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To be fair, Atlantans are pretty used to scattering from gunfire these days: MULTIPLE VIDEOS AT LINK.................... No joke. According to NBC News, the crowd piled onto an escalator to escape, and the escalator malfunctioned, dropping them all super fast before coming to an abrupt stop, which sent people catapulting into the crowd below. The most literal use of a meme if I have seen one: Nine people were injured in the event: One with a broken ankle and the others treated for various scrapes and bruises. MARTA police at the scene said they heard a scream and a witnesses...

As you sit there mulling a retirement in the South, approximately 1,000 people are already on their way to Florida today with all their household belongings. Should you join them?Like many baby boomers approaching retirement age and hunting for a warmer climate to call home in their golden years, my wife and I scouted cities and towns in Florida for a possible landing pad — so I had some skin in the game (we decided on elsewhere).But Florida isn’t all about the beaches, Disney World and the massive retirement community known as The Villages. I interviewed experts and residents for...