Atlanta

[green_amber]

is Atlanta pretty? historical? worth visiting? near pretty stuff??

Or is it just another big southern city with lots of malls and freeways? (Yes I know it has the MLK stuff - but I'm more a scenery than a history buff..) I thought maybe given the Scarlett o'hara stuff it would all be delightfully old fashioned -- but it doesn't look like it on the websites..

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[tavella.livejournal.com]

Atlanta got burned down pretty thoroughly in the Civil War, and redeveloped all to hell and back in the 20th century, so it's not much of a place for pretty and picturesque. You want Charleston or Savannah for that.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Aha. And these places would be a car ride away, a plane, train?

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Neither of them are convenient to Atlanta, I'm afraid. If you are already going to be in Atlanta, hmm... I *think* there are a few historical antebellum bits in the region, I'll poke around.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Long car ride. 226 miles. I'd be surprised if there's passenger train service between them.