Atlanta...America's true 24 hour city (stores, estimate, station)

[arjay57]

We always liked R. Thomas in Buckhead. Are they no longer open?

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by arjay57

We always liked R. Thomas in Buckhead. Are they no longer open?

Alive and kicking!

[FlyingFox]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Some of the suburbs are actually more 24 hour than the city because they have the 24 hour Wal-Marts and Krogers, plus kind of strange 24 hour places like Jeju Spa.

Correct. Downtown Atlanta becomes a ghost town. If you want 24 hour eateries, you've got places like Marietta Diner (this place is PACKED at midnight) and Ken's Corner Grill (Smyrna) in the suburbs. Most ITP folks don't know about them (and never will).

The only true 24 hour cities in the USA are parts of NYC and Las Vegas, but even then, they are nothing compared to 24 hour metropolises like Bangkok, Cairo, etc. Hell, even Montreal at 2 am makes NYC look like a sleepy village.

[ATLTJL]

You're right, there is no true 24 hour city in Atlanta. Like you said, even NYC and Vegas only have pockets here and there that are truly 24 hour. I have to take your word on some of the international cities, because I haven't been to them.

I realize Atlanta will never be 24 hour because it is so spread out. What I would really like to see, though, is for us to do something like Vegas and New York did. If we could take all the hodge podge 24 hour places located throghout the city and concentrate them in a single area, we could actually have a fairly decent 24 hour zone. I know you can't just order all the 24 hour places into a zone, I'm just saying it would be cool if they did somehow concentrate in a specific area.

[tonygeorgia]

Originally Posted by FlyingFox

Correct. Downtown Atlanta becomes a ghost town. If you want 24 hour eateries, you've got places like Marietta Diner (this place is PACKED at midnight) and Ken's Corner Grill (Smyrna) in the suburbs. Most ITP folks don't know about them (and never will).

The only true 24 hour cities in the USA are parts of NYC and Las Vegas, but even then, they are nothing compared to 24 hour metropolises like Bangkok, Cairo, etc. Hell, even Montreal at 2 am makes NYC look like a sleepy village.

Castleberry hill, Edgewood ave, Peachtree st, etc in downtown aren't ghost towns. We still have over140+ business open 24/7

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Alive and kicking!

I'm glad to hear that, Ansley! It's an Atlanta classic.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by FlyingFox

If you want 24 hour eateries, you've got places like Marietta Diner (this place is PACKED at midnight) and Ken's Corner Grill (Smyrna) in the suburbs. Most ITP folks don't know about them (and never will).

That's the thing about suburbia. Folks out there are still kicking it long after the townies have hit the hay.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by tonygeorgia

Atlanta has over 130 Waffle Houses plus dozens of 24 hour krogers. I don't think most cities have over 130 places you can eat at at 5am including Vegas, Miami, New Orleans, DC and maybe Nyc


Sure they are spread out across Atlanta but technically we are a true 24 hour city by definition

I know the haters are going to be

No, we're not.

The "haters are mad" because of inane statements like this.

[arjay57]

I don't understand why "24 hour city" is viewed as some kind of holy grail. I've rarely had trouble finding whatever I needed in Atlanta.

[tonygeorgia]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

No, we're not.

The "haters are mad" because of inane statements like this.

I posted facts. Only one person posted info backing up his claim from Nyc. You call it lame I call it posting facts