I remember even as a teen talk of Piedmont Park as a hangout. In the years since, there has been a large influx from other parts of the country revitalizing a lot of the former depressed areas (e.g., like Grant Park).
From my perspective, in-your-face-debauchery need not necessarily be accompanied by a disregard of the health risks involved. I don’t know if it’s true but I’ve heard that when some of them get HIV, they spread caution to the wind and just let loose not caring about spreading the disease.
Don’t know about Atlanta but went to Boston and was disgusted.
Homosexuals hanging out by the bathroom on route 128 and then we left to go to blue hills where more homosexuals were hanging about in the woods looking for other homosexuals.
We were told later that they have to lock the park up later due to homosexuals roaming about picking up homosexuals to have their public sex.
Sick.