Atlanta Would Be the Perfect Place to Live, Only If.... (Doraville: wage, quality of life)

[atlantagreg30127]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Atlanta would be a better place if their humidity level was as low as Las Vegas: 5-15%.

Then in combination of the amount and types of trees we have here, you'd be dealing with wildfires every week burning down everyone's homes.

[plessthanpointohfive]

The humidity IS low here...

[JakilaTheHun]

Originally Posted by YBF

This is so true...the quote "it aint about what you know its who you know" never applied to me more then it has since Ive been living in Atlanta...

If you think ATL is bad, the rest of the South is even worse. Large portions of the South still function under the "Good Ole' Boy" system.

[Georgia]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Atlanta would be a better place if their humidity level was as low as Las Vegas: 5-15%. I can't stand a combination of heat and humidity. This 99 degrees today feels oh, oh, oh so comfortable! And tonight it will cool off, may need a light coat.

Ahhh! Yes, like Vegas that wonderful "Dry Heat", just like a blow torch Heat of any type stinks IMO. Love the cold weather. I go by an ancient Chinese Proverb. "Man can always dawn more clothing as cold weather comes, but man can only get so naked in heat"

[waronxmas]

...people from the burbs who came from small towns or a suburb in another city, and only come in the CoA for a big ticket event, stop saying "There's nothing to do in Atlanta", "The city has gotten worse since (insert mystical time when Atlanta was supposedly better than it is now)"

...when (not if) the Beltline gets built and the streetcars come back. People forget it took almost 30 years to finish the current incarnation of MARTA. It won't happen over night people.

...people who throw insults at the South and Westside and have never even walked around in it. Trust me, the chances of having something more serious than being panhandled happen to you is pretty slim.

[AcidSnake]

Originally Posted by Legs1357

I should have worded this differently, my bad. Part of the reason MARTA has been run into the ground financially is because you can do just that. I guess to me on the flipside it bothers me that going all the way from the farthest point to farthest point costs the same amount as going one station. It honestly really discourages me from using it for short trips, I don't feel like I'm getting my money's worth. Look at DC's metro for an example...a much much better system than MARTA. Not only do your rates depend on which station you go to but there are rush hour and non-rush hour rates.

I gues the way MARTA does business is a bit archaic & doesn't stand up to the realities of maintaining a large transit system. My guess is that the structure of MARTA like a lot of things in Georgia and the south is antagonistic. It's like everything in this state is designed so that people can have their little fiefdom and rule it like warlords/barons, regardless of how inefficient it is.

I'm just disappointed that the "Conservatives" in this state don't live up to their own hype when it comes to finding a free market solution for our issues(not that I truly believe there is one, of course). What they rather do is throw out simplistic & naive solutions like "less taxes!", "fairtax!" and seemingly push secession every chance they get & think somehow by doing so they will have found the cure for cancer, or whatever perceived ill that plagues society.

Anyways, I hope that the next Governor of this state will actually have SOME type of vision beyond his(or her) 4 years in office and will actually create some long term solutions for the transportation situation. No more low-brow "bubba-think", I'd say!

[neil0311]

Originally Posted by plessthanpointohfive

The humidity IS low here...

Compared to places on the coast, both north and south, Atlanta's humidity isn't that bad. It arrives earlier and stays later than some places, and combined with hot days can be uncomfortable, but the level of humidity is actually less than many place.

[Georgia]

The one big difference here vs Richmond or the Mid Atlantic is the sun/shade. Yes the sun will blister your butt here, but you can walk over to the shade and notice the cool difference. The best thing here too is the fact that you can go to the shade, sit down, and not be bothered "during the day" with gnat swarms. I hated this growing up in WV. Almost like the fly swarms in Africa, they are in your eyes, ears, nose, and just about everywhere else. The only thing here is the pesky mosquitos at night, but that is no difference than anywhere else.
Another positive here is the "brightness" it is always clear and bright, not dreary. Still, give me the cool over the heat anyday, but all in all it ain't all bad here. Hey at least you can keep your car shiney and not worry about coal dust, crud, and road salt.

[plessthanpointohfive]

Originally Posted by neil0311

Compared to places on the coast, both north and south, Atlanta's humidity isn't that bad. It arrives earlier and stays later than some places, and combined with hot days can be uncomfortable, but the level of humidity is actually less than many place.

I grew up in Louisiana. And I just came back from a visit there. It was at the very least 10 degrees hotter...and it started out hot in the morning and stayed hot after the sun went down. And the humidity THERE never fell below 80%.

I got home and the next morning I went out for a run at 7:30 and I think it was 65F with humidity that felt like 15%. By mid-day it got to 75F and maybe 25% humidity. And then after the sun went down it was back to 65.

Lovely, lovely climate here.

[neil0311]

My comment about "arrives earlier and stays later" was referring to the calendar, not the clock. In the northeast, we got about a month of really humid weather, compared to 2 or 3 months here in Atlanta.