Arghhlanta…
Oy – I’m not looking forward to my Atlanta trip now. I’ve bumped into a few people here at work who have lived there for a bit of time, and they say it’s really dysfunctional, from a social point of view. In spite of it trying to be a cosmopolitan city, it is still very insular in its thinking, from what I understand.
For example, they said the Olympics was such a big joke if you were there. One of the folks who I chatted w/ sad that a famous news commentator remarked “These were good games” as opposed to “These were the best games.” This commentator only said it about Atlanta in all the years that he’s been covering the Olympics. Talk about a diss!
Dee and Leonie even told me their experiences – it wasn’t the best. Think promdi but w/ a US context – redneck hicks, small world thinking.
OK – I think I’m setting the bar lower now. We’ll see when I get back…
