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Atlanta, Georgia - July 20 - 23

July 23, 2007 @ 09:01

The first thing you notice about Atlanta is how clean it is. It's like Toronto used to be.

It really hit home over the weekend.

In Toronto, and around the GTA we've always had this smugness about us while comparing ourselves to American cities. Well something shocking has happened over the past decade or so.

While cities like New York and Atlanta have experienced re-birth and revitalization, Toronto has gone the other way.

I didn't see a long of graffiti in Atlanta and I definitely didn't see much litter. The streets of Atlanta and the downtown core are very clean and it's really become a people's city.

We also had a rental car and Saturday night we traveled out to the suburbs, a place called Conyers which would be the equivalent of Mississauga.

There was no litter on the highways and no litter on the off-ramps. Completely different to what we've become used to in the GTA.

The downtown area of Atlanta is similar to Toronto with one distinct difference - It shuts down on Sunday. There's a completely different attitude towards the Sabbath in the south and most of the downtown stores were closed yesterday and its against the law to sell beer wine or liquor on Sunday.

It was only in recent history that restaurants were allowed to sell booze on Sundays.

Highlights of our stopover included a tour of CNN. Not the greatest tour I've ever been on, but worth the 12 dollars if you don't mind all the woman asking about Anderson Cooper.

We toured the Buckhead area of Atlanta which would be the equivalent of your Rosedale or Bridal Path. However, the homes here are of a different architecture and feel - obviously very southern.

They have an area downtown called the Underground which is exactly that, a mall underground, and close to the Underground area is something called Five Points which would be similar to our Queen Street West.

Last night we took the subway, or what they call the Marta to the Braves game against St. Louis. Atlanta is just another one of those cities to build a retro-park since Toronto built the Skydome.

It really is nice to sit outside on a summer's night in a park made especially for baseball.

In some ways the Skydome suits Toronto right now. Not quite in step with the rest of North America's major centres, cities like Atlanta that appears to have solved all the problems that David Miller is confused by right now.

If there is one contentious issue in Atlanta right now it deals with Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Since he was charged with that "dog fighting felony", it has split opinion in the usual way.

Those who don't like football or those who don't really care about sports want to see the skunks ass nailed to a wall. But then there's that element that just care about winning football games - those who buy into the attitude that pro athletes are above the law and should be excused from anything as long as they continue to deliver.

Vick has that attitude. Last week during an interview, he actually came right out and said it. "I'm Mike Vick, nothing's going to happen."

A racial division is also quite apparent. Most white people think he should be suspended from the NFL right now, while most blacks feel the opposite.

And just before I go I'll leave you with this. Last week I mentioned we'd be going to a Southern Barbeque on Saturday night, and we did.

Here is a video of my buddy Darren's plate.


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Darryl
July 23, 2007 / 10:44

Is your buddy drinking red wine with the BBQ?

Please tell me they ran out of beer. Who hosted this, the Pet Shop Boys?


Joe
July 23, 2007 / 18:41

Torontonians keep saying how much better we are than American cities. You're right freddie.....US cities have caught up and are now way ahead of us.

Most of the problems started after amalgamation. This is exactly what many experts said would happen.....but a fellow Conservative of yours rammed it through, so I guess you'll find a way to justify it.


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July 24, 2007 / 09:24

Actually you don't have to go all the way down south for that style of BBQ. Swing by Phil's Original BBQ on College at Ossington in Little Portugal. Effin brillint!


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July 24, 2007 / 10:00

"Most of the problems started after amalgamation. This is exactly what many experts said would happen.....but a fellow Conservative of yours rammed it through, so I guess you'll find a way to justify it."
Easy now! You'll hurt somebody's feelings (P.C.) even though, it's the truth. Oh, and on a provincial level, they still call themselves Progressive. An oxymoron for sure.


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