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As I read through this thread, I am sitting in the waiting room of the IC unit at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta where my father is fighting hard to recover from removal of a baseball-sized tumor in his brain yesterday. I thank God that he is under the watchful care of one of the top neurosugery teams in the country. That's one of the benefits of living in Atlanta. But at the same time I am aware enough to know that somebody in my family's situation who lives in Miami or New York or Houston or Seattle has access to the same level of medical care in those cities. Truth is that despite all the hatreful rhetoric on here about which city is better or worse, uglier or prettier, richer or poorer, we've all got it pretty good. Every city and state in this country provides remarkable opprtunity to enjoy a happy, healthy and prosperous life. Considering the alternative, this constant bickering on C-D seems meaningless and petty doesn't it?
If you dont go to Miami, you will regret it for the rest of your life
I strongly disagree with point 1 and 2. Miami school system is no better than Atlanta, maybe worse. Cost of living in Atlanta is with out a doubt less. Atlanta has plenty to do as well. Stone Mountain National Park is wonderful, World of Coca-Cola, Lenox Mall, Six Flags, Georgia Mountains, Lake Lanier, just to name a few. Atlanta also has good nightlife.
I'd like to know where people get the idea the Miami has a better COL then Atlanta. Looking at the average rent prices and wages I am not sure how people come to this conclusion.
Yea rent is like $1200 for a one bed matchbox.
Never lived in Miami but, born & raised in Lauderdale and our one beds are $900 on average.
I strongly disagree with point 1 and 2. Miami school system is no better than Atlanta, maybe worse. Cost of living in Atlanta is with out a doubt less. Atlanta has plenty to do as well. Stone Mountain National Park is wonderful, World of Coca-Cola, Lenox Mall, Six Flags, Georgia Mountains, Lake Lanier, just to name a few. Atlanta also has good nightlife.
Wow you have a LAKE and a MALL - simply incredible how much Atlanta brings to the table.
As I read through this thread, I am sitting in the waiting room of the IC unit at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta where my father is fighting hard to recover from removal of a baseball-sized tumor in his brain yesterday. I thank God that he is under the watchful care of one of the top neurosugery teams in the country. That's one of the benefits of living in Atlanta. But at the same time I am aware enough to know that somebody in my family's situation who lives in Miami or New York or Houston or Seattle has access to the same level of medical care in those cities. Truth is that despite all the hatreful rhetoric on here about which city is better or worse, uglier or prettier, richer or poorer, we've all got it pretty good. Every city and state in this country provides remarkable opprtunity to enjoy a happy, healthy and prosperous life. Considering the alternative, this constant bickering on C-D seems meaningless and petty doesn't it?
I will give you an applause for this, newsboy.
As a moderator, I see a constant parade of threads where people will actually FIGHT over what city is "more dense than another" or what city is better to live in because "there are more pretty glass buildings". I do wonder if people really understand what really makes for "better living" in a city.
Per your example above, my Sister and her husband live in a city of around 50,000 people, not real close to anything larger. He was recently diagnosed with throat cancer, and the doctors in that city wanted to immediately put him on massive and very strong doses of chemo/radiation that would have made his life hell for many months (or longer). She had a lump on her thyroid and it was removed, but the doctors damaged her vocal chords in the process, which makes for the possibility that she might well sound like a 90 year old smoker for the rest of her life.
I convinced both of them to get second opinions/treatment options in a much larger city on the East Coast. They took my advice. My brother-in-law will be having surgery this week and as a result, will need a MUCH lower dose of chemo, or perhaps won't even need it and may need just radiation. My sister found a doctor in the same hospital who may be able to help her considerably with the damage done to her by her home doctor/hospital. They found these doctors on their FIRST attempt in the larger city - in their home town, multiple attempts to find the "best" got them to the spot they were in before. I could go on about the circus that resulted in my Brother's prostate Cancer diagnosis near that same small town, but upon my advice, he too went to the larger city and is now being successfully treated there in a much less invasive way.
So, the next time everyone decides to literally FIGHT and sling insults on here regarding opinions about what city has the prettiest highrises, more dense buildings, or ugliest people, I would like you to consider what really makes a city have a better quality of life. It's none of the things you're all fighting about.
Haha since you like Houston, Dallas, & Miami already, you will also like Atlanta too. Atlanta is a great city through and through.
Anyways I'm out for today, going to enjoy my time in Dallas. Peace.
I don't hate Atlanta, it's a promsing and dynamic city
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