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View Poll Results: Which place is better?
Atlanta 152 53.52%
New Orleans 132 46.48%
Voters: 284. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-24-2010, 07:18 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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Originally Posted by Prytania View Post
I'm going to be in Atlanta this weekend.

I'll be the white girl with the LA plates driving to Piedmont Park blasting the Rebirth Brass Band.
:whistles "Do Whatcha Wanna":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMiZ-AStkO4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GBDxUbm144

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Old 06-24-2010, 07:19 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Prytania View Post
I'm going to be in Atlanta this weekend.

I'll be the white girl with the LA plates driving to Piedmont Park blasting the Rebirth Brass Band.
You'll probably blend right in...depending on what time you intend to go to Piedmont that is..lol
 
Old 06-24-2010, 07:45 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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My favorite

YouTube - Hot 8 Brass Band - We Are One
 
Old 10-14-2010, 12:55 AM
 
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You can't compare one the most beloved and interesting cities in the history of this nation (New Orleans) to a superficial city with an identity crises (Atlanta)
 
Old 10-14-2010, 01:07 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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You can't compare one the most beloved and interesting cities in the history of this nation (New Orleans) to a superficial city with an identity crises (Atlanta)
You know you just opened a can of worms (maybe I should peaches instead) right?

Anyway, the discussion of which of the two were more "southern" came up in another thread. Some Atlantans argued that Atlanta was hardly southern and that New Orleans was "definitively" southern. I argued that Atlanta possessed more of the stereotypical "southern" characteristics and culture. I think that this thread -> How "southern" (or not) is New Orleans? <- would add a balanced perspective to that argument.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 02:02 AM
 
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Given the choice most def New Orleans
1. culture- New Or.
2. shopping - New or. Atlanta not even same leage
3. restaurants - no comparison New Orleans world famous food
4. economy - Close call New Orleans a little down but tourism is a more stable economy than atlanta.
5.Quality of life - Party city USA New Orleans.
6. Housing cost - New Orleans has lots of fixer uppers ,rental cost,and housing is like 32.5% less than Atlanta (wikepidia)
7. Public Transportation - New Orleans they have an extensive city wide trolley system. Atlanta has heavy rail wich is good to get in and out of the city but not as an inner city mode of tranportation. So New Orleans.
8. Night Life - no questions New Orleans
9. Art Galleries - New Orleans has a much larger art gallery scene supported by tourism.
10. Weather - New Orleans Year Around .
11. Parks - New Orleans
12 . Music Scene - New Orleans famous for there extensive music scene and clubs.
13 . The WINNER IS= New Orleans
 
Old 10-14-2010, 07:44 AM
 
Location: GA-TX
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lol this is so silly

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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
Given the choice most def New Orleans
1. culture- New Or.
This is subjective.
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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
2. shopping - New or. Atlanta not even same league
Atlanta not in the same league? Are you kidding me? Atlanta rivals other world cities with its shopping options. New Orleans is only good for its region.
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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
3. restaurants - no comparison New Orleans world famous food
I would let this slide for local food, but Atlanta has much more high class restaurants then NOLA
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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
4. economy - Close call New Orleans a little down but tourism is a more stable economy than atlanta.
This is probably the most wrong thing you have said. Atlanta's economy doing worse then New Orleans because New Orleans has tourism? ahaha, We are talking about a city with a handful of fortune anything companies vs one with in the top 10 with the number of Fortune 500 located there.

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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
5.Quality of life - Party city USA New Orleans.
There is way more to quality of life than partying and ATL has that covered.

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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
6. Housing cost - New Orleans has lots of fixer uppers ,rental cost,and housing is like 32.5% less than Atlanta (wikepidia)
That is a lie. The average cost is about the same.

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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
7. Public Transportation - New Orleans they have an extensive city wide
trolley system. Atlanta has heavy rail wich is good to get in and out of the city but not as an inner city mode of tranportation. So New Orleans.
Trolly does not go to the suburbs so no NOLA does not win.

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8. Night Life - no questions New Orleans
When it the last time DeadMouse
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...d=111404718119


Played in your city?
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9. Art Galleries - New Orleans has a much larger art gallery scene supported by tourism.
says who?

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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
10. Weather - New Orleans Year Around .
Subjective. I grew up on the Gulf coast and the humidity is no joke.

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11. Parks - New Orleans
ATL has way bigger and visually stunning parks. Don't be silly.

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12 . Music Scene - New Orleans famous for there extensive music scene and clubs.
How often does the top djs in the world come to your city?


Armin Van Burren

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...5.111404718119
how many indie or metal bands have came out of NOLA compared to ATL or Athens (which is only up the road).

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Old 10-14-2010, 07:51 AM
 
Location: Virginia Highland, GA
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Originally Posted by ironcouger View Post
Given the choice most def New Orleans
1. culture- New Or.
2. shopping - New or. Atlanta not even same leage
3. restaurants - no comparison New Orleans world famous food
4. economy - Close call New Orleans a little down but tourism is a more stable economy than atlanta.
5.Quality of life - Party city USA New Orleans.
6. Housing cost - New Orleans has lots of fixer uppers ,rental cost,and housing is like 32.5% less than Atlanta (wikepidia)
7. Public Transportation - New Orleans they have an extensive city wide trolley system. Atlanta has heavy rail wich is good to get in and out of the city but not as an inner city mode of tranportation. So New Orleans.
8. Night Life - no questions New Orleans
9. Art Galleries - New Orleans has a much larger art gallery scene supported by tourism.
10. Weather - New Orleans Year Around .
11. Parks - New Orleans
12 . Music Scene - New Orleans famous for there extensive music scene and clubs.
13 . The WINNER IS= New Orleans


You must be from NO.. Sorry to say NO probably wins the food category and that's it.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 08:47 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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Originally Posted by sk8t View Post
Atlanta not in the same league? Are you kidding me? Atlanta rivals other world cities with its shopping options.
That maybe true, Atlanta is definitely ahead of New Orleans in terms of shopping. I don't know if Atlanta rivals Los Angeles, Miami, and New York though.

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I would let this slide for local food, but Atlanta has much more high class restaurants then NOLA
I don't know where you can find a "high class" restaurant per capita count, but don't think New Orleans is limited to local food by a long shot.[/quote]

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This is probably the most wrong thing you have said. Atlanta's economy doing worse then New Orleans because New Orleans has tourism? ahaha, We are talking about a city with a handful of fortune anything companies vs one with in the top 10 with the number of Fortune 500 located there.
I wouldn't say that New Orleans is doing better and is stable because of tourism. The recession here as been steady since the recession on the other hand due to oil, shipping, reconstruction,

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There is way more to quality of life than partying and ATL has that covered.
Elaborate on this for me....

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That is a lie. The average cost is about the same.
The cost of living is definitely higher in New Orleans than it is Atlanta. You can barely find a run down shotgun house in New Orleans for under $80,000 and that's $80k is a deal. That's not even adding insurance costs, etc.


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Trolly does not go to the suburbs so no NOLA does not win.
New Orleans, transit is more extensive if I'm not mistaken and the metro (Southshore) as coverage all throughout the suburbs. Atlanta wins because it has the heavy rail. That's it.

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When it the last time DeadMouse Played in your city?
A couple of months back.

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says who?
New Orleans art galleries are not supported by tourists, but there are plenty of them.

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Subjective. I grew up on the Gulf coast and the humidity is no joke.
Atlanta wins in the summer, New Orleans wins in the winter.

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ATL has way bigger and visually stunning parks. Don't be silly.
New Orleans has the "6th-largest and 7th-most-visited urban public park in the United States". How visually stunning parks are is subjective, but the major parks in N.O. are not slacking, trust me.

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How often does the top djs in the world come to your city?
Do you have any idea how many artists and events come to this city in a year?

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how many indie or metal bands have came out of NOLA compared to ATL or Athen (which is only up the road).
I'm not into metal so I couldn't even start to answer this, but that's one genre. New Orleans has created Bounce, Brassband, Jazz, etc. Down the road you have Zydeco and NuStep and some more stuff.

Here's what the Wiki article says.
"Additionally, the wave of popularity of cowpunk, a fast form of southern rock, originated with the help of several local bands, such as The Radiators, Better Than Ezra, Cowboy Mouth, and Dash Rip Rock. Throughout the 1990s, many sludge metal bands started in the area. New Orleans' heavy metal bands like Eyehategod,[74] Soilent Green,[75] Crowbar,[76] and Down[77] have incorporated styles such as hardcore punk, doom metal, and southern rock to create an original and heady brew of swampy and aggravated metal that has largely avoided standardization.[74][75][76][77]"

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You must be from NO.. Sorry to say NO probably wins the food category and that's it.
Apparently he isn't.
1. He said "trolley"
2. His description of N.O. sounds like what you would get from an outsider.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Virginia Highland, GA
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Does NO have this??? A big "NO"
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