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Old 09-11-2015, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Georgia
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i wouldn't say most. However, i do believe there is a segment of the population that would tolerate alot of intolerable things just so they don't have to have people of color around them.
fify.
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Old 09-22-2015, 08:33 AM
 
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...we have never seen anyone ride the train or bus with a TV they just stole.
But its not just that. Residents also don't want people loitering around stations and on nearby street corners. They don't want the homeless problem like the city has. We all know that there are a lot of people who ride MARTA all day long and literally have nothing else to do because they don't have jobs. I don't know about you but I don't want people like that bused in or "trained" in to my community. Does that make me a bad person? For the record, I'm just playing devil's advocate. I'm actually a big proponent of MARTA coming to Cobb County and I'm a county resident. I can sympathize with both sides of the public transit argument.
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Old 09-22-2015, 12:21 PM
 
Location: City of Trees
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More fearmongering.
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Old 09-22-2015, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Georgia
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But its not just that. Residents also don't want people loitering around stations and on nearby street corners. They don't want the homeless problem like the city has. We all know that there are a lot of people who ride MARTA all day long and literally have nothing else to do because they don't have jobs. I don't know about you but I don't want people like that bused in or "trained" in to my community. Does that make me a bad person? For the record, I'm just playing devil's advocate. I'm actually a big proponent of MARTA coming to Cobb County and I'm a county resident. I can sympathize with both sides of the public transit argument.
Which residents? Did you take a scientific poll of them? And who said anything about the stations being in people's backyards?

Nothing is on the table for MARTA expansion into Cobb right now. So what could go where is quite open. Certain areas would almost certainly be more accepting of stations than others.

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More fearmongering.
Perhaps. Also it just gives the naysayers too much of a voice.

But as I have said before, it's currently a seller's market for potential transit expansion. Clayton is coming online, and Gwinnett just might join in 2020. As foolish as I think Cobb would be to reject MARTA indefinitely, there's no rush if they don't want it yet.
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Old 09-22-2015, 02:42 PM
 
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Yeah, if Cobb doesn't want it, I say let them fall further behind without MARTA access.
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Old 09-22-2015, 06:30 PM
 
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Why can't we let Cobb be Cobb instead of insisting on ramming mass transit down their throats?

If and when Cobb is ready for it they will no doubt let people know.
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Old 09-22-2015, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Decatur, GA
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Why can't we let Cobb be Cobb instead of insisting on ramming mass transit down their throats?

If and when Cobb is ready for it they will no doubt let people know.
Because Cobb doesn't exist in a vacuum! Someone that has a job in Cobb but lives in Atlanta has no choice but to drive which doesn't just put another car on Cobbs' roads, but also Atlantas' roads, or Gwinnetts' roads or Clayton Countys' roads. If I'm not mistaken, our very own Cqholt mentioned he now works up there and can't use MARTA despite being one of the strongest advocates for transit on here.
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Old 09-22-2015, 09:14 PM
 
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If I'm not mistaken, our very own Cqholt mentioned he now works up there and can't use MARTA despite being one of the strongest advocates for transit on here.
What a tragedy!!!!
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Old 09-22-2015, 11:20 PM
 
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Why can't we let Cobb be Cobb instead of insisting on ramming mass transit down their throats?

If and when Cobb is ready for it they will no doubt let people know.
Because Cobb is not just Cobb, it's not a random isolated county, Cobb is part of metro Atlanta it's a core county that's over 700k and growing. It's bad for the region as a hold. In 1970 cobb was just 198,000 now it's 3x that population.




It's a paradox situation actually



CID's Business leaders of Cobb want it, the places in Cobb that are targeted and need it.... want it...

The leaders and etc in the Cumberland area want it, even the Business leaders in Cobb town center want it.

Who doesn't want it, are places like East Cobb where transit plan are not even being target in the first place.

Not only is there rejection is fuel by phobia of crime that actually makes no sense, but the plans don't even included there areas in the first place. They essentially holding hostage to other parts of the county that wants it and need it.
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Old 09-23-2015, 06:05 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Why can't we let Cobb be Cobb instead of insisting on ramming mass transit down their throats?

If and when Cobb is ready for it they will no doubt let people know.
They obviously want transit, look at the Cobb Pkwy BRT proposal. Instead they think they can do it better than MARTA, which has been running transit for 43 years. Look at the BRT proposal, Cobb is looking to do the same thing MARTA did several years ago on Memorial Dr, that failed.
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