"Decatur isn't Atlanta"- ying yang twins

[RaspberryFitted]

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Throwing this out too

 

[Tribal Outkast]

About 90% of rappers that claim Atlanta, aren’t from there. 1/2 of Outkast (Big Boi = Savannah) isn't from there.

EDIT: there’s an entire channel that sometimes does documentaries on Atlanta. Here’s one video that talks about this post.

Big Boi been repping Savannah since the beginning though. He went to Tri Cities where he met Dre.. I’m not going to speak for Atl bruhs but I think that’s enough to let him claim Atlanta lol.

 

[tuckgod]

It's a difference between being from in the city limits and just being from an overlapping zip or area code. I don't know ATL geography like that so I'm just talking really. I don't think it matters much or everyone would be tryna make it a big deal

I’m just talking culture.

What is defined as black Atlanta culture owes just as much to the Dec as any other zone

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Do you have any book recommendations or documentary links to the first portion of your post. Would love more insight on the formation of the South.

It’s crazy I’ve heard so many say the same thing. Opportunities, a new lifestyle, change in scenery. Add along Atlanta’s influence in the Civil Rights Movement and it makes sense. I’m proud of it being the capital of the state.

1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike - Wikipedia

I can find some books as well but that’s a good place to start.

did you know West End was the original Buckhead? The first streetcars ran from downtown to the west end and a lot of millionaires lived there and Grant Park. East Point is named after the eastern terminus of an old railroad, and college park is named that because of some defunct college that was there. The first projects in America were built there, techwood homes if I’m correct.

atlantas culture was different when the projects were open.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

I’m just talking culture.

What is defined as black Atlanta culture owes just as much to the Dec as any other zone

Never heard anybody repping zone 2 or 5 so you definitely right

but it’s wild that folks rep police zones out there. And why the hell do y’all call them the 12?

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

I’ve been to Decatur and Decatur is a nice ass town. I’m from Chicago and it’s essentially like our Oak Park and Evanston. An inner ring, upscale, street car suburb.

Yeah, I pulled those photos because that’s how Decatur looks.

Yeah Decatur may have a low end (which I hadn’t seen) but it couldn’t possibly be a substitute for “the street” that some of these rappers like to give off.

Breh stop. I’m from Chicago as well and I live in Atlanta right now. I just came from off Candler rd to see my uncle yesterday. That’s Decatur. It’s the opposite of them pics you showed. Then you got the lil part by the Decatur train station that’s I think the area of them pics you showed. I’m not an expert on Atlanta geography. But it’s definitely a “white” part of Decatur and a “hood” part of Decatur. My aunt stay right off Valley Ridge Drive next to that chevron and by them spring valley apartments. And I ain’t even saying it’s the most hood shyt ever, just saying it’s definitely different sides to Decatur.

 

[buzzkill]

Just one of those cases if you talk to someone outside of atl you just say u live in atl to keep it simple.

 

[Renegade47]

shyt stupid. i just googled decatur to atlanta and that shyt says its 17 min away. that shyt pretty much atlanta.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Is DeKalb County considered Atlanta? A place called Lithonia?

I was fukking with this bytch from there who used to claim Atlanta and I used to about her not really being from Atlanta eventually she really got tight

In NYC if you not from the boroughs you not from here. shyt nikkas don’t even be claiming Staten Island

I’m from New York

word? What part of New York?

Rochester

 

[spliz]

A lot of nikkas that claim Atlanta from the outskirts. Both TI and Ciara from Riverdale.

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

Decatur is Atlanta and IN Atlanta, but it is kinda funny how out of the way it is compared to other parts of the city.

I live damn near in the middle of the city (if looking at a map), and I can get to the Braves stadium (8 miles, top of the map, damn near OTP) in 15 minutes. Same goes for East Point, 7-8 miles away but I’m there in 15 min. But it somehow takes me a good 25-30 min to get to Decatur (6 miles away)

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Breh stop. I’m from Chicago as well and I live in Atlanta right now. I just came from off Candler rd to see my uncle yesterday. That’s Decatur. It’s the opposite of them pics you showed. Then you got the lil part by the Decatur train station that’s I think the area of them pics you showed. I’m not an expert on Atlanta geography. But it’s definitely a “white” part of Decatur and a “hood” part of Decatur. My aunt stay right off Valley Ridge Drive next to that chevron and by them spring valley apartments. And I ain’t even saying it’s the most hood shyt ever, just saying it’s definitely different sides to Decatur.

It’s like Savannah.. you’re in the touristy part then you drive down the street and see the hood. You can pick 3 pictures from anywhere and make the area look good lol.

 

[spliz]

Is DeKalb County considered Atlanta? A place called Lithonia?

I was fukking with this bytch from there who used to claim Atlanta and I used to about her not really being from Atlanta eventually she really got tight

In NYC if you not from the boroughs you not from here. shyt nikkas don’t even be claiming Staten Island

Not true. Never seen a nikka say Yonkers or Mount Vernon ain’t NY.

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

A lot of nikkas claim Atlanta from the outskirts. Both TI and Ciara from Riverdale.

Atlanta is different from other cities. Ima let YOU tell somebody on Old Nat that they aren’t Atlanta.

When someone says they’re from Atlanta you gon get asked what high school you went to. Ima let you say some silly ‘OTP’ shyt to someone who went to Banneker

 

[Renegade47]

Just one of those cases if you talk to someone outside of atl you just say u live in atl to keep it simple.

exactly. you say decatur they gone be like “wheres that?” then you gone have to say “its 20 min from atlanta”