I'm from Georgia and moved to Atlanta in '87 to go to Georgia Tech. I was a part of the student group that put together the Olympic bid. I stayed in Atlanta t

I'm from Georgia and moved to Atlanta in '87 to go to Georgia Tech. I was a part of the student group that put together the Olympic bid. I stayed in Atlanta through the '96 games. My view is different than yours. I do feel Atlanta did a good job hosting the '96 Olympics. However, your perspective that "Atlanta was a total ghetto before the Olympics" is far off. The "ghettos" can be restated as "poor black communities". These did not go away. They just relocated. This gentrification process was in place prior to the Olympic prep. The prep simply added more money to accelerate the process.