“Georgia is a very large state even without Atlanta.”
Yes it is, but nearly 60% of the state’s population is in the Atlanta metro area. That’s a lot of clout, and fully capable of swamping the rest of the state in an election — unless the *entire* rest of the state was reliably Republican, which of course it’s not.
Metro Atlanta has plenty of nice areas, far away from the center city. But in 2016 metro Atlanta, good areas and bad, gave Hitlery an 8 point win and more than that, it was the first time since the Jimmy Carter years that metro Atlanta gave the Republican candidate a LOWER percentage than he got nationwide. That might not sound terribly relevant, but it’s just another indicator of how rapidly this area is heading the wrong direction.
“Georgia is a very large state even without Atlanta.”
Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi.
My part of Gwinnett county is overflowing with immigrants from blue states. With many more subdivisions and multi-family communities in the works. Our roads cannot handle the traffic as it is now, much less adding more refugees.
When the MARTA tax passes, I am officially out of Gwinnett county. I will sell my house for an extra 1%, with the added bonus of a STEM school being built less than a mile away and never look back.
So long and thanks for all of the Fish. I have my towel and will travel.