Things to love/hate about America

runningncircles1
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:26:22 +0000

Joev, exurbanization is basically the suburbanization of suburbs. Densely populated suburbs become new “cores” for jobs, culture, etc. instead of the traditional downtown, and you get this network effect and more suburbs. It’s a big thing down here in ATL; we have 28 counties in the area total (about 7000 or 8000 sq mi in area) , 21,000 miles of road (I think), and traffic that would make your head spin.

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That’s what it looks like in comparison to the rest of the state and other metros. That’s why if you come down here, you’ll here the joke saying most of your trip getting out of the state is actually getting out of the ATL metro.

My personal loves?

Love:
SUBURBANIZATION (hate being crowded, plus houses are cheaper and you actually DO get to live where you want)

Freeways- Love driving and the architecture

The South

ATL

Coca-Cola

Post-Secondary Education System-It’s awesome because we get to choose, they’re competitive, they teach us things we might actually use (sometimes, depending on your major/school) and even the “lower level” ones are pretty decent.

Hates:
Pepsi (it’s blasphemy in Atlanta; though, Dr. Pepper is good)

Portland, OR (that “no-build zone” crap they have is unconstitutional, and poor people can’t afford to live there)

Los Angeles, CA (sorry, not my cup of tea)

OC- (shudders Laguna Beach)

Southern California in general (despite the neat freeway designs)

MTV- They have no right to call themselves “music television” when they don’t play music anymore

Primary/Secondary Education System- I wish they’d vary it up a little and let us choose where to go to school