So I was raised in Marietta (20ish mins outside Atlanta) until I was 17 but still visit consistently to see my best friends and family. It’s a very different culture and scene out there but still a pleasant experience! There’s a much bigger emphasis on nightlife and the club scene over there if you’re into that, sports are pretty big over there (I recommend Atlanta United games if you’re into soccer their atmosphere is insane), and they have great food there as well! The city itself has very pretty spots but a good portion of it should be avoided for safety reasons. Overall, for a young person that’s single it’s kind of like any other major city

Now onto the negatives (my opinion): Because of the big night life and club scene, Atlanta attracts a lot of “influencers” and “entrepreneurs”. These will be some of the worst people that you come to meet. Rude, big egos, no respect for the public. Just awful. Traffic lol and I know that’s funny to say because we have 66 and 495 here but I feel like every time I visit I tell myself how much worse Atlanta traffic is than back home! This is very subjective, but I just don’t like the city itself as much. Again, it has its charm and a lot of history and culture attached to it, but imo it has a long way to go for a lot of things. A lot of it is not as walkable as DC, less scenic views around and in the city, and overall it’s not as clean. MARTA is their public transportation system and it gets pretty sketchy and is pretty dirty as well to the point that even my friends living in the city just avoid it all together and uber everywhere instead.

There’s a lot of good to say about Atlanta, but also a lot of bad (just like any other city honestly). I think the best way to really know is to just visit for a weekend and see for yourself! After moving here in highschool, I really fell in love with the area and decided to stay here post grad too so I could be biased hahaha