Atlanta makes top 10 Lonely Planet travel list

[testess]

How is it that cities like Montreal and Chicago or Boston make top 10 lists nobody bats an eye, but when Atlanta does everybody's refuting it? Atlanta is already one of the top world class cities in the country.

[testa50]

Originally Posted by atler8

You reveal plenty via your judgment of what consists of "... a ridiculous nitpick..." and that anyone who disagrees with you on one point can thus be called "dense". This has surely won you accolades for civility from others.

Your earlier post referring to "foreign service appointee" reveals that you carry a woefully out of date notion of the people who work in our embassies around the world who are posted via a bidding process and not by "appointment" except in the case of the single top tier ambassadorial role. They are a cross section of the American public. Not simply plucked straight out of Ivy League schools, they are far from the pampered, elitist typecasting once seen in old movies.

As for example, my State Department friend is no delicate "sherry-drinking-on-the-embassy-veranda" sort and completed a 60 plus mile foot race in South Africa.

A favorite story of mine that he has shared tells of his night time encounter with a green mamba in his hut while he stayed in a South African national park. Now that is what I'd call an adventure worthy of The Lonely Planet!

Wow, fragile much?

You didn’t even nitpick the point you’re now going on and on about. You nitpicked an entirely different, irrelevant, point.

Anyways, I don’t care to talk any more about this. Goodbye.

[Citykid3785]

Originally Posted by testess

How is it that cities like Montreal and Chicago or Boston make top 10 lists nobody bats an eye, but when Atlanta does everybody's refuting it? Atlanta is already one of the top world class cities in the country.

A few reasons.

Once again, this is a worldly list, not a USA specific list. And secondly, there is a difference between a top 10 city to live, and a top 10 city to visit.

[Phil P]

Originally Posted by ShenardL

The Aquarium is one of the best in the world, I've been to several around the world and the Georgia Aquarium was the best. Also, many college football fans in SEC country love going to the College Football Hall of Fame. For African Americans, the Martin Luther King Jr. center, his birth-house, and Civil Rights Museum make Atlanta a destination visit. From what I noticed watching various Korean YouTubers who visit Atlanta, they all go to Georgia Aquarium, World of Coke, CNN, ride the Ferris Wheel, Centennial Olympic Park, Stone Mountain, Piedmont Park, Ponce City Market, and will shop at Lenox/Atlantic Station/Avalon, eat Korean food in Duluth. Some also go to Six Flags and Helen, Georgia. They also have positive comments about the skyline, especially at night.

Yeah... I mean if you're into college football sure. But Piedmont Park, Korean food in Duluth, Avalon etc are all not really worth traveling on a plane for. And there's better versions of Six Flags and Helen out there.

Originally Posted by MichiganderTexan

Not sure why Greenville or Chattanooga is better to visit what's really there? Chattanooga maybe with Lookout mountain and ruby falls and their aquarium but those attractions are somewhat overrated.

Because they are compact and easier to get around in. There's no traffic snarl of death and outdoor activities are better and closer. The downtowns have a more concice and a cooler sense of place. Atlanta has 4-5 downtowns kinda sprawled around.

[urbancuriosity]

Just as a point of observation, cities like Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas, Charlotte, and Houston are all big airport hubs but not worldwide tourist destinations themselves. It's just odd.