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Atlanta Georgia
Atlanta is Georgia's key metropolitan area and a city that has become emblematic of the USA's New South. About half of all the jobs in Georgia are in the Atlanta area. Atlanta Hartsfield International is one of the world's busiest Airports. Atlanta also offers visitors and residents a diverse number of great restaurants, nightlife, sports facilities and more. Atlanta has hosted the Superbowl, the World Series, and was the venue for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Despite its suburbanization sprawl, Atlanta is a pretty city covered with trees and elegant homes. Its distinct neighborhoods are like friendly small towns where racial tensions are minimal. ‘The City Too Busy to Hate’ prides itself as being the cradle of the civil rights movement, and hometown of Martin Luther King Jr. Population: As of 2010, the city had a population of 420,003 with 5,268,860 residents in the metropolitan area.
Climate: Atlanta has hot, humid summers and cool winters. The area gets 54 inches of rain per year.
Cost of living: The cost of living here is right on a par with the national average.
Housing costs: Retirement homes cost about 33% greater than the national average, as tends to be the case in most large metropolitan areas. The median home price in Atlanta is $223,200.
Colleges and Universities: There is an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, which is music to retirees’ ears! Those not familiar with OLLI programs are in for a treat. Open to all adults age 50 and above, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is an absorbing intellectual and social adventure, and the best educational value around!
Transportation:Atlanta has a myriad of transportation options including 47.6 miles of heavy rail, 91 bus transit routes, 1600 licensed taxis, a comprehensive network of freeways, one of the world's busiest airports and over 45 miles of bike paths. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest in terms of passenger traffic.
Travel and tourism: As the so-called ‘capital of the South’, Atlanta continues to attract visitors like southbound retired Yankees. It has two new glitzy attractions – the Georgia Aquarium and the new World of Coca-Cola – plus Mei Lan, a giant panda at the Atlanta Zoo. In addition, there are a constellation of superlative restaurants, two luxury megamalls, ample Civil War sites and museums, and miles of hiking trails.
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