> I had a professor some years ago who summed up Atlanta perfectly for me - "[...] it's the biggest small town in America".
My friends and I regularly make similar comments about Dallas. I very rarely meet someone new without finding out that they are somehow connected to somebody I know.
Sayings like "Dallas is the world's biggest small town" and "I know I shouldn't be surprised, but how do the hell do those two know each other?" are common utterances among people I know. Also, for people I have a ton of oddball connections with, "Dallas is the world's biggest small town, and it's all [name]'s fault".
Re:Cities and Ambition (2008)
by madcaptenor on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:59AM
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The same "small town" thing happens in Philadelphia, where I used to live. This might be a property of cities of roughly that size.
Having spent the past 15 years in the region I think he hit the nail on the head. I believe the biggest message Atlanta is sending out is one of music - musical arts are alive and kicking in Atlanta in ways that are very different to the other big music cities. I'm really hopeful that the general creative vibes continue to flourish there.