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featured September 17, 2010

atlanta sucks! or… does it?

Did you know that there’s a Facebook group just for people who hate Atlanta? Neither did I. But, I gotta be honest. I wasn’t that surprised when I found out.

I hear it all the time, from both natives and transplants: Atlanta sucks. It’s too small, too slow, too crowded, too hot, too humid, too smoggy, too clogged with traffic, too right-wing, too left-wing, too ghetto, too suburban…. In fact, for quite a few people it seems that the only thing that distinguishes Atlanta from Hell, is… January.

Just look at some of the things that the ‘Atlanta Sucks’ Facebookers have to say about the A:

“if it were not for section8 housing and shootings, the AJC would have nothing to publish.”

“I will be watching many of the cities fireworks diplays from a distance…from the looming fear of being SHOT! (Screen on the Green ring a bell?)”

“I was in Chicago… and was ashamed to show my (Georgia) id… when I did, I was told how sucky the city was! “You have no downtown, it’s deserted!” one person said!”

“Smog, Pollen, Humidity, ROACHES THE SIZE OF SMALL CARS, MOSQUITOS WITH DRIVER’S LICENSES, CRAPPY SCHOOLS, Ice Storms, TRAFFIC, CRIME, RACISM, I could go ON AND ON…”

It’s true. Atlanta’s no utopia.  We’ve got our fair share of issues. Traffic that’s atrocious, pollen counts that rival some cities annual snowfall levels, and don’t even get me started on the much-bemoaned male-to-female ratio.

But that’s no reason to write the city off totally. For every sucky thing about Atlanta, there are twice as many positive things about the city – they just aren’t as glaringly obvious as congested freeways and inch-thick pollen. The best parts of Atlanta are hidden in plain sight, and most of the people who say Atlanta sucks, simply haven’t trained their eyes to see them.

So to help my myopic friends out a bit, I set out on a mission. I would go out and document some of the coolest, most interesting, most creative, and most under-the-radar people, places, and things that make our city un-sucky. People who truly know how to do Atlanta. I teamed up with my cousin Krystle Solomon, of Forehead Productions and we invited several local culture creators to show us their stuff. We went into their places of business and filmed them displaying their talents and sharing their comments on what makes Atlanta a great place to live, create, and play.

After a whirlwhind month of scheduling, filming, and editing, the first part of the project is almost finished, and I couldn’t be more delighted with the results. Krystle and I have decided to call the project, How to Do Atlanta. We’ll be hosting an official launch party for How to Do Atlanta on Monday, September 20 at Pizzeria Vesuvius in Edgewood. You can get all the details for How to Do Atlanta’s official launch party on Eventbrite or Facebook.

Here are a few sneak peeks at How to Do Atlanta’s first round of local experts:

Chef / Owner Kevin Clark of Home Grown Restaurant in Reynoldstown, shows off the restaurant’s recipe for crispy, fried green tomatoes:

Nanziri Clark, of Kawa Java Coffee (a coffee roaster and distributor) explains the origin of Ugandan coffee and demonstrates how to make iced coffee at home:

Emer Reilly, curator of Cornbred Gallery, tells us where to find some of Atlanta’s edgiest up-and-coming visual artists:

DJ Applejac shares his thoughts on what it’ like to be a ‘musical minister’ in the city of Atlanta:

It’s been an amazing experience working with some of Atlanta’s best ‘hidden talent’. I’m grateful for everyone who participated, and I’m even more convinced after doing this project, that Atlanta’s cultural identity is alive and well, and that the city is decidedly not sucky.

If you want to see more of How to Do Atlanta’s videos of local experts, come out to the launch party on Monday, check out the How to Do Atlanta website when it launches on September 20, have a peek at the How to Do Atlanta blog, or get social with How to Do Atlanta on Twitter and Facebook.

And to all those who still aren’t convinced that Atlanta doesn‘t suck… I hear Detroit’s nice this time of year.

cheers,

k

How to Do Atlanta’s Official Launch and Viewing Party

Monday, September 20, 2010

7pm-until

Pizzeria Vesuvius

327 Edgewood Avenue

Atlanta, GA 30312

www.howtodoatlanta.com

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7 Responses to “atlanta sucks! or… does it?” Subscribe

  1. Mike J November 19, 2010 at 1:14 am #

    Yup, the ATL sucks. The biggest ghetto city I have ever been to. I have not heard one person say OMG I LOVE ATL! I could care less if I ever laid eyes on that city again or even GA itself. Other than ATL, Georgia is country.

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  2. Nic November 26, 2010 at 12:13 am #

    You gotta be kidding, Atlanta has to be the most boring, crappy shit hole of a town in the US. Theres nothing to do it’s hot dirty smelly. No jobs and if you do it’s very low paid. Everything is expensive except old houses. Ugly suburbs everywhere and the people are fricking rude.

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  3. PMJR March 16, 2011 at 8:01 am #

    Really? Two cooks and a rapper. That’s all you can come up with? That’s about all I expect from Atlanta. ATL sucks balls! I made a big mistake on 1/1/1996 when I drove into ATL from FL to relocate for my job. If I knew what I was getting into I would have resigned.
    This city has nothing but snobby townies, no good lazy-ass thugs, a high population of illegal aliens and lying politicions. If you are reading this and deciding to move to ATL or GA, DON’T!

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  4. Alinka April 16, 2011 at 4:57 pm #

    As I suspected not ONE positive comment about Atlanta. It is a city only people who know no better can love.

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  5. Eric December 31, 2011 at 9:08 pm #

    Atlanta’s problem is, it thinks it’s in the big leagues with the New Yorks, Chicagos, Phillys, or San Frans, and many of their locals think so, but in reality it’s Birmingham on steroids.

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  6. perfect masterpiece September 20, 2012 at 9:36 pm #

    If i knew what i was getting into jan 2004 i wouldnt of thought twice about it. Atlanta is the best “Worst” decision i have ever made in my life. From the horrendous traffic to the pollen to ice storms, crime, high foreclosure rates, lack of well paying stable jobs I wouldnt recommend no one more here. If you are a single male you would love it here temporarily but beware i wouldnt get comfortable.

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  7. Barbara D. November 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm #

    Atlanta truly does suck!! I was born in NYC and lived most of my life, thank God, in New Jersey and I have spent many delightful days in Philadelphia. Atlanta is a 10th rate city at best run by corrupt jokers. The corruption here is outrageous adn the corruption at the Hartsfield airport is a well-known inside joke. The education system is consistentlly 49 or 50th (Georgia contends for last place with South Carolina) and the weather also sucks. It is always hot and humid. There is absolutely nothing to do or see in this low-life “city”. The crime is rampant. Why would anyone intheir right mind spend good vacation money to come to Atlanta to see the World of Coke? And they are still fighting the civil war down here. If I could get jour of here financially, I would. Atlanta truly sucks.

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