Omaha and Atlanta, the differences

[dead0man]

Atlanta is several times bigger than Omaha, that's the most obvious difference, but there are a ton more that are kind of weird to me.  There are not very many Mazdas in Atlanta.  The average vehicle seems to be much newer, especially in poorer areas.  There are way more trucks in Omaha too.  Traffic in Atlanta is an asshole.  I don't know how people deal with it, it would drive me insane.  Do people not know there are perfectly fine cities that don't have this problem?  Plus it's always hot.  Sure it gets hot in Omaha, but we'll have days in the low 80s sometimes, it seems to be 95 with humidity every god danged day.  Everything looks the exact same in Atlanta once you get out of downtown.  Rolling hills and trees with neighborhoods and shopping centers cut into them.  It takes 45 minutes to go a few miles, and Og forbid if you want to go across town...well, at pretty much anytime of day, no matter the day.  I'm visiting my son who lives in the northeast corner and all the fun stuff (Andretti racing, the trampoline place, ...if you're nice maybe I'll post an embarrassing video of me, White Water...the place that disproves the myth that black people don't swim) seems to be over in Marietta and going from one side of the north to the other takes forever.  Black people, white people, Hispanics, Asians, are everywhere.  People who have never been to the south and assume it's all racism all the time are wrong about it all.  The races intermingle here way more than they do in northern cities.  Omaha keeps its Hispanics and black people in little corners of the city (like most northern cities) and we don't really have many Asians.  (I do understand that there are some parts of Atlanta that are pretty much all black and some parts that are pretty much all white, but for the other 90% of the city, every race seems to be everywhere.)  Outside at night is full of bugs, they are big and loud.  Nobody has proper beards (probably because of the heat).

Of course there is more to do in Atlanta, and the fun stuff Omaha does have seems to be sh**ttier versions of what Atlanta has.  But I'll take less fun stuff if it means less traffic/people.  It's not like one can't have fun in Omaha (unless one sucks at having fun).

/Atlanta rant over

[Badger]

Racial integration, Atlanta for about the last 20-plus years has been more integrated than any other city in the south and yet, and yes quite a few in the north. It is rightfully called the southern most northern city for a reason.

Omaha's always had a bad reputation for segregation, fwiw.

[QAnonKelly]

Atlanta has never really had the race problems other cities/places have had, southern or not. We’re pretty liberal down here but it’s not in a “Get Out” kind of way.

[dead0man]

The traffic is the killer for me.  You can get from any spot in Omaha to any other spot in Omaha in 20 minutes, pretty much any day or time.  Unless it's just down the street, you can't get anywhere in Atlanta in 20 minutes.

Did I mention that there are bugs everywhere and that they are super loud?

Also, people down here LOVE Jesus.  There are crosses on cell phone antennas, wtf is that?  There are billboards for Jesus...does Jesus need a billboard?

[GeorgiaModerate]

The traffic is the killer for me.  You can get from any spot in Omaha to any other spot in Omaha in 20 minutes, pretty much any day or time.  Unless it's just down the street, you can't get anywhere in Atlanta in 20 minutes.

Did I mention that there are bugs everywhere and that they are super loud?

Also, people down here LOVE Jesus.  There are crosses on cell phone antennas, wtf is that?  There are billboards for Jesus...does Jesus need a billboard?

The weather has indeed been hot and humid lately.  It's a little worse than normal for this time of year.  You should have been here a couple months ago; we had a very nice Spring.

The people are generally nice, and I really like the prevalence of trees compared to most big cities.

There is a strong religious presence, but definitely less than you might see driving through the rural South.

There's lots to do here, although the admittedly insane traffic does make it difficult to get to some of them.  If you're looking for water-type fun and are in the northeast metro, have you checked out Lake Lanier Islands?  (Never been there myself but I know some people who love it.)  Or for nature/hiking type stuff, try Amicalola Falls State Park (tallest waterfall in the eastern half of the U.S., pleasant and fairly easy trails).

[dead0man]

You have all the trees.  Everywhere is trees.  Too many trees.  The people are no nicer than people in Omaha....no worse either.  I nearly died of exhaustion 3 years ago at Six Flags so I skipped that this year, hiking probably isn't a good idea.  We're leaving tomorrow anyway.  (I hate flying)

[dead0man]

and since you were nice, here's a video of me climbing a wall and then cowardly falling into foam pit when I got tired

not sure if this will work or not

[Del Tachi]

Atlanta is a great city.  The traffic is to be expected in a city 6x the size of Omaha.  I've been living in Metro Atlanta now for two years; I never thought I'd get use to driving here, but its not bad now.  You can't approach driving in Atlanta (or any big city) as a leisurely activity, you have to know where you're doing and act aggressively.

As for diversity, you're right:  Atlanta is easily the most diverse place in the South, and it does seem more integrated that a lot of big cities in the Northeast or Midwest.  Atlanta is one of only two cities in the country with entirely Black, middle class suburbs.  OTP is generally more diverse than the "biracial" ITP; ITP basically feels like the South's answer to D.C. or San Francisco in terms of diversity/housing affordability.   

[Cokeland Saxton]

Atlanta is way bigger than Omaha (well the MSA is, the cities proper are of similar size), more racially diverse, more religious, worse traffic, warmer, more humid weather.

[dead0man]

We just stopped to get gas and snacks.  The strip mall behind the gas station had the following stores in order:
Thai restaurant
Mexican something (not food)
Some kind of food place with an Islamic Crescent in the title
a Chinese place
a Kabob place (Indian?)

in a freaking row

[dead0man]

I guess it was a Mexican restaurant too
 

(link goes to Google street view of strip mall)

[Del Tachi]

I guess it was a Mexican restaurant too
 

(link goes to Google street view of strip mall)

You now see why Gwinnett County is (non-Atlas) blue.  It’s not because of college-educated Whites or whatever. 

[Badger]

and since you were nice, here's a video of me climbing a wall and then cowardly falling into foam pit when I got tired

not sure if this will work or not

The trick for climbing is to sometimes go up.

[DC Al Fine]

The traffic is the killer for me.  You can get from any spot in Omaha to any other spot in Omaha in 20 minutes, pretty much any day or time.  Unless it's just down the street, you can't get anywhere in Atlanta in 20 minutes.

Ugh tell me about it. I don't get why people like major metros when there are perfectly midsized good cities with lots of jobs and limited traffic.

[GeorgiaModerate]

It actually hasn’t been very much hotter in Atlanta than Omaha.  For the last 10 days (data from Weather Underground, some days had no data listed).  Omaha vs Atlanta:

6/30 96/78 91/72
7/1 92/77 93/73
7/2 93/73 95/76
7/3 89/71 92/76
7/4 86/70 95/77
7/5 86/72 94/74
7/6 85/70 93/73
7/7 ?/? 89/75
7/8 ?/? ?/?
7/9 91/73 92/76

[dead0man]

and since you were nice, here's a video of me climbing a wall and then cowardly falling into foam pit when I got tired

not sure if this will work or not

The trick for climbing is to sometimes go up.

I've got some issues with heights.  It's why I'm not a pilot.  I LOVE the idea of being high <hehe>, but it makes me so anxious that I can't enjoy it.  I took a xanax before the flight down here, first time, my dad gave them too me, but it didn't do much.  (or it did and I would have been a complete mess without it, instead of "bravely" keeping that sh**t all on the inside)  We fly back this evening, I'm stressing about it already.

[dead0man]

It actually hasn’t been very much hotter in Atlanta than Omaha.  For the last 10 days (data from Weather Underground, some days had no data listed).  Omaha vs Atlanta:

6/30 96/78 91/72
7/1 92/77 93/73
7/2 93/73 95/76
7/3 89/71 92/76
7/4 86/70 95/77
7/5 86/72 94/74
7/6 85/70 93/73
7/7 ?/? 89/75
7/8 ?/? ?/?
7/9 91/73 92/76

maybe it's the humidity, or the fact that we're actually outside doing stuff instead of just chillin' at home like we would if we were...ahem...home?

[dead0man]

The traffic is the killer for me.  You can get from any spot in Omaha to any other spot in Omaha in 20 minutes, pretty much any day or time.  Unless it's just down the street, you can't get anywhere in Atlanta in 20 minutes.

Ugh tell me about it. I don't get why people like major metros when there are perfectly midsized good cities with lots of jobs and limited traffic.

I suppose if everybody left the Atlantas and NYCs and moved to the Omahas and the Boises that eventually they'd turn into overcrowded hell holes too.  In fact, I think that's exactly what's happened to Atlanta in the last 40 years or whatever.

[dead0man]

Although I"d suspect Omaha would do better than Atlanta with traffic and spacing issues as Omaha isn't in the middle of mountain range and while it's not as flat as many people assume, there ain't no freaking mountains that all the stuff humans put in must contend with.

[AN63093]

Why are you comparing these two cities, of all places?  Do you have job offers in both or something like that?

[dead0man]

Why are you comparing these two cities, of all places?  Do you have job offers in both or something like that?

A.it's the Off Topic board, so I can discuss whatever the hell I want to (within reason)
2.most big American cities have a TON in common, including the two talked about here, but there are also interesting differences
III.other posters seem to be participating

[Lechasseur]

It actually hasn’t been very much hotter in Atlanta than Omaha.  For the last 10 days (data from Weather Underground, some days had no data listed).  Omaha vs Atlanta:

6/30 96/78 91/72
7/1 92/77 93/73
7/2 93/73 95/76
7/3 89/71 92/76
7/4 86/70 95/77
7/5 86/72 94/74
7/6 85/70 93/73
7/7 ?/? 89/75
7/8 ?/? ?/?
7/9 91/73 92/76

maybe it's the humidity, or the fact that we're actually outside doing stuff instead of just chillin' at home like we would if we were...ahem...home?

Humidity makes temperatures feel more extreme than they really are, especially making hot weather feel hotter than it really is.

And the South is so humid it even has its own smell. On the fairly rare occasions it gets humid enough in Europe to smell the humidity, I think to myself "it smells like Louisiana" lol

[dead0man]

It actually hasn’t been very much hotter in Atlanta than Omaha.  For the last 10 days (data from Weather Underground, some days had no data listed).  Omaha vs Atlanta:

6/30 96/78 91/72
7/1 92/77 93/73
7/2 93/73 95/76
7/3 89/71 92/76
7/4 86/70 95/77
7/5 86/72 94/74
7/6 85/70 93/73
7/7 ?/? 89/75
7/8 ?/? ?/?
7/9 91/73 92/76

maybe it's the humidity, or the fact that we're actually outside doing stuff instead of just chillin' at home like we would if we were...ahem...home?

Humidity makes temperatures feel more extreme than they really are, especially making hot weather feel hotter than it really is.

And the South is so humid it even has its own smell. On the fairly rare occasions it gets humid enough in Europe to smell the humidity, I think to myself "it smells like Louisiana" lol

the "thickest" air I ever felt was in a parking garage in New Orleans, about 2 weeks before Katrina destroyed her.  We left our hotel for a day of sightseeing, opened the door and it became hard to walk.  I'm pretty sure we could see the air.  No breeze to speak of.  It was probably only 86 or something, but the humidity seemed to be at 130%.  It's not quite that bad in the Atl.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

It actually hasn’t been very much hotter in Atlanta than Omaha.  For the last 10 days (data from Weather Underground, some days had no data listed).  Omaha vs Atlanta:

6/30 96/78 91/72
7/1 92/77 93/73
7/2 93/73 95/76
7/3 89/71 92/76
7/4 86/70 95/77
7/5 86/72 94/74
7/6 85/70 93/73
7/7 ?/? 89/75
7/8 ?/? ?/?
7/9 91/73 92/76

maybe it's the humidity, or the fact that we're actually outside doing stuff instead of just chillin' at home like we would if we were...ahem...home?

Humidity makes temperatures feel more extreme than they really are, especially making hot weather feel hotter than it really is.

And the South is so humid it even has its own smell. On the fairly rare occasions it gets humid enough in Europe to smell the humidity, I think to myself "it smells like Louisiana" lol

Those Acadians who were deported from Atlantic Canada and shipped down to Louisiana must have been shocked by their first pre air conditioning Louisiana bayou summer.

[Del Tachi]

It actually hasn’t been very much hotter in Atlanta than Omaha.  For the last 10 days (data from Weather Underground, some days had no data listed).  Omaha vs Atlanta:

6/30 96/78 91/72
7/1 92/77 93/73
7/2 93/73 95/76
7/3 89/71 92/76
7/4 86/70 95/77
7/5 86/72 94/74
7/6 85/70 93/73
7/7 ?/? 89/75
7/8 ?/? ?/?
7/9 91/73 92/76

maybe it's the humidity, or the fact that we're actually outside doing stuff instead of just chillin' at home like we would if we were...ahem...home?

Humidity makes temperatures feel more extreme than they really are, especially making hot weather feel hotter than it really is.

And the South is so humid it even has its own smell. On the fairly rare occasions it gets humid enough in Europe to smell the humidity, I think to myself "it smells like Louisiana" lol

Humidity also makes cold temperatures feel worse.  20 degrees with high humidity competes with sub-zero temperatures in terms of chilliness.