more of a practical thing stemming from before electricity and transportation than anything else. That being said, it's not what makes New Orleans food what it is. It's the French influences in technique and the Immersion of it in the culture of New Orleans, and the private homes of the residents of the city who have stewed in it their whole lives, as have their parents, grandparents and so on back to the early 18th century when it was founded.
That you won't find in Atlanta, and is why the expectations in Atlanta are not such as in New Orleans that it's so inseparable between where one starts and the other begins, the kitchens in the family house or the kitchen in the restaurant. If I let you peruse my old New Orleans cook books you would understand how ludicrous and ignorant that statement really was.
This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:25 pm to flyAU
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This goes for food as well. Not everyone is a fan of seafood and if that is the case you are severely hampered with the cuisine in the NOLA culture.
Haven't spent much time in New Orleans have you?
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:25 pm to Mike da Tigah
His post is as bad as the one he chastised.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:25 pm to Mike da Tigah
I should come to you for restaurant recommendations then since I seem to find menus full of seafood. I think it makes complete sense to utilize seafood since of the proximity it just isnt my thing.
Also yes I am down there quite a bit for work. It is not an inaccurate statement to say that seafood is a cornerstone of cooking in the city. Not sure why you would think that this is so wildly inaccurate.
Also yes I am down there quite a bit for work. It is not an inaccurate statement to say that seafood is a cornerstone of cooking in the city. Not sure why you would think that this is so wildly inaccurate.
This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:32 pm to flyAU
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I should come to you for restaurant recommendations then since I seem to find menus full of seafood. I think it makes complete sense to utilize seafood since of the proximity it just isnt my thing.
Again, it's a given since every coastal region does the exact same, yet not all know how to cook it very well, as in making it taste really good in your mouth attached to your neck appendage.
That being said, you're almost certainly gravitating to the same restaurants most tourists are instructed to go to in order to get a taste of New Orleans, and while that's not necessarily a bad thing, it doesn't scratch the surface of all that's available in the city. If you want to eat amazing food, ask locals where they go, and be prepared to leave the quarter. Take a cab and live it up. If not, then I would suggest Bayona for starters.
This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:37 pm to Mike da Tigah
I will have to try out Bayona. I normally stay at the W in the quarter since I can walk everywhere. I do realize that is the heart of the tourist area, but also are a ton of options. 
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:41 pm to flyAU
Walk to cochon
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:42 pm to dallastiger55
quote:
New Orleans or Atlanta
Which would you rather live in?
I choose death
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:45 pm to yellowfin
quote:
Walk to cochon
Or streetcar to Boucherie.
Not sure if this relates to the "culture" of the city but I really enjoy the architecture of the homes in New Orleans. I guess it lends itself to the age of the city, but original hardwoods and 12 ft ceilings tickle my fancy.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 8:49 pm to yellowfin
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Walk to cochon
Definitely, and Butcher's sandwiches and specials are just stupid good.
Take a cab ride down Magazine too. Tell him to go slow or you will hurt your neck looking around.
It really doesn't matter what direction you go though, you're going to run into stupid good food in pretty much any direction you decide on.
Restaurant August is serious, as is Stella. Bayona is in the quarter, and bad arse as well. Truth us, anything with Besh, Link, Spicer, or Boswell's name attached is going to give you a tongue woodie. I'd also recommend Lilette very highly.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:02 pm to flyAU
Atlanta is a shithole..
/thread
/thread
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:08 pm to dallastiger55
Atlanta to live and New Orleans to visit.
Atlanta can be a bit meh, at times, but to say it doesn't have any cultre is laughable. Yes it may not have the type of cultre that New Orleans has, but few cities do.
New Orleans is great to visit, but I just can't see living there for any extended periods of time. And yes, I've seen the nicer parts of New Orleans as well.
Atlanta can be a bit meh, at times, but to say it doesn't have any cultre is laughable. Yes it may not have the type of cultre that New Orleans has, but few cities do.
New Orleans is great to visit, but I just can't see living there for any extended periods of time. And yes, I've seen the nicer parts of New Orleans as well.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 11:34 pm to Mike da Tigah
You are giving the French just a tad to much credit, as if they were the only ethnic group to greatly influence creole cuisine. Equal amount of credit should go to the Spanish, Italian, Haitian and Choctaw chefs/cooks of yesteryear who assisted in forging North America's first true fusion cuisine.
Now, we can thank those Acadians of French ancestry and their Choctaw country friends for the wonderful one pot wonders we call Cajun cuisine. But that sophisticated city food of yore was way more than "French influence."
Now, we can thank those Acadians of French ancestry and their Choctaw country friends for the wonderful one pot wonders we call Cajun cuisine. But that sophisticated city food of yore was way more than "French influence."
Posted on 2/16/14 at 11:56 pm to dallastiger55
My first job out of LSU was in Atlanta. I came back after three years.
The advantages of Atlanta was that I could afford a nice newish home on a half acre without crossing a fricking lake and there were young educated people everywhere on the north side of town. We missed family and I missed SELA fishing, so we moved back and today my kids are great friends with their cousins and have strong family ties. Can't replace that in any city.
Without considering family, New Orleans barely wins. Atlanta is a nice place.
The advantages of Atlanta was that I could afford a nice newish home on a half acre without crossing a fricking lake and there were young educated people everywhere on the north side of town. We missed family and I missed SELA fishing, so we moved back and today my kids are great friends with their cousins and have strong family ties. Can't replace that in any city.
Without considering family, New Orleans barely wins. Atlanta is a nice place.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 11:57 pm to dallastiger55
New Orleans by a mile.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 12:01 am to dallastiger55
I'd rather be the poorest man in the Sudan than the richest man in Atlanta.
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