re: Visited Atlanta for the first time in 10 years - holy moly what a shithole!

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Summerhill has done a complete 180. Hell, they just opened a Publix there at the end of last summer. A block from Old Turner Field.

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I was floored 2 months ago when I was in Summerhill....it is sooooooo much better. Still has some edginess to it but in another couple of years it is going to be what west Midtown is today.

Rumor has it that an investor group is buying up Vine City. Its already better than it has been in my 58 years....when I was a young man your could mess around and disappear in Vine City and no one would say a word other than you ought to have known better. It may be the next area to change dramatically. College Park best look out LOL....

NO and ATL couldn’t be anymore opposite.

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In this thread you have people not from Atlanta saying it’s terrible and people from Atlanta saying it’s great. The answer lies somewhere in between in that it’s pretty average just like most other large American cities.

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Worth noting that this is a strongly LA message board with a heavier anti-Atlanta bias than most places.

As a native, I don't love it or hate it. It's home, better or worse. Traffic sucks, lots of thugs, plenty of rough areas, lots of libs, bad governance. It's also one of the prettiest (natural) cities, amazing tree canopy, has a river you can catch rainbow trout in, great running and tennis town, strong economic engine for the region, reasonably good weather compared to other big Southern cities, is proximate to nice mountainous areas and good beaches, etc.

By any lifestyle/family raising measure Atlanta absolutely dominates New Orleans. Atlanta's arguments get weaker when you bring in cities on the same general (ie, top 10-12) level like Dallas, or when you work in smaller, lifestyle cities like Charlotte, Nashville, etc.

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As a native, I don't love it or hate it. It's home, better or worse. Traffic sucks, lots of thugs, plenty of rough areas, lots of libs, bad governance. It's also one of the prettiest (natural) cities, amazing tree canopy, has a river you can catch rainbow trout in, great running and tennis town, strong economic engine for the region, reasonably good weather compared to other big Southern cities, is proximate to nice mountainous areas and good beaches, etc.

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I agree with most of this.

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It's also one of the prettiest (natural) cities,

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But not this. Yes it does have proximity to some pretty areas but Atlanta itself isn’t anything spectacular in my opinion from a natural beauty standpoint.

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By any lifestyle/family raising measure Atlanta absolutely dominates New Orleans

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I agree with family raising but saying Atlanta dominates in any lifestyle measure is very arguable. Very dependent on what your lifestyle is.

Pretty much any major town/city reeks of nasty weed these days.

At the risk of getting downvoted, weed is one of the most disgusting smells. yeah, let's smoke skunk and escape from reality. How edgy.

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Atlanta is pretty boring and dangerous

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Atlanta itself isn’t anything spectacular in my opinion from a natural beauty standpoint.

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Completely disagree.

I genuinely envy your low standards

If Atlanta is “spectacular” from a natural beauty standpoint, how would you describeSan Diego or San Francisco?

I've never been to either so I can't judge against it.

There are definitely prettier cities than Atlanta and San Diego and San Francisco are definitely above Atlanta on that list, I would put my hometown of Pittsburgh above it also, but to think Atlanta is some bland, flat, featureless city is just ignorant.