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Old 01-25-2015, 01:31 AM
 
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Best description.. Empty soul
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Old 01-25-2015, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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It would take a pretty empty soul to come here for attention like that.
Look at his post history. Everything recent is mainly Atlanta. Some Pittsburgh.
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Old 01-25-2015, 08:39 AM
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Altanta doesn't have much in the way of rivers or creeks. The city feels water starved. And you can't see Atlanta's hills which is why Atlanta felt flat to me. A place like Pittsburgh gives you the whole package woods/creeks/rivers/hills.
LOL your first statement is WAY off. Come to think of it, so are statements #2 and #3.
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:42 AM
 
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I have tried to get action taken. I've reported several of his posts, including some tonight. Nothing is ever done. We do all of the ignoring and he does all of the trolling. That is not fair. This person (I presume it's a he given the name) is NOT here for rational debate or discussion. He is now resorting to outright lies and completely twisting EVERYONE'S posts to say something only he imagines. I say we wage war in the forums if no action is taken. If everyone would bombard the report buttons maybe we could get something done. Otherwise, the Atlanta forums are going to descend into chaos.

All of this due to ONE person? I don't think that's fair.
You guys are so insecure about Atlanta.
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:43 AM
 
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LOL your first statement is WAY off. Come to think of it, so are statements #2 and #3.
The Chattahoochee is more or less it and it is a medium sized river, not even navigatable. The others are not worth mentioning.
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:46 AM
 
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In other words, you don't have a point anymore. Got it.
No, most other rivers have boating. The Chattahoochee is good for inner tubing, and not everyone parttakes of that.
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Old 01-25-2015, 12:25 PM
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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The Chattahoochee is more or less it and it is a medium sized river, not even navigatable. The others are not worth mentioning.
But they are there. There wasn't a place I lived in Atlanta that didn't have a creek in close vicinity. That mountain runoff has to go somewhere.
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Old 01-25-2015, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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But they are there. There wasn't a place I lived in Atlanta that didn't have a creek in close vicinity. That mountain runoff has to go somewhere.
Exactly. And the Chattahoochee is a treasure.

What other major city has a beautiful wild river in a National Park in the shadow of skyscrapers? A river so clean on the Northside you can fish for trout.

No other place in the U.S. comes to mind, but it would most certainly not be Houston.
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Old 01-25-2015, 01:47 PM
 
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Try Austin. It's not Pittsburgh hilly but it has hills.
You realize half of metro Atlanta, techecually more people and more area is part of Appalachia than Pittsburgh?.......... And Texas Hill country which Austin is in is no where hilly as the piedmont...



Why would people think Atlanta is ugly??

I went back to search this up because I know pointed this out years ago to someone, and you what?............ it was YOU..........omg


What if Atlanta was near the ocean

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Oh yeah....... you snip my post






Um ok The burj khalifa makes the other skyscrapers look tiny. Metro Atlanta isn't close to flat Atlanta, it's ones of hilliest metros in the country. All you see from a top on of Stone Mountain is the forest canopy you can't if there hills or not unless they're the size of kennesaw or something. Stone Mountain and Kennesaw Mountain are not even the biggest in the region also. Metro Atlanta actually have more major hills and mountains then the Pittsburgh region does. Since your using to Google map hit Google earth go the surface please.

Atlanta - Google Maps

The Pittsburgh region has 86
Allegheny County Mountain Peaks & Summits (1)
Armstrong County Mountain Peaks & Summits (4)
Beaver County Mountain Peaks & Summits (4)
Butler County Mountain Peaks & Summits (2)
Fayette County Mountain Peaks & Summits (33)
Washington County Mountain Peaks & Summits (12)
Westmoreland County Mountain Peaks & Summits (29)
Lawrence County Mountain Peaks & Summits (6)
The Atlanta region has 133
Bartow County Mountain Peaks & Summits (38)
Carroll County Mountain Peaks & Summits (2)
Cherokee County Mountain Peaks & Summits (9)
Dawson County Mountain Peaks & Summits (7)
DeKalb County Mountain Peaks & Summits (6)
Douglas County Mountain Peaks & Summits (3)
Forsyth County Mountain Peaks & Summits (2)
Fulton County Mountain Peaks & Summits (1)
Gwinnett County Mountain Peaks & Summits (4)
Hall County Mountain Peaks & Summits (5)
Heard County Mountain Peaks & Summits (1)
Jasper County Mountain Peaks & Summits (1)
Newton County Mountain Peaks & Summits (1)
Pickens County Mountain Peaks & Summits (22)
Paulding County Mountain Peaks & Summits (5)
Pike County Mountain Peaks & Summits (2)
Rockdale County Mountain Peaks & Summits (2)
Spalding County Mountain Peaks & Summits (1)
Upson County Mountain Peaks & Summits (17)
Walton County Mountain Peaks & Summits (3)

Pittsburg
Allegheny County High Point, Pennsylvania 1400 - 1420 ft
Allegheny County High Point #2, Pennsylvania 1400 ft / 427
Armstrong County High Point, Pennsylvania 1740 - 1760 ft
Beaver County.....Big Knob, Pennsylvania 1383 ft / 422 m
Butler County.... Kelley Benchmark, Pennsylvania 1600 - 1620 ft
Fayette County.... Laurel Hill, Pennsylvania 2994 ft / 913 m
Washington County High Point, Pennsylvania 1572 ft / 479 m
Westmoreland county Laurel Hill, Pennsylvania 2980 - 3000 ft

Pennsylvania County High Points - Peakbagger.com

Atlanta
Forsyth County Sawnee Mountain 1960 - 1980 ft
Cobb County Kennesaw Mountain 1808 ft / 551 m
DeKalb County Stone Mountain 1680 - 1700 ft
Dawson County, Black Mountain 3600 - 3620 ft
Haralson County, Reeds Mountain 1560 - 1580
Carroll County, Blackjack Mountain 1545 ft / 471 m
Polk County, Shorty Mountain 1680 - 1700 ft
Cherokee County, Pine Log Mountain 2331 ft / 710 m
Paulding County, York Benchmark 1400 - 1420 ft
Douglas County, Andy Mountain 1340 - 1360 ft
Gwinnett County High Point 1286 ft / 392 m
Bartow County, Bear Mountain-Southwest Ridge 2060 - 2080 ft
Pickens County, Mount Oglethorpe, 3288 ft / 1002 m

Georgia County High Points - Peakbagger.com




The reason Pittsburgh might falsely lead people thinking it's much hillier, is because the core is denser, The urban fabric goes against the hills making it more oblivious from air the hills are there. In Atlanta you see a blanket of trees from air the canopy makes it more difficult to see the hills from the air.

Like this is in cobb

What if Atlanta was near the ocean
Pitsburgh

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2445/3...a5aeb7e7_b.jpg

Also here you keep trying
http://www.city-data.com/forum/atlanta/1189757-what-if-atlanta-near-ocean-11.html


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A lot of stuff Tony said is opinion so I'm not going to speak on it.

Dallas DART is light rail, MARTA is heavy rail I just had to get that out the way,

But in regards to topography Atlanta is not Seattle but Atlanta is one the hilliest major metros in country. There are a number of low mountains in metro Atlanta alone, Bear Mountain, 2,297 feet, Pine Log Mountain 2,260 feet, Sawnee Mountain 1,946 ft, Kennesaw Mountain 1,808 ft, Hog Mountain 1,670 feet, Stone Mountain 1,686 ft, Sweat Mountain 1,640 ft, Little Kennesaw Mountain at 1,600 ft, Hickory Log Mountain 1,545 feet, Lost Mountain 1,512 feet, Polecat Mountain 1,503 feet, Blackjack Mountain 1,378 ft, Bufford Mountain 1,325 feet, Pine Mountain 1292 ft, Snellville Mountain 1,158 feet, Cassville Mountain 1,106 feet, Collins Mountain 1,099 feet, Walker Mountain 1,089 ft and etc.

Highest Mountain Peaks in Georgia

North Georgia there are 30 mountain peaks above 4,000 ft here's top 5
Rabun Bald 4,695 feet, Dicks Knob 4,623 feet, Brasstown Bald 4,534 feet, Blood Mountain 4,446 feet, Tray Mountain 4,419 feet,

Highest Mountain Peaks in Oklahoma

Oklahoma there are 6 mountain peaks above 4,000 ft here's top 5
Robbers Roost Peak 4,469 feet, Castle Rock Pillar 4,288 feet, Winchester Mesa 4,144 feet, Sugarloaf Mountain 4,124 feet,

Highest Mountain Peaks in Arkansas

Arkansas there are no peaks above 4,000 ft here's top 5
Magazine Mountain, 2,749, Signal Hill 2,749 feet, Black Fork 2,661 feet, Blue Mountain 2,612 feet, Cameron Bluff 2,543 feet.

Yeah the Mountains in North Carolina are bigger than the ones in Georgia. But the Appalachian end in Georgia and Alabama, the mountains in Arkansas and Oklahoma aren't even as tall or numerous as the ones in Georgia itself. In fact the 3 highest peaks in metro Atlanta are not that far off from being comparable to top 5 highest peaks in Arkansas actually. Living metro Atlanta topography in the Piedmont is not that far off like living in the Ozark itself for a comparison.

Powell Mountain 3,816 feet is the 50th highest peak in Georgia but it's a 1,000 ft highier than anything in Arkansas. Again Atlanta is no Seattle but You can't compare Dallas access to mountains with Atlanta at all, and you can't ignore Georgia's mountains if your going bring up Arkansas and Oklahoma.

And I like that DFW has a lot large lakes too, a lot of people don't know that.
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:13 PM
 
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No, most other rivers have boating. The Chattahoochee is good for inner tubing, and not everyone parttakes of that.
So first your point was that Atlanta doesn't have a water feature, which is false.

Then it was the Chattahoochee isn't accessible, which is also false.

Now your "point" is that the Chattahoochee isn't good for boating, but just inner tubing. This, once again, is false:

Boating - Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
Chattahoochee River Tubing, Canoes, Kayaks, Rafts | Shoot the Hooch
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | BOATING |

Now please, for your own sake, just stop. This looks bad, even for you.
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