bojanglefunk
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he was talking about the cubs
Not to mention the Braves have two World Series wins.
he was talking about the cubs
Not to mention the Braves have two World Series wins.
The Braves played the World Series (as well as the last few games of the 1914 season) at Fenway Park, since their normal home, the South End Grounds, was too small. However, the Braves' success inspired owner Gaffney to build a modern park, Braves Field, which opened in August 1915. It was the largest park in the majors at the time, with 40,000 seats and a very spacious outfield. The park was novel for its time; public transportation brought fans right to the park.
Atlanta is not a walkable city and MARTA is very limited in terms of where it stops. Even if it expanded northward and north-west, people still wouldn't ride it because they'd have to get on a bus to get to their work.
Atlanta is not a walkable city and MARTA is very limited in terms of where it stops. Even if it expanded northward and north-west, people still wouldn't ride it because they'd have to get on a bus to get to their work.
Which is exactly why Atlanta is a city in decline. You can herald or bemoan those points, but unless city and regional leaders do something to fix it, the whole metro area is doomed.
Its un-fixable in the short term.
Its akin to an ice storm hitting the city during the middle of the work day. We're fucked.
Short-term? Hell, the city's been hurtling towards this destiny for the past 50 years. And the current group of Tea Party, no taxes, decentralize everything, free market, invisible hand dipshits who have taken over the republican party are only going to make things worse before they have any chance of getting better. They're putting the stadium at one of the most broken spots on I-285. Have fun with that.
In hindsight, there should have been a MARTA rail line that took commuters from the center of the city to Turner then to the Zoo/Grant Park, but in hindsight building a freakin highway through a major city is also dumb.
Short-term? Hell, the city's been hurtling towards this destiny for the past 50 years. And the current group of Tea Party, no taxes, decentralize everything, free market, invisible hand dipshits who have taken over the republican party are only going to make things worse before they have any chance of getting better. They're putting the stadium at one of the most broken spots on I-285. Have fun with that.
Those guys + inner city dems = city in decline
At least the inner city dems got salt on the roads.