Atlanta's identity (suburban, areas, small business)

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

What is it?

When people think about Atlanta what comes to their mind?

i think of Snow on the Bluff and Atlanta Housewives.

[tikigod311]

Originally Posted by BlackPeach2

i think of Snow on the Bluff and Atlanta Housewives.

All things we can be well proud of!

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

What is it?

When people think about Atlanta what comes to their mind?

When I think of Atlanta, I think of the word "Hotlanta". I'm always hearing that term in reference to Atlanta. I like how it sounds. Hotlanta, Jawja. It flows real good if you drawl it out and say it slow.

I think of the Atlanta Housewives, i think of it's history, I think of Peachtree. I think of a big and booming bustling and busy city, i think of Coca-Cola, CNN, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda, Gone With The Wind, the Atlanta Airport, Stone Mountain, a capital city, a large black middlje class, the Atlanta Braves,

I've only driven thru Atlanta a couple of times and the last time was over 30 years ago, but those are the 1st thoughts that come to my mind when I think of Atlanta. And that's really about all I know of Atlanta. I think I might like to spend 2 or 3 days there. It's one of the great cities of America.

[thebigATL]

ATL fits the best... Classic and it sticks out...When you say that you from "ATL" people automatically know what city it is,not to mention that the movie "ATL" help Branded the name even more. But the Music Industry tells it all.

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

When I think of Atlanta, I think of the word "Hotlanta". I'm always hearing that term in reference to Atlanta. I like how it sounds. Hotlanta, Jawja. It flows real good if you drawl it out and say it slow.

I think of the Atlanta Housewives, i think of it's history, I think of Peachtree. I think of a big and booming bustling and busy city, i think of Coca-Cola, CNN, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda, Gone With The Wind, the Atlanta Airport, Stone Mountain, a capital city, a large black middlje class, the Atlanta Braves,

I've only driven thru Atlanta a couple of times and the last time was over 30 years ago, but those are the 1st thoughts that come to my mind when I think of Atlanta. And that's really about all I know of Atlanta. I think I might like to spend 2 or 3 days there. It's one of the great cities of America.

30 years ago, seems about right. Yeah, that nickname is so outdated and wasn't really good to begin with.

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

What is it?

When people think about Atlanta what comes to their mind?

One big suburb....with red brick houses?

[Zanarkand A East]

Big enough to not get bored, small enough to still afford.

[ath20]

I read an article 10+ years ago in Forbes (I think?) about Buckhead that has always stuck with me. It said something to the effect of...

"The residents of Buckhead still maintain their grace, while picking beer bottles out of their hydrangea bushes on a Sunday morning"

To me Atlanta is like any other major city, but with that touch of grace that you only find in the south. That's what makes us stand out. A city where big business co-exist with southern belles and beaux.

Then there's the other things I think about when thinking about Atlanta...

Strippers
Rap/rappers
Well-to-do Black people
The realest Real Housewives
The airport
Ted Turner/Tyler Perry/Arthur Blank
The Pink Pig
Etc...

[jkobb510]

I notice that my friends down in Florida look up to Atlanta with a lot of respect, especially my Black and Asian friends because Atlanta is basically a mecca for diverse ethnic groups and is always looked upon as a "poppin" major city in the South.

[GreenBrown77]

It's tough because of how corporate it is here -- we don't have the same immediately distinctive personality as San Francisco, New Orleans, New York or Austin, Texas, for instance.

Atlanta is unique, but its singularities are something that take awhile to soak in. We have some close cousins: Charlotte, Dallas. That doesn't help.