Single In 2009? Move To Atlanta
Atlanta is, per word on the street, the best city to be single. I'm skeptical.

2009 is upon us (yes, all up on us) and with a new year comes change. I understand there is some desire to make 2009 all about the 'new' you. This temptation will last weeks or even months until you realize that the old you wasn't so bad. There are, however, a few things that can't be undone. These double stamps cannot be triple stamped. These things include drastic haircuts (it's cool, it'll grow back), tattoos (it's cool, a butterfly tat will still be significant to you after you've metamorphosized into full-blown womanhood) and moves (it's cool, there are plenty of jobs out there).
Provided that your affairs are in order, making a New Year resolution move feels really good. The new year is a great time to say so long to suck town (whichever suck town you happen to live in) and bounce to greener pastures. But where should you move? I had a roommate in college who perpetually threatened to move to Athens (Georgia not Greece) when things weren't going his way. No one really bought into his posturing but we all realized it's nice to have options. Again, where do you move when you've had it up to here (the neck, I believe, is the breaking point)?
Discussion
None of these is good enough to live there in my opinion . . . here is my list of why it makes more sense to NOT make Atlanta your home base:
The people here are super nice . . . Nothing personal.
Top ten reasons to move out of Atlanta
1. Worst traffic congestion in the country (ok, second behind D.C.)
2. No decent/effective public transit (yeah, they have MARTA but is was broken when it was new)
3. Crummy primary/secondary schools (GA ranks 48th in scholastic achievement nationwide)
4. Selfish/crooked politicians who don't solve problems
5. All the professional sports teams suck
5a. WAAAAYYY Too much football coverage.
5b. Not enough NASCAR coverage (even for having TWO races here).
6. People from Alabama and Florida hate you when you are in 'their' state.
7. Drought stricken (no car washing or lawn watering or be fined).
8. Self righteous bible belt-think (I know better what's good for you than you do).
9. Racism is alive an well and on display.
10. Enough already with the red-neck schtick !!
Honorable mention: good ol' boy cops (300+ lbs and an attitude)
Top ten reasons to move to Atlanta
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