The Lost City of Atlanta

Downtown

I got to downtown Atlanta from the subway. I didn't even know Atlanta had subway until I took a walk from my hotel and happened to find it. Here is the train coming.

This is the large escalator to leave the station

A few pictures of the skyline.

Centennial Park was very nice. It was built for the 1996 Olympic games. I'm starting to think that cities like to keep reminders of when the whole world was looking at them.

If you got a medal in the 1996 Olympics, there are records etched in stone to prove it.

The park had lots of these giant torch looking things.

Some people playing a big game of chess

North Atlanta

This is the area my hotel was in. Its a nice part of town, but not that pedestrian friendly. Most of my experience was driving through it, so I don't have many pictures. The buildings all looked either new or historic. This part of town is certainly safe and seemed like the richest area.

East Atlanta

This part of the city reminded me of Grandview, but better. A few areas were even accessible from the subway, so it made it easy to walk around and take pictures So far this is where I would most like to live out of everywhere I've been. Its easy to get in and out of, there are many localized areas where I could walk to eat or drink somewhere, and it looked very nice. It was also so racially integrated you didn't even feel like you were in the south. It was still hot enough to make me feel like I was in the south though.

I just found this ad in the subway station funny.

I ate here.

This page from the menu is not indicative of prices in general. My whole meal and drink was less than all of these beers. It was a very good selection, there were at least 10 more pages of beer choices.

This is the shopping center right as you leave the subway.

West Atlanta

I don't have any pictures of west Atlanta. I didn't dare to stop my care and show off electronics long enough to take any pictures. It was scary and several people did not seem to know where they were. I was told south Atlanta is even worse and did not bother going

Despite the bad parts of town, I really liked Atlanta. It's the first city on my travels I could see myself living in. I could certainly be content with a nice place in East Atlanta. Although it is really hot here. I'm not about to stop my travels, but if I don't find anywhere else I'll be going back to Atlanta.