I predict that Atlanta will make Mr. Skousen's worst cities for crime list next time he updates his relocation book. Plus the craziest, most dangerous highway system you ever saw embraces the entire Atlanta area.
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The one most definitive trademark of Atlanta has to be its road system. Not just the highways, mind you, which could probably have been designed better by a monkey playing with spaghetti, but every single road in the whole city. Take, for just one of many examples, a road called Ponce de Leon. It goes through the worst, most dangerous part of town and if you continue along it for about another 10 minutes you will swerve and curve your way into the best and most expensive part of town. If you go any different road long enough you will probably end up crossing over Ponce De Leon a minimum of 2 times. There really is no point in explaining the system of roads in Atlanta, for the main reason that there is none. This is mostly due to the fact that Atlanta sprung up with new suburbs so quickly to meet the demand of the rush of people moving in that there was no time to plan.
If you come from any different part of the world to live in Atlanta you will never understand how the roads curve so much and get from one place to another and never cross the road you want to actually be on, while people who grow up in Atlanta understand the roads completely and have no idea why on earth anyone would question their effectiveness.
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