pitbullmamanatl

Soooo true...for those who really know! I've lived in Atlanta my whole life and this pretty much sums it up. I know BTK knows what's up and my Ronnie Rooskies is learning quickly. LOL Anyway, if any of you have ever been to Atlanta for any amount of time you will appreciate this.


This is for anyone who lives in Atlanta, who has ever lived in Atlanta, has ever visited Atlanta, ever plans to visit Atlanta, knows anyone who already lives in Atlanta, or knows anyone who has ever heard of Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta is composed mostly of one-way streets. The only way to get out of downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over when you reach Greenville, South Carolina.
All directions start with, "Go down Peachtree,” and include the phrase, "When you see the Waffle House.” Except that in Cobb County, all directions begin with, "Go to the Big Chicken."
Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end and is not to be confused with:
· Peachtree Circle
· Peachtree Place
· Peachtree Lane
· Peachtree Road
· Peachtree Parkway
· Peachtree Run
· Peachtree Terrace
· Peachtree Avenue
· Peachtree Commons
· Peachtree Battle
· Peachtree Corners
· New Peachtree
· Old Peachtree
· West Peachtree
· Peachtree-Dunwoody
· Peachtree-Chamblee
· Peachtree Industrial Boulevard

Atlantans only know their way to work and their way home. If you ask anyone for directions, they will always send you down Peachtree.
Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola. They only drink Coke, so do not ask for any other soft drink unless it is made by Coca-Cola.
Gate One at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport is 32 miles away from the Main Concourse, so wear sneakers and pack a lunch.
The 8am rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM.

The 5pm rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30 PM.

Friday’s rush hour starts Thursday afternoon and lasts through 2am Saturday.

A native can only pronounce Ponce De Leon Avenue, so do not attempt the Spanish pronunciation. People will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you.

The Atlanta pronunciation is "pawns duh LEE-on.”

The falling of one raindrop causes all drivers to immediately forget all traffic rules. If a single snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days and it is on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes for a week. All grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer.

I-285, the loop that encircles Atlanta that has a posted speed limit of 55 mph (but you have to maintain 80 mph just to keep from being run over), is known to truckers as "The Watermelon 500." So if you miss your exit then you could ride around in circles for hours but it could be a hot minute before you realize you are going in a big circle. In 1982, Pascual Perez, a Braves pitcher, got lost on the way to the old Braves Stadium and circled the Perimeter three times before he ran out of gas and realized he was going in a circle.

Do not believe the directional markers on highways. I-285 is marked "East" and "West" but you may be going "North" or "South.”

The locals identify the direction by referring to the "Inner Loop" and the "Outer Loop"; more recently the acronyms "OTP" and "ITP" have been used by locals to identify location/direction. "OTP" means outside the perimeter (suburbs) and "ITP" means inside the perimeter (inside/close to the city).

If you travel on Hwy 92 North, you will actually be going southeast.My house is off of 92 and that is the most confusing thing for some people. Not sure why but it is.

Never buy a ladder or mattress in Atlanta. Just go to one of the interstates and you will soon find one in the middle of the road.

You've never gone around the block and ended up on the street you started on.

The last thing you want to do is give another driver the finger, unless your car is armored, your trigger finger is itchy, and your AK-47 has a full clip.

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, and a couple no one has seen before.

If it grows, it sticks. If it crawls, it bites.

It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.

"Fixinto" is one word (I'm fixinto go to the store).

Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you are 2 years old.

You've thought about getting a blow up companion for the front passenger seat.

"Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat?"

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ThaLadyPit

ROFLMAO!! Thanks for that tidbit.. now I know when I come see you to just stay put till you get there to follow you where I need to go, lol!

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Lex's Guardian

LMAO... The blow up passenger & big chicken are my favorite parts lol. I lived in GA until I was 3 & visited my father & his side of the family every summer.

Fond memories of blackberries, sand spurs, chiggers, ticks & good food lol

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Aireal

i wanna know why it says you start drinkin sweet tea at 2? man we started at 9 months who you foolin!!!!

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pitbullmamanatl

LOL.... I actually don't like sweet tea (I think I'm the only Southerner who doesn't) but you are right! I know my son started drinking it before he was one. He LOVES his "tea-uh."

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erik

i'm in atlanta every week. you sure hit that nail on the head...lmao

duckyp0o77

yes that is SO true!!! i showed that one to my hubs @ he lhao (he's a trucker who frequesnts atl A LOT) lol

Wingman

Don't knwo how I missed this thread! haha Nice Lauren...I've driven thru Atlanta once, and I swore I'd never do it again. Who puts highway exits on the left hand side???

pitbullmamanatl

Dude its called an HOV lane
you can only get off there if you have 2 or more people in your car. lmfao

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Wingman

I was CONFUSED! Like...I'm driving this van full of people, and they're yelling at me telling me to get in the lane, then yelling at me to get out of it. Screw that city! haha Never again! NEVER!

I will drive an hour extra...or however long it takes to avoid it! :P haha

pitbullmamanatl

That would mean getting on 285 which is just a great big circle... you'd probably get on and go around 3 times before you realized you were going in a circle

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