Tell me about Atlanta

[Xidelt]

There are lots of colleges in Atlanta that offer museums/galleries/special collections. Atlanta is actually considered a large college town with:
Morehouse
Spelman
Oglethorpe Univ
Georgia State
Georgia Tech
Kennesaw State Univ
Agnes Scott College
Clayton State Univ
Emory Univ
Clark Atlanta Univ
Southern Polytechnic State Univ
Just outside of Atl:
Brenau Univ
North Georgia College and Univ
UGA
Virginia Highlands and Buckhead offer lots for my friends and me to do! I grew up in New York (Rochester), and living down here is MUCH more affordable. The economy (job market) is much better as well. My husband and I just bought a house. Our property taxes will be between $1000-$2000. Many of my friends from high school that stayed in Rochester are beginning to buy houses. Their property taxes for a home comparable to mine are between $4000-$6000. And the economy in my hometown has slowly been dying for the past several years. If your choice is between the southeast vs northeast, my vote is on the southeast!

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I went to Atlanta once for SEPC, this is my true story! lol
The transportation is a novelty-there really arent' enough stops, we had to walk forever to the station and walk forever to the museum for Titanic and we ended up taking a cab back.
side noteAre all/the majority of the cab drivers from Africa? our 2nd one was from Somalia, the 1st, i dunno...)
The guys are so "fratty"! I've never seen people frat so hard before!
The "clubs" are not "clubs" they are bars, I'm used to clubs.
There drivers and transportation are very similar to Miami, so are the areas.
Money-wise, everything felt fairly priced...
The one thing that shocked me the most was that there was so little of this "Southern Hospitality" people speak of. It was a big thing with my group, we expected people to be super nice and friendly and it seemed as if we were the more outgoing ones wherever we went. (Except for those fratty guys!)
I could live there, it wasn't awful, it was pretty much like your normal city.

[shinerbock]

"Everytime I look at Atlanta I see what a quarter of a million Confederate soldiers died to prevent." -- John Shelton Reed

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

"Everytime I look at Atlanta I see what a quarter of a million Confederate soldiers died to prevent." -- John Shelton Reed

I think I should be offended by that.

But I'm not!

Emory has one of the nation's top art history programs, and definitely the best one in the South. They also have a really good museum of art and archaeology. That's pretty much all I have to say about Atlanta. Oh, and the High is pretty good as well. They usually get the big traveling exhibitions.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I think I should be offended by that.

But I'm not!

Emory has one of the nation's top art history programs, and definitely the best one in the South. They also have a really good museum of art and archaeology. That's pretty much all I have to say about Atlanta. Oh, and the High is pretty good as well. They usually get the big traveling exhibitions.

Being one of the 12 people in the metro area who are actually from Atlanta, I'm not offended by it either.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

There are lots of colleges in Atlanta that offer museums/galleries/special collections. Atlanta is actually considered a large college town with:
Morehouse
Spelman (both part of Clark Atlanta Univ)

Spelman and Morehouse are NOT a part of Clark Atlanta University. Not the point of the thread, but I just wanted to point that out.

[Xidelt]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Spelman and Morehouse are NOT a part of Clark Atlanta University. Not the point of the thread, but I just wanted to point that out.

No, but they are affiliated through the Atlanta University Center. Don't really understand what that is. Maybe they share facilities.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

No, but they are affiliated through the Atlanta University Center. Don't really understand what that is. Maybe they share facilities.

The AUC is a consortium of 6 colleges and universities: Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Interdenominational Theological Center. Basically, they're all separate institutions, but they're all connected by streets and a couple of their campuses even overlap. The students are allowed to register for classes at each other's schools, have access to some of each other's resources/facilities, etc. Each of them have their own special collections of art and artifacts and a lot of famous people donate their "papers" to the schools. Any one of them would be a good place to work (with the exception of Morris Brown, until it gets accredited again) because they have art galleries, collections, and what have you. Ya know, the good stuff.

Okay, I'm done rambling.

[Texas Beta]

Just listen to any rap song. Why are you moving there?

[AGDLynn]

Be careful or I'll start a "Why Would You Want to Live In Texas?".

Yes, I did live there for several years and moved back to Georgia.

Anyway, as for "Southern Hospitality", there are rude people everywhere.

Depending where you are in "Atlanta", you may actually be meeting more transplants from other parts of the country. (Yes, it's widely known that the Atl drivers are from another planet.)

Hubby and I are vaguely consideirng moving to another part the country in a few year...just a thought...but I know it most likely be "in the South'.

As for MARTA, I avoid the buses, primarily because they don't go where I need to go but I do take the train when we go to downtown events. My hubby sometimes takes the train to his work. I've never known anyone to have any problems.

Hear everyone's advice and do what you feel is best for you.

[Texas Beta]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Be careful or I'll start a "Why Would You Want to Live In Texas?".

Indeed you should, maybe we can convince PhoenixAzul to move here instead!