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My bad! Thanks for the fact check and keeping me honest. I'm rather glad that the rest of my rant somehow manages to hold up under closer scrutiny! I'd edit my

My bad! Thanks for the fact check and keeping me honest. I'm rather glad that the rest of my rant somehow manages to hold up under closer scrutiny! I'd edit my original post to reflect the correction, but HN puts a timer on these things. If I could go back I'd also try to spell "secede" properly

tomrod 3y ago
All is forgiven. As a recent Atlanta transplant, sorry for contributing to traffic and thanks for highlighting local issues you've observed. I'd love to find out where I can stay in the know on these items.
- chaorace 3y ago
  There's hardly any need to apologize for that. GDOT doesn't exactly give most people a practical choice in the matter. Pay no mind to that ridiculous chant of "we full", it is completely untrue for the Atlanta area given our current scale. Projections actually estimate that the population of the city & neighboring population centers will more than double within the next decade. Growth like that is a rare boon to have in the coming world of negative population projections and (despite my criticisms) city leadership is meeting the challenge with some of the most aggressive housing expansions seen among any major American city in the modern age. Every political voice in the city is unified in this. For all of our faults, we are a city of transplants who hail from across the entire south and beyond -- no matter where you come from you'll be accepted here with open arms. With all of that being said, some of the better ways to keep in touch with the local issues are probably the AJC and the Atlanta section of the URBANIZE website[1]. Truth be told, I personally get most of my news by participating in local events. I live in the Midtown area, so I keep an eye on our local event calendar[2] and just show up for whatever feels interesting. I'm actually a very big fan of Midtown -- it's one of the few truly viable places in the state to live completely car-free and being here is what continues to drive my passion for making such a lifestyle accessible to as many people as possible. [1]: https://atlanta.urbanize.city/ https://atlanta.urbanize.city/ [2]: https://www.midtownatl.com/visit/event-calendar https://www.midtownatl.com/visit/event-calendar

tomrod 3y ago

All is forgiven. As a recent Atlanta transplant, sorry for contributing to traffic and thanks for highlighting local issues you've observed. I'd love to find out where I can stay in the know on these items.

chaorace 3y ago
There's hardly any need to apologize for that. GDOT doesn't exactly give most people a practical choice in the matter. Pay no mind to that ridiculous chant of "we full", it is completely untrue for the Atlanta area given our current scale. Projections actually estimate that the population of the city & neighboring population centers will more than double within the next decade. Growth like that is a rare boon to have in the coming world of negative population projections and (despite my criticisms) city leadership is meeting the challenge with some of the most aggressive housing expansions seen among any major American city in the modern age. Every political voice in the city is unified in this. For all of our faults, we are a city of transplants who hail from across the entire south and beyond -- no matter where you come from you'll be accepted here with open arms. With all of that being said, some of the better ways to keep in touch with the local issues are probably the AJC and the Atlanta section of the URBANIZE website[1]. Truth be told, I personally get most of my news by participating in local events. I live in the Midtown area, so I keep an eye on our local event calendar[2] and just show up for whatever feels interesting. I'm actually a very big fan of Midtown -- it's one of the few truly viable places in the state to live completely car-free and being here is what continues to drive my passion for making such a lifestyle accessible to as many people as possible. [1]: https://atlanta.urbanize.city/ https://atlanta.urbanize.city/ [2]: https://www.midtownatl.com/visit/event-calendar https://www.midtownatl.com/visit/event-calendar