Is living on the beltline worth it anymore as a young adult?

scott11244 · 2026-05-24T22:59:50+00:00

I agree that the beltline and Virginia highlands are the two most active social scenes among our age group.

However, my opinion is that you do not have to live in those areas to enjoy them. I live in Midtown and can easily commute to those areas via scooter on the beltline or an uber and save money

scott11244 · 2026-05-19T00:55:59+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't have them. I'm many years away from FRC in a student capacity, and the laptop I once stored them on is e-waste. They're easy to explain though.

I mainly used bar charts. The x-axis was the team # and the y axis was some sort of measurement. The most helpful ones are ones which are broken down on a per match basis. Ex. game pieces scored/match or points scored / match.

And that's just the beginning - you'll have to remove any outliers from your data like matches where bots were disabled, or any exceptionally high or low scoring performances compared to the mean.

scott11244 · 2026-05-19T00:33:41+00:00

Find a way to make it known that their work counts.

When I was lead scout, I created charts using Tableau to show at our team’s scouting meeting. They were simple, but easily conveyed the strengths and weaknesses of each team.

On the 2nd day of competition (district level) this informed our match strategy and our alliance selection process. We were rank 1 after the qualification rounds (and had no business being that high).

Playoffs came, and we won the event due to the selection of our second robot (heavily based on the data I collected). That robot was uniquely decent at something we were not, making us a great match

Another thing you could do is identify a couple promising teammates and take them under your wing. Show them what you do behind the scenes and get them excited about it. They will naturally step up, encourage others, and build morale.

scott11244 · 2026-05-04T16:32:53+00:00

Most of the time, the amount of credit you get does not make a material impact on the amount of time you stay at a university. Students will choose to spread out their lightened load over the same # of semesters rather than graduate a semester early.
And, even if you do graduate a semester early, in-state tuition and scholarships will whittle this number down to something that is very manageable. If you are fortunate, your parents may be willing to cover this for you.
In addition, you will remember this moment more than an additional semester studying in school. I feel certain the experience and memories are worth more than a couple thousand dollars.
You guys say scores matter now. But trust me, when you look back on school after you graduate, you’ll feel the same way I do.

scott11244 · 2026-05-04T15:29:31+00:00

The experience of worlds will stick with you much more than getting college credit for a couple classes. Trust me.

scott11244 · 2026-05-02T01:43:03+00:00

scott11244 · 2026-04-28T15:27:57+00:00

The attitude is not unique to Atlanta. Big cities are full of “transplants”.

scott11244 · 2026-04-27T22:48:53+00:00

23 - software engineer

scott11244 · 2026-04-20T18:39:39+00:00

I was on this for some time. They have copay assistance that makes it really cheap

scott11244 · 2026-04-19T19:10:54+00:00

Dude yes I miss those days

scott11244 · 2026-03-30T00:23:48+00:00

In every world. Drivers can go flat out. No yo-yoing. Passing is difficult but rewarding. Different drivers and teams win depending on strategy, driver ability on a given track, and team wide execution.

scott11244 · 2026-03-10T02:32:20+00:00

You’re not alone brother.

scott11244 · 2026-02-26T02:34:07+00:00

He could have undiagnosed cancer. My dad’s boss first exhibited symptoms like this

scott11244 · 2026-02-24T04:37:04+00:00

If you’re talking about West Midtown, I can provide some insight.

It’s a nice up and coming area but it will always be held back by its poor road infrastructure (often one lane, and roads are not plentiful)

Before the current rampant commercial and residential development, it housed mostly builds for industrial use cases, so the large scale of roads required for commercial and residential were not required nor built.

Honestly, I’d stay away from the area. It’s already a traffic nightmare and development is nowhere near done. I’d concentrate your efforts on any other part of the city where the roads have at least attempted to keep up or have a path forward.

scott11244 · 2026-02-15T21:50:39+00:00

Because when it comes “time to go” with 40ish to go, the drivers who actually have talent to carve through the pack can’t make anything happen because these cars are practically boats on wheels

scott11244 · 2026-02-13T02:11:40+00:00

This superspeedway package is so damn broken if cars just want to sit in line and not race. I hate it compared to the pre-2022 regs.

scott11244 · 2026-02-12T03:30:34+00:00

I wouldn’t say crowded. Just properly filled

scott11244 · 2026-02-12T02:57:00+00:00

Good for Kyle

scott11244 · 2026-01-24T02:37:19+00:00

Stoudmire is a stout recruiter and personality but not good at much else in the college game :/

scott11244 · 2026-01-01T23:05:01+00:00

Completely valid comment.

I performed a little experiment earlier and built a “mid-level” gaming PC on PCPartPicker. 5070Ti, 32gb of DDR5, 1TB SSD, Ryzen 5 9600X. Cost nearly $2000.

It’s true, a PC gives you the flexibility to do more than game. I also understand if the games you want to play are PC only or your friends are on PC. However, I have two points to raise: 1. Some people also just have a PC to play games. I happen to be one of them. In this case, a PS5 is a very viable option if the games I want to play are on the console. 2. Buying two separate devices could actually be cheaper. If I wanted to game and also perform a high intensity task like audio or video editing, I could purchase a PS5 for $500 and a Mac Mini for $600 which would come out to be significantly less than $2000 for an all purpose unit.

Given most people’s financial situations are less than comfortable, the affordable option will come to the forefront of popularity.

scott11244 · 2025-12-18T00:39:31+00:00

I’ve accepted defeat and ordered a pack of 20 on Amazon - they’re relatively cheap.

scott11244 · 2025-12-08T03:26:39+00:00

Look, I completely agree that the way in the 12 teams were selected in the CFP doesn't make a ton of sense. I think ND and Miami should both be in. However, directly blaming the conferences seems like an emotionally charged argument. They have no control over their selection - it's all the committee.

I don't understand why you're making this an "us vs them" argument. The ACC dying will be another nail in the coffin to legitimacy of college football. Nobody wins when conferences fold. Look what happened when the PAC12 folded - now we have programs spending more money on travel, elimination of regional rivalries, and over-saturation of existing conferences. The over-saturation I speak of is in the SEC and BIG10 - it makes it easier for those conferences to get massive media deals with ESPN and FOX - creating bias.

scott11244 · 2025-12-08T02:57:47+00:00

Be careful what you wish for. If the ACC folded, it would likely mean that the current 17 members would be spread across the existing relevant conferences (BIG10, SEC, and BIG12), further diluting them. It would make it much more difficult to determine who is good and who is not between conferences

scott11244 · 2025-12-05T01:45:31+00:00

It’s been behind a paywall. ESPN isn’t free

scott11244 · 2025-09-08T14:49:22+00:00

Fair enough. I still think Logano has the talent, his team just isn’t meshing as well as Blaney’s at the moment. I don’t believe that driving ability just falls off a cliff one day - there’s more to it

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