Sara, confirm this if you will
All directions start with, "Go down Peachtree" and include the phrase, "When you see the Waffle House." Except in Cobb County, where all directions begin with, "Go to the Big Chicken.
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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. Coke's all they drink there so don't ask for any other soft drink unless it's made by Coca-Cola. Even if you want something other than a Coca-Cola, it's still called Coke.
The gates at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport are about 32 miles away from the Main Concourse, so wear sneakers and pack a lunch.
The 8 am rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM .
The 5 pm rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30 PM.
Friday's rush hour starts
Thursday afternoon and lasts through 2 am Saturday.
Only a native can 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 " pawntz duh LEE-awn.
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And yes, they have a street named simply, "Boulevard.
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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's on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes
for a week. Overnight, all grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer.
I-285, the loop that encircles Atlanta, which has a posted speed limit of 55 mph (but you have to maintain 80 mph just to keep from getting runover), is known to truckers as "The Watermelon 500." Don't believe the directional markers on highways: I-285 is marked "East" and "West" because you may be going North or South.
The locals identify the direction by referring to the "Inner Loop" and the "Outer
Loop.
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If you travel on Hwy 92 North, you will actually be going southeast.
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.
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, plus a couple no one has seen before.
If it grows, it sticks. If it crawls, it bites. If you notice a vine trying to wrap itself around your leg, you have about 20 seconds to escape, before you are completely captured and covered with Kudzu, another ill-advised "import," like the carp, starling, English sparrow, and other ''exotic wonders.
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It's not a shopping cart, it's a buggy. "Fixinto" is one word (I'mfixinto go to the store).
Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, and they have a college football team. Most people don’t remember Tech on autumn Saturdays, traveling to an Atlanta suburb, Athens (72 miles away) to enjoy college football.
Atlanta also has an NFL team, the Falcons. Atlantans travel to a suburb, Athens (72 miles away) to enjoy the semi-professional variety of football, the Southeastern Conference.
Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 years old.
"Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
"Momma-nem" means: How's Mother and all of the other children and other members of the family doing.
If this shit is true, I gotta go see it =P