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Atlanta

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Atlanta

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Originally built as the terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Atlanta remains a hub for transportation, with the world's busiest airport; industry, with the headquarters for Coca-Cola; art, with treasures on display at the High Museum of Art; and natural wonders, with the nation's largest aquarium.

The city's half million residents enjoy a mix of old-fashioned Southern charm, offbeat artistic funkiness, chic luxury shopping, superb dining, and major attractions. In the past, many of the city's big draws—Stone Mountain Park, for example—were outside the city limits. Today there's plenty in town to keep you occupied. The Georgia Aquarium draws visitors who want to get up close and personal with whale sharks. At the Woodruff Arts Center, you can catch a performance by the Atl... Read More

Originally built as the terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Atlanta remains a hub for transportation, with the world's busiest airport; industry, with the headquarters for Coca-Cola; art, with treasures on display at the High Museum of Art; and natural wonders, with the nation's largest aquarium.

The city's half million residents enjoy a mix of old-fashioned Southern charm, offbeat artistic funkiness, chic luxury shopping, superb dining, and major attractions. In the past, many of the city's big draws—Stone Mountain Park, for example—were outside the city limits. Today there's plenty in town to keep you occupied. The Georgia Aquarium draws visitors who want to get up close and personal with whale sharks. At the Woodruff Arts Center, you can catch a performance by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra or listen to jazz while strolling the High Museum of Art. The fizzy World of Coca-Cola is dedicated to the hometown beverage, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights is a beacon for justice and equality everywhere.

Atlanta continues to experience explosive growth. A good measure of the city's expansion is the ever-changing skyline; condominium developments appear to spring up overnight, while run-down properties seem to disappear in a flash. In Buckhead—once home to a noisy, raucous bar district—most of the taverns have been razed to bring a Rodeo Drive of the South into being. Office and residential towers have risen throughout Midtown, Downtown, and the outer perimeter (fringing Interstate 285, especially to the north). Residents, however, are less likely to measure the city's growth by skyscrapers than by the increase in the already bad traffic, the crowds, higher prices, and the ever-burgeoning subdivisions that continue to push urban sprawl farther and farther into surrounding rural areas.

Known as "the city too busy to hate," Atlanta has become the best example of the New South, a fast-paced modern city proud of its heritage. Transplanted Northerners and those from elsewhere account for more than half the population, and they have undeniably affected the mood of the city, as well as the mix of accents of its people. Irish immigrants played a major role in the city's early history, along with Germans and Austrians. Since the 1980s, Atlanta has seen spirited growth in its Asian American and Latin American communities. The newcomers' restaurants, shops, and institutions have become part of the city's texture.

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Neighborhoods

Atlanta's sprawl doesn't lend itself to walking between major neighborhoods, so take a car or MARTA to reach this area, which has some great
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Downtown Atlanta clusters around the hub known as Five Points. You'll find the MARTA station that intersects the north–south and east–west transit
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About 4 miles east of Downtown, the Inman Park neighborhood was laid out by famous developer Joel Hurt in 1889. Since then it has faded and
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Midtown Atlanta—north of Downtown and south of Buckhead—has a skyline of gleaming office towers that rivals Downtown's. Its renovated mansions
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Between 1890 and 1930, the Sweet Auburn district was Atlanta's most active and prosperous center of black business, entertainment, and political
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Electrical Outlets

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Currency

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Nearby Airports

ATL

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