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06-04-2009, 01:06 PM
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06-04-2009, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by johnatl
^Interesting pictures of Macon.
Several observations: Downtown looks like it has great bones, but where are the people? I think there was only one pedestrian shown. It also looks like there are a LOT of empty storefronts - too many.
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I was about to say, I hope those pics were taken at 7pm on a Sunday evening, because the entire downtown looks deserted of people (well, except one guy looking in a window).  |
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06-15-2009, 07:07 PM
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^Interesting pictures of Macon.
Several observations: Downtown looks like it has great bones, but where are the people? I think there was only one pedestrian shown. It also looks like there are a LOT of empty storefronts - too many.
The arial view of the mall is sad. Notice how few cars are parked there.
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Ahh..Macon. The Detroit of the south, only not as nice. |
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06-16-2009, 01:29 PM
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Another decent pic, but again - not a pedestrian in sight! Not one.
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06-18-2009, 10:49 AM
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Pictures taken of Downtown Macon from the Macon Telegraph........
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06-20-2009, 01:28 PM
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Another decent pic, but again - not a pedestrian in sight! Not one.
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Yeah, that's a HUGE problem with Macon. A few months back I drove down to Savannah for a few days and on my back to ATL I decided "Hey, why don't I just stop in Macon and grab something to eat." It was a Sunday evening around 6pm. Just about everything was closed. It was a nice spring day and no one was out just walking around. I mean NO ONE. It was like I was in a very well kept ghost town or something.
Hopefully they'll get it straight. Once the high speed rail lines are built, or if Macon gets a commuter rail stop to ATL, they'll see a nice boom. It's definitely in one of the more pretty areas of the state. |
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07-28-2009, 06:06 AM
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Georgia seems very urbanized- not for me, thanks.
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09-18-2009, 07:00 PM
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