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	Name:	jawjagal -
	Subject:	About Atlanta folks...
	Date:	2/16/2006 9:11:51 AM

Do you guys see any parallel in growth in Montgomery or Birmingham compared to what you know about Atlanta? What I mean is, Atlanta's history was to make it the mecca of the South....the Atlanta airport could have gone to Birmingham, but the founding fathers of Atlanta (Mayor William Hartsfield at the time and Ivan Allen) got other influential businessmen to make it happen in Atlanta...

........and happen it did.

Because of a major airport, more diverse - west coast, NE, international businesses came to Georgia. Do you agree that Atlanta has a more diverse population than a Montgomery or Birmingham? And if they do, then, do these transplant major money players feel differently than....do I dare say it? - Southerners - about THEIR lake?

Did I make myself clear to answer Ric's question? I see this lake and it's surrounding area of loblolly pines and trailers scattered here and there as a Southern thing. My transplant friends, when they have to drive by a trailer to get to a nice place comment about it...but it just seems so NORMALLY Southern to me. I have lived in the South all my life. Not that I wish sometimes I hadn't lived somewhere else...but as I am getting older, I am embracing the slow, sentimental, family oriented familiarity of home - my Southern home and all the good things about living Southern. Where as transplants tend to go with the flow.....because of their jobs....

This may be something no one can answer, as it may be just so individual. But, when I think of Atlanta....I see it as a mix of new and old and fast paced. Hard to keep the tradition in a progressively modern town.

When I hear someone bought at the lake from, let's say, - Montgomery, I am comfortable. When I hear Atlanta, I question. (See my post on Destin....come in, sorta like rape the land, and then move on.....) I like the controlled growth of the lake forefathers.....