Atlanta tops lists of “most irritated cities”
Argh!
Atlanta is the crankiest city in the nation.
That’s according to a new poll conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces and was based on a measurement of 11 irritation factors, including pest control, traffic congestion, and heat index, among others.
(We just walked across the street for lunch and can attest that the heat index is indeed pretty irritating today.)
The survey was commissioned by Edge Shave Zone, who has signed on comedian John Caparulo to help get the word out. Because of his, ahem, sharp wit. Heh.
Here’s the whole list.
50 Most Irritated U.S. Cities:
Atlanta, GA
Houston, TX
Washington, DC
Baltimore, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Tampa, FL
Birmingham, AL
New York, NY
Phoenix, AZ
Orlando, FL
Sacramento, CA
Dallas, TX
Miami, FL
Detroit, MI
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
San Diego, CA
Nashville, TN
Jacksonville, FL
Cincinnati, OH
Memphis, TN
Louisville, KY
San Francisco, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Columbus, OH
Raleigh, NC
St. Louis, MO
San Antonio, TX
Indianapolis, IN
New Orleans, LA
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Pittsburgh, PA
Seattle, WA
Virginia Beach, VA
Salt Lake City, UT
Oklahoma City, OK
Richmond, VA
Cleveland, OH
Denver, CO
Hartford, CT
Portland, OR
Kansas City, MO
Providence, RI
Tucson, AZ
Buffalo, NY
Minneapolis, MN
Milwaukee, WI
Rochester, NY
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150 comments Add your comment
scott
July 23rd, 2010
6:48 pm
no suprise thier..nasty humid very humid heat its poorly planned and very overated city in these united states..its time to move!!!
Shut up
July 23rd, 2010
6:50 pm
Scott.
Falcon Josh
July 23rd, 2010
6:51 pm
Well this article just pisses me off!
Boo Hoo
July 23rd, 2010
6:52 pm
C Ya Scott!!! Need about a million more to move on!!
lol
July 23rd, 2010
6:52 pm
wow, is there any major city in the US that isn’t on that list? NOPE. glad someone spent how much $$$$ developing the listing?
joe
July 23rd, 2010
6:53 pm
I couldn’t agree more… having more than our fair share of b*tchy women probably tipped the scales to put us on top.
boots
July 23rd, 2010
7:02 pm
No way. Just another “list” developed by someone in the Northeast. New York City not being on the list makes it a dead give-away. Here is my list – just as accurate: (1) New York, (2) Boston, (3) Philly, (4) Washington DC, (5) Chicago, (6) Cleveland, (7) Pittsburgh, (8) Minneapolis, (9) Hartford, (10) San Francisco. My list is based on a cold index, rat problems, rude people, dirty cities, sucky college sports programs, muggings and other crime, and being expensive.
Oh, and Scott, hit the road, buddy. I would be happy to be helpful by giving you directions and might even drive you to the airport and carry your luggage for you, because I am so nice.
T.O
July 23rd, 2010
7:06 pm
Been living in Atl for over 30 years. Things are changing for the worst. Piedmont Park isn’t even safe anymore. The students at Tech can’t be out past 10p. Intown living is flat out scary with the amount of break ins and muggings. Thugs have taken over this town. You’re almost forced to move to the north part of town. Truly said. Atl is the Detroit of the south. Where are these thugs parents?
waiting moderation
July 23rd, 2010
7:16 pm
Too many angry yankees down here in the south, period…
phoenix falcon
July 23rd, 2010
7:17 pm
@ scott
it’s ” people ” like you who gives the city a bad name, we did not ask you to come, but now we are asking you to leave, and take the knuckle head fools you came here with, with you.
nosman
July 23rd, 2010
7:18 pm
Greyhound awaits, Scott.
phoenix falcon
July 23rd, 2010
7:27 pm
@ T.O.
Detroit? Really? have you ever BEEN to Detroit?
I grew up in Atl, and Piedmont park has NEVER been ” safe “.
i’m going to name some places for you where the crime is 10x’s worst then Atl.
1. Phoenix
2. Philly
3. jersey
4. New york
5. Boston
6. L.A.
7.Vegas
8.pick a TX city ( Houston, Dallas, SA, etc..)
9.Miami
should i keep going? I have lived in or around all of those cities. Atlanta is by far, the best city i have ever lived.
NativeAtlanta
July 23rd, 2010
7:30 pm
@Scott Delta is ready when you are.
Miller
July 23rd, 2010
7:34 pm
Scott, if things aren’t to your liking in Atlanta, please leave at once and take all of the whiners with you. That would help my irritability for sure!
iron_eagle
July 23rd, 2010
7:44 pm
sorry been here close to 12 yrs and i have to agree Atlanta is a very cranky city for the most part… and i bet traffic is a major cause of it… its easy to blame the yankee’s of course…. but perhaps every once in a while we should nod and say hello to a stranger… crack a smile now and again… be courteous instead of rush rush rush….
i will give you an example, the other week a SUV was driving very fast in our gated comman area driveway, the grand kids were playing and very nicely as they passed us we said would you please slow down.. the very nice lady in the back seat shot us the bird and they kept on driving….
southern hospitality at it’s best……………
Hayseed Dixie
July 23rd, 2010
7:45 pm
I’m gonna have to concur that Atlanta is no Detroit. Nowhere near the level of desolation.
That said, Katrina did wash up some criminal New Orleans feces, I mean thugs, on our doorstep.
I’m so cranky I sit in East Atlanta with a Benelli, watching Gran Torino over and over.
I love Atlanta!
Clarence Sedwick
July 23rd, 2010
7:53 pm
Poor literacy standards to boot
So over it
July 23rd, 2010
7:54 pm
I am from ATL and it has become too much…where is the southern hospitality… The people, culture, morals and values have changed. We now have lots of vultures and buzzards in this city. I am so disappointed in everything right dealing with Atlanta. @ Scott I don’t blame you, move on and find happiness, peace and joy. To all you others attacking him… you are proving the point of this being a cranky city… So Crank on… I will continue to be a true ATLien and get my city back to where it needs to be….
Hate on Haters
DAN DEACON
July 23rd, 2010
7:57 pm
Show me a foreigner in Atlanta that refuses to learn the English language and can’t speak an English word that isn’t always loud, boisterous, irritated, rude, unreasonable and unruly and I’ll show you emerald ocean water in Arkansas. They most likely interviewed these uninvited guest who reside in Atlanta.
Remove them (until they speak English) and the irritation factor goes down considerably if not off the chart.
I'll move when I'm ready
July 23rd, 2010
8:01 pm
You are not alone Scott..ignore these ignorant folks. As a navtive Atlantan for 41 years I can say with confidence…Atlanta Sucks!
Mel
July 23rd, 2010
8:07 pm
I don’t care about the illegals or the traffic, it’s the crazy conservative crank-jobs in this city that drive me nuts! (And no need to tell me to leave, I have every bit as much right to be here as you haters do!)
Awww, poor widdle Joe
July 23rd, 2010
8:20 pm
Poor Joey, the women are so mean to you! Awwww, keep sucking your thumb, big boy. Cuz that’s all you have – you and your thumb. Boo hoo.
Ezekiel
July 23rd, 2010
8:24 pm
Go live up in the north when there’s 2 feet of snow on the crowd and you go 37 days in a row with the temperature never getting above freezing and then tell me about irritation levels. Atlanta has zero irritation level compared to shovel snow out of your driveway so you can go to the grocery store when it is -3 degrees and the wind chill is -27.
Jim C
July 23rd, 2010
8:26 pm
@ Scott. You know Delta is needy. They need more passengers such as yourself. I wish you and million other people would leave Atlanta. It’s too crowded here and the roads and highways are too congested with bichin and complainin people.
ryan
July 23rd, 2010
8:26 pm
cleveland, ohio is by far the most irritated city in america. Lebron just left them, the Browns & Indians suck, the weather is horrible 90% of the year, and the economy is horrible.
Atlanta has its issues like any major city but it’s not even near the worst.
have fun this weekend
July 23rd, 2010
8:34 pm
I love reading things like this! It reminds me exactly why I left ATL! c ya suckers!!! LOL
oh, please
July 23rd, 2010
8:42 pm
have fun this weekend: if you hate our city so much then why are you reading the ATLANTA journal constitution? …having trouble letting go?
Dee
July 23rd, 2010
8:46 pm
Scott…85 North
edward
July 23rd, 2010
8:53 pm
And Scott, you seriously need to learn to spell. Otherwise, yes, you are correct. It is hot and humid in Georgia and Atlanta. We do that to keep you silly little no-brained Yankees from invading –again. Damn carpetbaggers!
Petunia
July 23rd, 2010
8:56 pm
Actually, I’ve found everyone in Atlanta to be extremely polite and nice.
Los Angeles isn’t in the top spot??? shows this is nothing but a hoax. Horn blowing, finger flip offs, would that fall under “most irritated”??
Sherman
July 23rd, 2010
9:00 pm
I think I need to come back and finish the job and show these “native atlantan” yo-yo’s how to build a real city.
Bill
July 23rd, 2010
9:06 pm
Move the capital to Athens and get it over with
DigitalBeanCounter
July 23rd, 2010
9:25 pm
Atlanta’s biggest downfall is the fact that it is an unplanned city run by idiotic bureaucrats who carry on the legacy of entitlement.
Other than that and traffic, and the extreme heat, there is little to complain about. I’ve grew up in the midwest and as others have mentioned, dealing with extreme heat and smog is much better than extreme cold and snow.
Grow a pair, ATLiens.
whocares
July 23rd, 2010
9:29 pm
It is just a poll everyone. Don’t get your panties all in a wad. Love it or hate it. Check out their website for other polls that this topic came from. It shows Atlanta being as one of the best places to live and other positive subjects. I happen to find Atlanta has its pros and cons, but I have lived in NYC and Los Angeles for work months at a times, and the people are just as rude, traffic terrible and the weather is so so.
Jojo
July 23rd, 2010
9:33 pm
People should start to really consider Smyrna as a great alternative to Atlanta. It’s close and it is its own city. The Police and city government is first class. You can live like a king out here for what it costs to live in Buckhead.
bubba ray dudley
July 23rd, 2010
9:48 pm
HURR DURR WE HATE YANKEES WHO MAKE LISTS, PROB’LY BUNCHA LIBERALS HURR DURR
OedipusTax
July 23rd, 2010
9:50 pm
This is among the more preposterous assertion I’ve yet seen, and I hope nobody spends more than two minutes wasting their time with the subject.
Jill
July 23rd, 2010
10:04 pm
Everyone on here seems to be angry. It’s kind of funny.
CJ
July 23rd, 2010
10:05 pm
Scott, Delta is ready when you are.
Hetch Hetchy
July 23rd, 2010
10:07 pm
Pretty easy to see the trend. MINORITY ISSUES.
E
July 23rd, 2010
10:19 pm
All they did was name the 50 biggest cities. Stupidest thing ever
booberry
July 23rd, 2010
10:25 pm
i went to winder to find her, lilburn to licker and tucker to ****er
Atlanta is the #1 Crankiest City - Georgia (GA) - City-Data Forum
July 23rd, 2010
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Whenthedustsettles
July 23rd, 2010
10:48 pm
After reading these comments I can understand why Atlanta was voted the crankies city. Boy, you people need to lighten up, check your blood pressure you’re about to blow a gasket…LOL
Complaining about the humidity, its the SOUTH, what did you expect? There’s nothing you can do about the humidity, its nature. And then you complain about the traffic, the traffic has been bad here for over twenty years, you knew that before you moved here. And then you complain about crime and blame it on Katrina victims, that’s not true every nut job in the news is a GRADY BABY.
If you spent less time complaining and more time embracing the positive then you wouldn’t be so cranky. If you want a good chuckle, just think of some of the wierd landmarks here in the metro area, THE BIG CHICKEN, I ROFL everytime its mentioned. Oh, by the way I’m not a native but I love Atlanta, I just had the sense live in a town called Between, thats between Athens and Atlanta.
RSC
July 23rd, 2010
10:53 pm
Yeah!!! One more thing we are number 1 at!! Failed banks, foreclosures, unemployment, smog, # of teabaggers per capita!! I was getting tired of being last place in so many things (job growth, education, etc).
Jawgee Goobers is Good
July 23rd, 2010
10:55 pm
One question: Why would any sentient being live in Atlanta, Ga, or Dixie. The air is awful, the traffic horrible, the education a joke, the politicians vile white trash(as are most of the people) the heat and humidity unbearable, and on and on. The gay-bashing obsession and the endless Bible thumping are sickening as well. Here is a hint – why the hey don’t you Southern states secede? I am sure the rest of the nation will object mightily! Not!!!
Boo Hoo's Next Door Neighbor
July 23rd, 2010
10:56 pm
Boo Hoo,
You make a good point, but you’re wrong. We need about 3 million to follow Scott out of town.
ATL native for quite awhile
July 23rd, 2010
11:01 pm
Good perspective, Jennifer. Here are MY reason for ATL’s crankiness:
1. Selfish/obnoxious drivers
2. Smog from May-September
3. Really poor street signage
4. Uncontrolled growth
5. A city too busy to be friendly anymore
Husker Du
July 23rd, 2010
11:06 pm
My wife and I just moved to ATL from Nebraska and can attest to the city’s cranky attitude. Nebraska’s unemployment rate hit a high of five percent last year, and foreclosures are rare as they used to be everywhere. No short sales. But when we Midwesterners move here to alter the attitude for the better, perhaps ATL’s first place will fall!
Boo Hoo's Next Door Neighbor
July 23rd, 2010
11:12 pm
A word of advice…it’s better to be thought a dumbazz, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Might I suggest that you STFU.
Fred
July 23rd, 2010
11:27 pm
I’ll bet we would move to the bottom of the list if all these damn transplanted yankees would move the hell back up north.
mike73
July 23rd, 2010
11:54 pm
I just moved down here from Chicago a can truly say the people down here are much nicer!
VaHighlander
July 23rd, 2010
11:55 pm
NYC is much safer than Atlanta. You can walk down any major street in Manhattan and not fear for your life and pocketbook like you do here.
mike73
July 23rd, 2010
11:56 pm
Chicago is a dark cold evil place to live Atlanta is so nice and bright with so much greenery
Boo Hoo
July 24th, 2010
12:04 am
I is a rehdnec and ahh can’t spell trawler parhk. I wush all thes dam yankees whuld move bark to the nurth and leev tha erban planning to meh ahnd mah wife/sister to mess up even furthar.
blah_blah_blah
July 24th, 2010
12:12 am
I lived in the ATL area for 8 long years and found it just wasn’t for me. I tried but just couldn’t fall in love with ATL as I felt the city didn’t have the heart, soul and engery that a great city offers. Very unsafe, I never heard a gun shot until I moved to ATL and then I heard a lot. Big minority problem that will continue to drain the city. I read the AJC every once in a while to smile and be glad I’m gone. If you haven’t lived outside of the ATL area or the South, you really have nothing to compare it to like some of us do. I would take zero degrees and tons of snow over gangs, home invasions and tons of murders. ATL might have been nice at one point but it sure is the ghetto now.
Andre
July 24th, 2010
12:12 am
Too many angry yankees are here, take yo butt back!!!! Heck, the city wasn’t even this crazy when Freaknik came to town once a year.
Andre
July 24th, 2010
12:16 am
You sir are smoking crack- the raping in the street of freaknik ‘96? yeah, awesome atlanta culture. I think the angry rednecks should go back to the woods from whence they came. We were here first when we scared you away and burned the city a while back, so yeah, read a history book.
vuduchld
July 24th, 2010
12:22 am
Hey Scott, I moved one year ago and haven’t regretted a day. By the look at the latest merto area unemployment numbers, I suggest plenty more people better start doing the same thing! I lived in Atlanta 22 years had had been coming to the city since 1969. At one time it was a nice city , but now I wouldn’t tell a soul to move there. The city is way over hyped, congested, no trees or green space with way too many blighted strip malls. To be blunt, Atlanta best days are behind it. All I have to do is sell my downtown condo because I’m sure as hell not coming back. And for those near-do-wells who keep defending this city, please, stop trying to con people, it is what it is folks!!
outta here
July 24th, 2010
12:32 am
@ vuduchld… I agree with your comments. ATL has seens its best days and is in decline. Best to move on. I did 3 months ago and everyday I’m thankful I have left.
gatorman770
July 24th, 2010
12:53 am
If you can’t stand the heat….get the hail out of the kitchen!
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
July 24th, 2010
1:02 am
This is developed by a company in St. Louis – Energizer Holdings Inc. which owns “Edge” and Schick.
Makes me feel better about not using their products.
Alternative off-the-cuff promo: “Atlanta’s smoothest living in the world’s best city is almost as smooth as the shave I get from my Gillette razor and King of Shaves’ shaving oil.”
Venus
July 24th, 2010
1:11 am
Atlanta sucks, I moved to here from up north when I was in high school. I hated it then and I hate it now. lol , it is definitely overrated, I would never recommend anyone to move here. ITs cranky and clique-ish.
JJ Johnson
July 24th, 2010
2:55 am
Yep I left Atlanta in 2007. Best thing I ever did. Atlanta was once a great place to live. Now it is just another over populated racist cess pool. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to live in Atlanta.
sigh-__-
July 24th, 2010
4:01 am
@I’ll move when I’m ready….. Simply get the f*ck out then. no one asked you to stay. and for u to call other people ignorant based on their opinions and then you make your own negative comment is ignorant in itself…… think before you type…. please and thank you
Georgia Pete
July 24th, 2010
4:45 am
Can we PUHLEEEEESE stop this north / south cr*p? I mean come on. I was born in the south, raised up north. You know what? There are cranky people everywhere. Obnoxious northerners, rude rednecks, rude swamp yankees, southern inhospitality and southern hospitality. Northerners are nice as well as rude. Depends on where you are an d who you are talking to. But it’s time for the Civil War to end…..like it did 145 years ago.
Atlanta girl
July 24th, 2010
5:08 am
Well…..this has been a long dang time in coming! I could have told everyone this myself 10 years ago. Too dang many people from other areas have moved here and brought the attitude with em! Move on folks…no more jobs, no more southern hospitality and no more dang patience with the bunch of ya! If ya don’t like it, move back to where you came from! Lord knows we keep hearing how such and such place is so much better and how GA sucks. Need a bus ticket?
From Here
July 24th, 2010
5:30 am
If you sit around whining without trying to make a positive difference, you’re probably one of those who complains about the government but doesn’t vote.
DD
July 24th, 2010
6:37 am
I’m not sure if Atlanta is the crankiest city, but it sure has the worst radio stations and newspapers.
Bill
July 24th, 2010
7:24 am
T.O.
Clearly, you have never been to Detroit.
Peachy
July 24th, 2010
7:38 am
@ Scott
Delta is ready when you are.
oliver
July 24th, 2010
7:40 am
It is all true. Atlanta is the worst place in the world to live. There are toothless sodomites in the forests, the state bird is the mosquito, snakes as thick as your leg and anyone of any sense or value has left this backwater long ago. Remember Scott, Atlanta has the worlds biggest and busiest airport, home to the biggest airline, Delta, and it ‘is ready when you are’. Do you and the rest of your Yankee friends need air fair?
I love atlanta
July 24th, 2010
7:45 am
Why do people that hate Atlanta choose to live here and constantly complain about it? The only thing unpleasant about Atlanta is having to put up with these people. Please move and get the heck out of here!
Jake's mom
July 24th, 2010
8:14 am
anyone who’s ever lived in Cleveland OH knows THEY should top the list
Born and raised in Atlanta
July 24th, 2010
8:20 am
I agree…if you are not happy here in Atlanta there are plenty of other places for you to go and believe me we really don’t want you here! Scott Joe and T.O are porbably the ones who can’t drive and which makes most people irritated, go somewhere where the traffic isn’t bad, may bad traffic is bad everywhere in the major cities! Just get out please! That was nice, I said please!
Tricia
July 24th, 2010
8:33 am
I’ve been here 23 years.. it has not improved in all that time… too much traffic, hot, not enough leisure.. always the same thing each weekend.. shop, go out to eat, and movies… at least in NYC we had the beaches to cool off and plenty of great parks (which we actually use). sorry
Atlanta.. you’re boring… yes I’m irritated… no I’m not leaving.. we came here to try and improve your quality of life.. we’re not leaving till we accomplish that!
Bronco
July 24th, 2010
8:40 am
Since there are some dark age drones on here labeling people as “Yankees,” I will go ahead and admit that I am indeed a carpetbagger. ATL is probably not much “crankier” than most major cities. It is hot, smog ridden and overly busy, as are most major cities. Still, it beats snow and months of below freezing weather up north! Regardless, here is my frustration with the city:
1. Lanes that merge on top of one another with little warning
2. Awful lack of street signs
3. Tons of useless bureaucrats working in businesses (utilities, cable, services, etc.) and government
4. Bums everywhere
5. Police and other city workers who spend more time texting than working
6. The most backward public education system I have ever witnessed
7. Ebonics that non-black folks cannot possibly comprehend
8. Lackadaisical attitude of workers in various customer service areas
Shackled by Real Estate
July 24th, 2010
8:42 am
I was born in the South, lived all over the world for 20 years with the military and moved to Atlanta for a job 3 years ago. What I’ve found is that Southern hospitality is gone. It’s not a north/south thing because,* Newsflash*, the civil war is over! It’s a selfish, I’m better than my neighbor attitude that is rampant here. I’ve never seen so many unfriendly people – try merging in traffic. I’m sure the pickup truck with the rebel flag sticker who won’t let me over is not a transplanted Yankee. Stop blaming others Atlanta residents – the unwelcoming attitude is the new norm here. Now if only the economy will improve so I can sell my d*mn house I’ll be glad to leave you all here to point fingers at the yankees who’ve ruined your town.
Amy
July 24th, 2010
8:55 am
Why do all these people complain? Go away then!!
woodie
July 24th, 2010
8:58 am
Atlanta has a lot of issues for sure. Mostly minority populations that have issues with white people. Reverse racism is rampant and nobody wants to talk about it. A political blindness if you will. It’s driving crime and poverty and apathy. Blame the white male. That’s getting nowhere. Time to wake up to reality. You wanted the city, you got the city, now you hate your city. Atlanta sucks and has for the past 40 years and that’s why I live outside that cesspool.
Critical Think
July 24th, 2010
9:06 am
Ummm…boots…NYC IS on the list (to help you out, it’s below Birmingham and above Phoenix)…perhaps the heat is getting to you
waiting moderation: Not all ‘yankees’ are angry and not all native ’southerners’ are hospitable…trust me. Let me guess…the latter is because they are angry at the ‘those angry yankees’…riiiight, riiight.
BTW – when will people remember the era when ’southerners’ move up North (and I don’t mean after the Civil War)? Did ‘yankees’ have so many compliments back then? Thankfully the south lost and slavery ended…let it go already…geez…
Arrrrgh
July 24th, 2010
9:21 am
It’s 9am and the heat index is already like 100. And the Braves closer blew another game last night. Boy am I irritated.
Jawgee Goobers is Good
July 24th, 2010
9:24 am
One question: Why would any sentient being live in Atlanta, Ga, or Dixie. The air is awful, the traffic horrible, the education a joke, the politicians vile white trash(as are most of the people) the heat and humidity unbearable, the culture(LOL) Nascar, eating contests, high school football, goat roping) and on and on. The gay-bashing obsession and the endless Bible thumping are sickening as well. Here is a hint – why the hey don’t you Southern states secede? I am sure the rest of the nation will object mightily! Not!!!
TMEWSTR
July 24th, 2010
9:27 am
Glad I left! Overall being much improved.Added years to my life.
outta here
July 24th, 2010
9:28 am
I took a 100k hit when selling my home to move, but you know what… it was worth it for me. I am much happier in a safer environment.
@woodie.. I agree “Reverse racism is rampant and nobody wants to talk about it”
If I were a true Southerner, I wouldn’t be upset with the Northerners but the minorities that have “taken over” and are running the city into the ground. Sounds racist, yes… but facts are facts.
read
July 24th, 2010
9:29 am
@boots
NYC is on the list. It’s in the top 10!
kathy
July 24th, 2010
9:30 am
I have lived here all of my life !! all 67 years and I say Ditto to Scott !! This is also one of our good ole Southern cities where people do not like you just because of your political views !! God forbid you are liberal anywhere but Midtown !!! Lots of the usual angry conservatives who scream at you for the Obama sticker on your car !! (really happened!)….just watch them respond to this !!
kathy
July 24th, 2010
9:38 am
Also, to the “not racist” child who wrote about the “minority run” Atlanta government… you obviously were not here in the white 70’s to watch out illustrious Fulton County commission !! and other than the mayor this was a worse run City than it is now !! Remember the old Water Dept or getting a car tag ??/ or rat control downtown ??? It was all a joke !!
Jawgee Goobers is Good
July 24th, 2010
9:41 am
Beautiful Words from James Howard Kunstler:
“Behind the incoherent cargo of conflicting complaints that makes up Tea Party doctrine — like “keeping the government’s hands off our medicare!” — stands the more basic dissolution of the Sunbelt’s miracle economy, along with the pain and bewilderment of the southern peckerwood political nexus that rose out of the dust after World War Two to build the suburban nirvana of universal air-conditioning, happy motoring, Jesus tub-thumping, over-eating, and Friday night football that defined Sunbelt culture. They sense now that history is about to thrust them back into the okra patch, with the hookworms and the chiggers, as the economy whirls down the drain, and the car dealerships close up, and the idle production homebuilders succumb to methedrine addiction, and the price of Reba McEntire tickets exceeds their dwindling resources, and they are none too happy about any of that.
Of course this Sunbelt political culture has tentacles and outposts all over the USA, wherever a few generations of laboring folk enjoyed debt-fueled parabolic rises in living standards during the cheap oil decades, and now find themselves in foreclosure hell, indentured to the very WalMarts that they welcomed with open arms (and allowed to destroy their local businesses) — and, of course, it’s yet another paradox that these are the same folk who will still defend the big box masters to their deaths. The America they stand for is a weird contradictory mish-mash of Confederate nostalgia, hyper-individualism that really owes allegiance to nothing, racial enmity, religious paranoia, and potemkin patriotism — especially involving anything in the constitution that allows them to wriggle out of obligations to the public interest at the same time that they get to push other groups of people around.”
Get Out There and Enjoy
July 24th, 2010
9:45 am
Don’t let a daily dose served morning, noon and night of blacks behaving badly by 5,2, and 11 plant a perception of a city that is just awful. Like all major American cities Atlanta has its share of angst inducing characteristics. Overall Atlanta is a beautiful city. From afar you notice gleaming towers piercing an emerald canvas from downtown to midtown to Buckhead to Sandy Springs and the perimeter/Dunwoody area. Tons of restaurants, not just national chains, shopping, all major league sports teams, major corporations, the world busiest airport that continues to grow, the most ambitious city development (the beltline) in the nation, neighborhood festivals, more black business owners per capita than any other city in the nation. No Atlanta isn’t perfect. No place is. Perfection is unobtainable. We can only improve things but never perfect them. Get away from the keyboard and get out there. Remember, you can’t expect to find your living room everywhere you go.
Jawgee Goobers is Good
July 24th, 2010
10:02 am
More JHK:
Out of Darkness
By James Howard Kunstler
on May 24, 2010 6:55 AM
If the Devil created an anti-city, a place where people would feel least human, Atlanta would surely be that place — despite the prayerful babble of tongues emanating from the evangelical roller rinks at every freeway off-ramp. One might think: Los Angeles, but that city at least came up with the amenity of valet parking, mostly lacking in Atlanta, where the suffocating heat slows the journey of blood from heart to brain.
My homeys, the New Urbanists, held their annual meeting at the “downtown” Hilton there this past week — a most mysterious selection, perhaps due to an x-treme discount on room rates in a time of austerity.
TOM
July 24th, 2010
10:03 am
Why should people who weren’t born here leave? Why can’t all of the racist, conservative morons who think they have more right to be in an American city than I do leave? *Newsflash* Ga has been trying hard and succeeding in attracting companies to move here. THAT is why people came in the last three decades. Native atlantans are a disingenuous mutant breed of swamper whom I do not consider to be actually ’southern’, REAL southerners are graciousness, honest and hospitable – and that is not what you are. Delta is ready when YOU are, need airfare? huh huh
heartofdarkness
July 24th, 2010
10:17 am
I believe the prosecution may rest it’s case.
Not Regionalism
July 24th, 2010
10:28 am
Boots are you retarded.. People on here gives the south a bad name. I was born and raised in the south and the list is no surprise. By the way New york City was on the list. Atlanta is a dirty city and overbuilt. It sauys alot by the vacancy rate. It also shows when stores open and stay only for a few months. Be for real and Boots your list makes no sense because I have been to Chicago and a few more of those cities and Chicago is not a dirty city. If you want to do murders based on population then Atlanta should be there..I don’t know why some try to make this city seem great when its not..ATlanta will never be important because its not a port city and will lack the activities that coastal cities offer. The traffic and crime is why so many are irritated.. Stop messing with Scott he stated his opinion like the rest of you. Many of you probably never left the area yourselfs and if it keeps snowing here then what will be the difference from Atlanta and the rest of the North..You all live in the same country and people up north I do give thenm this that they are open-minded and in the south that is really hard to come by..lmao
Jellie
July 24th, 2010
10:37 am
This article irritates me!!!
rerew
July 24th, 2010
10:40 am
What a stupid story, whoever wrote this must be from Canada. Yes its hot, however I’ve spent years in the heat here so that has nothing to do with my mood
Sick of it all!
July 24th, 2010
10:55 am
We all wish you all would go back where you came from. Ga was better before you came. The crime rate is worse. The educational system is worse. The cost of housing increased. You transplants brought more trouble than you are worth!
YMA
July 24th, 2010
11:02 am
Funny article with a lot of truth to it– just look at all the cranky comments posted by these crank Atlantans. And to all your cranky bigots on this post, the foreigners are actually the nicer people in this city. New York has crime, but it is also the safest city in this country right now, thanks to the common sense of its administration who puts safety first, and spends the monies necessary to ensure that police officers and fire fighters are well paid. I blame all thise cranky Bible thumping Baptists who are blocking any 21st century progress in the city’s archaic laws and regulations.
Tired Of It
July 24th, 2010
11:03 am
Have any of you noticed…, the people who say’s that they moved from Atlanta and are much happier as a result ot the move, never say where they moved to? Why is that? Don’t they like to rep their new homes, or is it that they’re ashamed of their new homes, and they’re not being entirely truthful? As far as this Ga Tech thing goes, if you’re being preyed upom, it’s your own damn fault. Man up, quit acting like little bitches or sissies and act like you have some men on that campus maybe you’ll quit getting pimped on your own campus!!!
Tired
July 24th, 2010
11:39 am
The area around Ga Tech is dangerous PERIOD. That is not a nice area, they have a campus in the midst of a ghetto. Haha there aren’t any men on the GT campus. Why would people just want to bash Atlanta for the heck of it? Why would you imply that downtown & midtown are people friendly when they anything but and dangerous to boot? Atlanta has some obstacles facing it before it can become worthy of all the hype that it generates.
Bob
July 24th, 2010
11:41 am
“I’ll move” I bet you never lived in Memphis. That is one miserable place. I lived there 8 years and could not call it home even when I bought a house and made new friends there. I tried everything to make myself at home there and I just couldn’t. Atlanta is far better.
Fred
July 24th, 2010
11:41 am
Good – Lots of tall hardwoods.
Bad – Associated with Cynthia Tucker
Bob
July 24th, 2010
11:44 am
The area around Ga Tech didn’t used to be that uniformly dangerous. The danger was mostly in the Southeast Campus area. I bet that is considered the “safer” area of the campus than the northside. Fortunately most of our suburbs are still considered “safe”.
Bob Lynn
July 24th, 2010
11:50 am
duh
@ Goobers
July 24th, 2010
11:50 am
Hey Goobers…do you realize not too many people, excluding myself, have responded to your philosophical dribble that you obviously cut, copied and pasted from some textbook you saved from your liberal collegiate days? If you hate the South, specifically Atlanta, so bad, you maybe need to get into your overpriced Prius and hit the road north. If you do not live in Atlanta or the South, southerners and other interested parties are extremely happy. I agree Atlanta hasn’t been a southern city since Sherman’s BBQ during the Civil War, however for some of us southerners that live south of Macon, we are not all toothless wonders roaming the woods looking for our cousins to marry. Yes, the idea of Atlanta being on the list as a cranky city may be true, but other cities can also be included. You should try Savannah sometime? All in all, Goobers quit the verbal diarrhea. If I want to hear something like that, I will watch a Roy Barnes commercial.
Mark Coleman from Montclair, New Jersey
July 24th, 2010
12:02 pm
Thus far, I’ve read all 104 + comments and I would say…”Tired of it” made the most sense to me.
– Using real name, hit me back and you can have my phone number too.
– AND REALLY PEOPLE, DO WE LIVE IN IRAQ? AHIGHT THEN! WE’RE AMERICANS, AND WE CAN LIVE ANYWHERE IN THESE GREAT STATES THAT OUR HEARTS ALLOWS!
“God bless you all and it’s chocolate cities and it’s vanilla surburbs” – Parliment circa 1976.
@ @ Goobers
July 24th, 2010
12:08 pm
If you live south of Macon then you don’t really know what Atlanta is like. The city has some real infrastructure problems that need to be addressed now. People like you getting fooled into sticking up for “the south” and “southerners” and thinking that there isn’t anything wrong are just making things worse. You’re just helping rich folks from buckhead or wherever maintain high property values by shifting blame to some imaginary group of people. When mass transit, crime and accessibility issues are addressed then property values about the city will more uniform and less tightly packed in certain areas. I just don’t believe that the north vs south thing is an actual issue anymore because you just never see it on a day to day basis.
john heard
July 24th, 2010
12:28 pm
well the braves are playing good ball , an the falcons should make the playoffs , and that’s all i got to say..
BeKindToMe,I'mYourCousin
July 24th, 2010
12:36 pm
What’s going on? Why are all of you, so bitter with one another? Northerners, Southerners, Westerners and Easterners Whites, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics etc. Live each day as if it’s, your last. We are all here on borrowed time. Try to think positive go out and help someone, you’ll feel better, its not important what color they may be. Go out and clean your neighborhood, meet new people you might be able to find out about job openings if you are out of work. p.s. Remember that every man, women, boy or girl from the begining of mankind in east Africa to the children born this very second anywhere around the world are your distance cousins. So, be kind!!!!!!!!
Justify Atlanta Greatness
July 24th, 2010
12:44 pm
having traveled around 32 of the 50 states with major cities throughout, I can tell you that Atlanta is by far not the crankiest. Having said that, it is no where as great as the supporters believe it to be to. If you like true southern hospitality, don’t come to ATL. Many in Atlanta seem to possess this aire of superiority which I can’t really understand given it has nothing to offer in the way of diversions and attractions that can’t be experienced in a weekend. Where are the amenities that other cities of similar size possess? Why do I feel safer walking around Brooklyn than throug the Lenox mall entrance? As soon as I realized the city is full of $30,000 millionaires, I stopped caring and moved outside the Perimeter and thank God.
Steely Dan
July 24th, 2010
12:45 pm
What a sh*thole Atlanta is. I am a native that moved away 25 years ago and just came back. What a mistake to live here.
The natives are so fixated on class, money and status; it is like going back to junior high. What arrogant, pompous, provential douchebags.
What is with the black people here? They are the lowest of low lives and scumbags. They just make Atlanta creepy. My black friends from other cities are just embarrased and appalled by how repulsive their distant relatives are here.
Looking forward to the next job transfer to leave this crackerland.
Alex
July 24th, 2010
1:05 pm
Despite this article being “for entertainment purposes only”, not scientific, the numbers are out. I agree with Scott and Mel, the conservative idiots running this place have held this major city in the 50’s.
Davarous Quimarious Lantiquee Jones
July 24th, 2010
1:05 pm
I represents that remark you deel-doe. You wants dem fries wid dat?
and athens is the most irrelevant
July 24th, 2010
1:08 pm
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Jim
July 24th, 2010
1:09 pm
I live near Peachtree @ 8th. Party town, it’s safe, it’s fun, it’s convenient to MARTA and points beyond. No city is crime-free. I regularly take MARTA to the airport, do Centennial Park area, and to Buckhead. Only 5% of the people who say they live in Atlanta can produce a Drivers License with an Atlanta address.
Bev
July 24th, 2010
1:09 pm
I didn’t see Hawaii on the list?? I bet they’re the least crankiest!
A D Stinky Fingers
July 24th, 2010
1:10 pm
Where the red panties at?
To @@ Goobers from @ Goobers
July 24th, 2010
1:13 pm
Wasn’t really making it a north and south thing…as for the crime, congestion, high property taxes, hey that’s why I live south of Macon…enjoy your traffic congestion and I’ll come benefit from the big city when Lady Gaga comes to town…afterwards I’ll go back to my double-wide in my pickup and enjoy the slow drawl that is my life
boots
July 24th, 2010
1:25 pm
@ read: my bad. Thx.
John
July 24th, 2010
1:28 pm
Bottom line, if you’re not happy here…..move. Life is too short to be unhappy with where you live. For the dude that has lived here 41 years and said, “Atlanta Sucks”,….41 years???? What are you still doing here?
Mark
July 24th, 2010
1:59 pm
This places absolutely sucks, I was suckered in moving here because of the so called “Cheaper cost of Living”. What a joke, I learned the hard way cheaper does not mean better. Between the racial tension, humidity, nothing to do, lack of good public transportation, no sidewalks, I could go on and on. My first chance I am outta here and headed back to the Bay Area. I can not wait and BTW I am not taking Delta so save you stupid commments.
John
July 24th, 2010
2:06 pm
we r not cranky you stupid jerks.
At at the Lanta A
July 24th, 2010
2:18 pm
Atlanta is the place to be.
Dirty bird livin’ is the life for me.
Crime spreadin’ out so far and wide.
Keep Manhattan, just give me that Southern pride.
New York is where I’d rather stay.
I get allergic smelling ay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.
…Crack *hores.
…The stores.
…Hot air.
…Times Square
You are my wife.
Good bye, city life.
Atlanta we are there.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND
July 24th, 2010
2:32 pm
Just yesterday, I was reading a blog and this young lady was lamenting how she miss the sounds, smells and belligerent drivers in NYC. Then she stated that people DOWN HERE like to talk and touch you and she didn’t like that. She didn’t like the trees because of her allegeries and she didn’t like the sound of crickets. If I could’ve afford it, I would have gladly paid for her moving expenses.
Comic Relief
July 24th, 2010
3:21 pm
Calm down Atlanta and watch a funny youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGJcIl5ydE
Jane
July 24th, 2010
3:23 pm
My favorite thing about Atlanta is the huge number of “ministers” who refer to themselves as bishops, apostles, and doctors, even though they’ve never been to college. Seems like there’s a very large, not very bright, percentage of Atlantans who blindly send their money to these scam artists. It’s really sad, when they could be actually donating money to legitimate, worthy causes.
Rob
July 24th, 2010
3:28 pm
I agree that life is too short to spend in a city where you’re so unhappy. That’s why I’m feverishly working to get my house on the market with the next month. I’ve been here 5 years, and have hated every second of it. The crime, heat, traffic, racial tension, listening to rap crap at every corner….I could go on and on. When my wife was bitten by my neighbor’s roaming pit bull, it was the end of our rope. There are so many great places to live in this country, and Atlanta is not for us. We’re moving to Denver the day our house closes. Cannot wait!
Northern Atl Liver
July 24th, 2010
5:00 pm
Atlanta is not a safe place to live. I live Northeast of it and I still don’t feel safe. I agree with T.O. about it. If you don’t see that the Atlanta area is changing for the worse then you REALLY haven’t been there or you live in another state. I will NOT going into that city for any reason.
Northern Atl Liver
July 24th, 2010
5:01 pm
Rob, can I come with you to Denver?
A D Stinky Fingers
July 24th, 2010
5:28 pm
Me too, Rob. I need a new AD job after my DUI and the Buckhoe incident.
red
July 24th, 2010
5:49 pm
T.O
July 23rd, 2010
7:06 pm
I response to TO: As some one who has been living IN this city for the last 10 years I can tell you that things crime etc is WAY better than it was in the lat 90s and early 2000. The only difference is now there are people who care more about reporting crimes. The crime has not gone up the reporting has. And if you want to leave I will help you and Scott roll out.
Been living in Atl for over 30 years. Things are changing for the worst. Piedmont Park isn’t even safe anymore. The students at Tech can’t be out past 10p. Intown living is flat out scary with the amount of break ins and muggings. Thugs have taken over this town. You’re almost forced to move to the north part of town. Truly said. Atl is the Detroit of the south. Where are these thugs parents?
hotlantaeric
July 24th, 2010
7:39 pm
is this a racial thing??
Big Ruff
July 24th, 2010
8:32 pm
Atlanta’s a real craphole, with some of the most unscrupulous people I’ve ever seen in my life, it’s like being in a 3rd world country… Lie, steal, and cheat while carrying bibles and posturing over which church they attend. Child support is practically an INDUSTRY down here….As I Brooklyn transplant I am very disappointed with the culture or lack thereof….Add the fact that you have a large population of slick wannabe hillbillies, that are too dumb to pull off a decent con, and you people wonder why the murder rate is so high???….Funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life is a backwoods country hillbilly on I-20 in some piece of crap filthy 1967 pickup truck with a cell-phone…..Also, you people can’t drive, you drive very erratic and have very poor driving skills…If I see one more biscuit or glass of sweet tea, I’m gonna puke
Get Out There and Enjoy
July 24th, 2010
9:48 pm
We can tell who isn’t getting laid in Atlanta.
Big Ruff
July 24th, 2010
10:25 pm
I’m married, ya dope!….To a woman from Boston, that is well educated, has real hair and that can actually pronounce words properly and use them in the proper context!…..If I weren’t married there’d be “slim pickins” for me in the ATL as I am repulsed by skankopotomus 300 pound gold diggers with 6 kids that have to go on “Maury” (You is dat baby daddy) begging for DNA results so they can get paid, screaming “I needs a mans to takes care of me!”…….THUS, you don’t have to concern yourself with someone of my stature ever getting “laid” in the ATL, no thank you, you keep it!.
Varuca Salt
July 25th, 2010
12:29 am
I am not shocked. Atlanta is going through spending and development withdrawals. Like most of the country, Atlanta is feeling the economic crunch. Maybe the city that was once to busy too hate just isn’t “busy” enough anymore. Economic stress, high temperatures, and constant traffic gridlock (due to poooor planning) is enough to make anyone stressed out and a bit cranky. I just hope that if and when the motor revs up on the economy again, Atlantans will be a bit more disciplined (economically and environmentally) with their development. The New South has lost its Southern hospitality, I suppose.What did we expect?
damn yankees
July 25th, 2010
12:52 pm
can go home!!!
thecutest
July 25th, 2010
3:24 pm
I’ve lived in Atlanta as well as other Southern cities. But I currently live in Los Angeles.. I’m surprised L.A. isn’t at the top of the list instead. People here are major D-bags. They were D-bags in NYC (where I lived for 5 years) as well. This list seems poorly constructed. I hope the author isn’t beating up on the ATL because of its ethnic make-up.
Andrew D
July 26th, 2010
7:13 am
To all of the people who wasn’t born here, or grew up here please take my advise. If you don’t like it here, all highways leading out the city are open 24 -7. They are not nearly as congested as those coming in. Your leaving will ease the congestion on the roads and your job opening will give some worthy person a source of income.
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Belinda
July 26th, 2010
12:25 pm
I’m not a native but I’ve lived her for 31 years. Atlanta has changed and I’m talking about the whole Metro area when I say Atlanta. All changes have not been for the better. The traffic has gotten much worse in spite of many new roads. Crime has gotten much worse in the suburbs. And the economic collapse has hit very hard here. I think all of this has contributed to many people being irritable and cranky especially on the roads!!!!!! We plan to retire in about 6 years and we plan to move to Rabun County. I do not expect it to be perfect. But I think it will be a less irritating place to live.
Dani
July 26th, 2010
7:42 pm
@Mark I agree with you wholeheartedly. I am from the Bay and moved here because I could not afford to buy a home in California. As the old saying goes “visiting is much different from living here”. As a single Black woman with two kids, we do not live by the stereotypes that I have seen posted here. My sons are educated, have no jail records or kids out of wedlock-I have raised them better than that. My kids have been called “rich”, which we surely are not, just because I don’t allow them to share their clothes with others, (which I have never heard of until moving here) and having pride in their appearance (they don’t look like they just rolled out of bed). It’s not a matter of acting “white”, we speak proper English (@Bronco, I don’t understand alot of this Southern accent. All your words run together or it sounds like ebonics, whether the person is Black or White), have respect for others and acting ignorant in public is not an option. My sons have been accused of being “momma’s boys” because I care about their whereabouts and behavior. We have lived in numerous places, but as a mother, I am from the old-school. My parents raised me right, and I followed the tradition with my sons. My eldest is 21. He knew living off me was not an option. The only way he could live at home was by attending college and/or working until he received his degree. He chose to follow the family tradition of being third generation Air Force, and getting his degree in the process. My 16 year old wants to do the same. My children have been exposed to many cultures and environments by just living in the Bay Area, ie., the Planetarium, Golden Gate Park, Lawrence Hall of Science, Cinco De Mayo, Chinese New Year, Black History and others. Many of the kids here are content with just hanging out. Many parents here do not want to share car-pooling duties with the kids. They want you to take and pick up the kids all the time. With all the “wealthy Black people” here, why are our kids standing out on the busy streets (Camp Creek Pkwy) begging for money to either buy uniforms or go to championship games? I lived in Sandy Springs and have never seen any other minority children endangering their lives to do something constructive. I never saw this in any other city I lived in but here. There are too many people here who are trying to keep up with the Jonses and Smiths and participate in cliques. I’ve always been a independent person, so I don’t fit in with all the fake people here-especially the women. Out West and up North, if we don’t like one another, we do not pretend to do so we can know one another’s business-I could care less about you. I am not a prude, but some of these “fashionistas” need to quit. I’ve never seen more desperate-stripper looking women before in my life here. You can look sexy and cool by not exposing everything you got. I know it is hot here, but come on, where’s your self-respect? On Easter Sunday, I swear most of the women must have come straight from the club to the church, they looked that disrespectful in the Lord’s house. @Shackled by Real Estate I agree with you also. I’m tired of missing the things I love dearly like being able to walk down or cross the street without the fear of being ran over. I have been in 3 car accidents within a 2 year period here-none of them my fault. Where do these people receive their driver’s education-the bubblegum machine? The yield sign is just decoration for the sidewalk and freeway entrance. I am in the process of selling my home, so no one needs to tell me Delta is waiting. I’ve been waiting and craving to get that U-Haul truck to get out of this backwards town-never to return. If Atlanta is progressive, Lord, I’d hate to see the opposite. It’s all hype-don’t fall for it like I did.
Don't Believe the Hype
July 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
@Dani, I agree 100% with your post, You are right on point. I am in the process of moving also.
Nicki
July 29th, 2010
9:27 am
This is so evident of being the work of Yankees.
Atlanta isn’t perfect, but no city is. That being said, NYC, Boston, Philly, or Baltimore should have topped the list. The ppl there are RUDE, buildings dirty and old (historic significance set aside), and the traffic isn’t much better- as the ppl there do NOT know how to drive- esp in NYC.
lily kate
July 29th, 2010
10:53 am
I love Atlanta….granted, it is a dirty place at times, but it’s my home. And I for one don’t appreciate someone with bad manners bringing it down.
satch
July 30th, 2010
2:37 am
the atl is overrated.little 5 was cool, girl watching at south dekalb mall cool.in seattle now, yeah it rains but 1 sunny day here is worth one month there.i enjoy driving again! hated it in the atl.people a lot more relaxed,water and mountain views everywhere.and quiet as it is kept beaches everywhere! i took the advice and got on delta.glad i did!
satch
July 30th, 2010
2:41 am
minneapolis should not be on this list at all.’minnesota nice” is for real.i spent six months there,very friendly people there.
sue
July 31st, 2010
12:11 am
actually, as a native new yorker, and a resident of atlanta for 20 years, i don’t find atlanta to be cranky at all. i don’t find new yorkers to be cranky, either. there are things to like and dislike about both cities.
sue
July 31st, 2010
12:18 am
and all that said, i find country folk in the south, midwesterners, and people from chicago and new orleans to be exceptionally nice. haven’t traveled all over the country, but i expect that most people are nice, and if they’re not, i don’t take it as an insult.
Xeo
August 1st, 2010
3:23 pm
I kind of like living here as it’s like living in an exotic, foreign country while still being in the states! No one speaks English, the taxes are very high, the majority are socialists (or communists) so you can feel like an ex pat here without ever leaving!