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Win or lose, will Atlanta burn tonight?
02-05-2017 | Me

Posted on 02/05/2017 8:16:09 AM PST by Kevin in California

I don't see this happening in Foxboro should the Pats win but I do see the potential in Atlanta...win or lose.

If I had a shoe store in downtown Atlanta, I'd already have a UHAUL backed in loading up all my inventory and moving it to a safe sight.

Wait, what about flat screen TV stores? LOL


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: atlanta; bluezones; nfl; riots
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To: gundog

I agree. I don’t owe anybody a damn thing.


61 posted on 02/05/2017 10:07:00 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Kevin in California

Seriously doubt it. When they won world series in 1995 out side of the party zone of Buckhead there was almost no visible celebration. As someone who was a falcons fan back when Bob Berry was the QB it would almost seem strange to utter the words “Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl Champions”.


62 posted on 02/05/2017 10:09:53 AM PST by fkabuckeyesrule (To review, terrorism abroad is caused by climate chg while is US its guns)
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To: Kevin in California
Rioters might do several hundred dollars of urban renewal in Atlanta.

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63 posted on 02/05/2017 10:12:54 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Kevin in California

It appears that, being a Californian, you don’t understand certain sociological phenomena pertaining to just when, where and why “victory riots” occur.

Hint: it ain’t in the south. Such behavior is a northern irrationality, going on a rampage just because you won a flippin’ game. Or, going on a rampage just because you lost a flippin’ game, for that matter.

If folks down south are going to make a scene over a game, it’s going to occur during or immediately following the game, in the venue itself.

Maybe you’re confused because it happens in Oakland, too. Well, I suspect a look at migratory patterns would tell the tale.


64 posted on 02/05/2017 10:14:44 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Kevin in California
If you have lived in Atlanta, you would have some experience to draw from.

If you have visited OFTEN, you might have some anecdotal evidence to draw from.

I live here, and have for 15 years. Atlanta has some danger zones in the southern areas: East Point, College Park, places like that. But midtown? Nope. It's very sparsely populated on the weekends. And certainly most of the other areas are quite safe.

Georgia police DON'T PLAY, not even slightly, so I would expect any outbursts to be met with great exposure to pavement.

I expect little to nothing.

I do ask why you would. What exposure to Atlanta have you had?

65 posted on 02/05/2017 10:16:42 AM PST by Lazamataz (I hereby coin a new Internet acronym: NTOWY -- Not Tired Of Winning Yet.)
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To: Kevin in California

I live near downtown Atlanta, about 2 miles from the Capitol. It never occurred to me that there could be a riot, whether the Falcons win or lose, until I read this thread.

Disappointment if the Falcons lose, but a riot, no.


66 posted on 02/05/2017 10:55:02 AM PST by Atlantan
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To: jimjohn

I’ve heard the same about Block Bloc being in town. And I live just a mile and a half from the festivities. anyhow, I am prepared.


67 posted on 02/05/2017 10:58:55 AM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: eyedigress

Houston may have been tipped off, but I do not put much stock in Chief Arthur Acevedo, after his track record in Austin.


68 posted on 02/05/2017 11:00:29 AM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Fred Hayek

Well being that we have teams from GA and MA both of those contingents will be inside. TX takes care of the rest.

Your not gonna even act stupid unless you want a night and day at the Houston Hilton.


69 posted on 02/05/2017 11:08:22 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: ladyjane

The T is fine except for Kenmore Station. It’s sort of center of mass for college bars, and post game riots in the past. Remember a few years ago, a young woman was killed when she was hit in the eye by a tear gas canister fired by a State Police supervisor? I think that was a Red Sox celebration, but same dynamic. Mild temperatures and no precipitation forecast tonight.


70 posted on 02/05/2017 11:10:54 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: central_va

Sherman had to tickle himself to look that relaxed.
Yeah, Billy and the Blueboys’ March To The Sea tour.

The Aftermath:

Sherman managed to work Atlanta into such a pants-soiling evacuation frenzy that a chunk of the city had actually blown itself up by the time he got there. Out of principle, he wrecked the rest up nevertheless.
He wasn’t asked back for an encore.


71 posted on 02/05/2017 11:31:45 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: Fred Hayek

Visting friends for the game here in Missouri City. Ready here.


72 posted on 02/05/2017 11:40:05 AM PST by jimjohn (This battle is over, but the war to rebuild the America has just begun.)
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To: eyedigress

yeah South Carolina supposedly got it worse then Georgia.
If I remember correctly Sherman’s viewed SC as the place to personally blame the war on. I think Colombia SC got it worse then Atlanta.


73 posted on 02/05/2017 11:42:29 AM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

Atlanta was just the warm up act. Forgive the pun.


74 posted on 02/05/2017 11:44:59 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: eyedigress

Georgia is a red state. Massachusetts is a blue state. Try again.


75 posted on 02/05/2017 11:45:50 AM PST by Doctor Freeze
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To: Doctor Freeze
Georgia is a red state. Massachusetts is a blue state. Try again.

The big cities are all blue.

76 posted on 02/05/2017 11:47:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Reily

I meant Sherman’s troops personally blamed SC.


77 posted on 02/05/2017 12:04:31 PM PST by Reily
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To: Doctor Freeze

Why would I try again.

Doctor.


78 posted on 02/05/2017 1:56:27 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Reily

The interior parts really got whacked from Aiken south and then North through the Laurinburg area.


79 posted on 02/05/2017 1:59:02 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Kevin in California

Biggest choke job in history


80 posted on 02/05/2017 7:17:04 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!)
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