Southern Hospitality is existent , and just like all our babe city around the Southeast , Atlanta welcomes all . The problem with welcoming all , however , is that you launch the threshold to millions of people who simply do n’t realise us crazy beautiful complicated Atlantans . For everybody that last in the A , here ’s a list of phrasal idiom that should be all too intimate to you when you meet someone travel to from out of township . For everybody else , please consider what ’s below and retrieve something other than what you see printed to say next prison term you ’re visiting our lovely city .

“Have you ever met André 3000?”

really yes . So has EVERYBODY . He ’s always out – he was just randomly at a weekly hip - hops trivia Nox in Midtown . That ’s the problem with your question ; it ’s an contiguous yes , even if you ask somebody ’s grandmother . Shit , she might see him on a regular basis depending on which Whole Foods she frequents . require something that might actually shock us to hear from a tourer , like , “ What ’s Trapeze ? ”

“Atlanta people talk funny”

Hmm … do we ? Maybe you spill laughable . Have you ever learn Bobcat Goldthwait ? That guy talks funny .

“I have family in Atlanta, out in Marietta!”

They must not get it on you , otherwise they ’d have tell you Marietta ’s not at all Atlanta . holler out to Marietta and your family though !

“I’ve been to Atlanta – at the airport – plenty of times”

Then you ’ve actually never been to Atlanta . You ’ve been to College Park . You should immediately stop lying with all those postcards you ’ve been sending .

“I can’t believe people are so nice here”

Many of us are not nice . We but have good manner . But I see how this can get confusing .

“Doeseverybodyin Atlanta have a car?”

Yes . Everybody except you ( unless you cop a lease ) . depend , Atlanta is complicated . And complicated is a gracious direction of saying that Cobb County is n’t into allowing lower - halfway - class people and below to ride MARTA to their neighbourhood . So folks have no choice but to repel , and therefore dealings is terrible .

“Have you been to Clermont Lounge?”

How the hell would anyone experience in Atlanta and not go to Clermont Lounge ? C’m on , son ! And we ’re sorry , but no , nobody wants to secernate you too much about it . For good and terrific reasons .

“OMG, there are so many Chick-fil-A’s here. You eat there? Is it really that good?”

[ slap ]

“This isn’t really New York-style pizza… ”

Here ’s the secret about that : this is Atlanta . Do not judge us ! you may get some serious Proto-Indo European all around the city , but you ’re more likely to find an authentic Neapolitan pizza than something that closely resembles an NYC slice , mostly because of the conflict in weewee .

“Atlanta is way bigger than I thought it was”

Hell yeah it is . Anyway , yeah , Atlanta ’s not all that vainglorious as a city in itself , but the metro area includes a LOT of people . Please reference the earlier reply to that Marietta thing .

“I have a friend who lives in Atlanta. Do you know him/her?”

Yes ! We ’re best sidekick . That ’s really why it ’s hard to make money if you ’re an result planner , because everybody knows everybody , and you do n’t charge your Friend to get in the company , or for their deglutition . All true jokes away , we rue to inform you that , no , your champion is not that famous outside of your friendship . How do they look though ? Are they coolheaded ? Does he / she have a good job with benefit ? Are they accept unexampled friends at the present moment ?

“I heard you guys have good food here”

LIES . Wait … TRUTH . Hell yeah we have honest food here . This is the South . Fried crybaby , cornbread , collard greens , mac & high mallow … Jimmy Johns ! We ’ve fix it all , baby .

“I saw this place on TV – either onThe Real HousewivesorLove & Hip-Hop Atlanta!”

Then you should void that position as much as possible . Nobody will want to take you there .

“Hotlanta.”

Please go back to where you came from before someone sets you on fervor .

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Andre 3000, at the GQ Men of the Year Awards

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Atlanta airport

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Atlanta traffic

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Chick-fil-A in Atlanta

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downtown atlanta

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Fat Matt’s rib shack

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