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This morning, on my way to work I watched numerous police cars with lights blazing and sirens blaring speed past me, while I sat at an intersection.\u00a0 They peeled into this shopping center that\u2019s not terribly far from my home; but while only one of the cars went into the center itself, two of the cruisers literally drove into the grassy area and my girlfriend observed cops\u00a0running<\/em>\u00a0upon exiting their vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n As I resumed driving, wondering just what the heck was going on at this location not far from my home, several more police cruisers came flying down the road, headed to the scene of the incident.\u00a0 My last count was seven cop cars in total that were seen heading there, and I couldn\u2019t help but think that such necessity for police presence would had to have been something along the lines of armed robbery, hostages, or any other scenario that could only be construed as \u201cvery dangerous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Given the fact that such an incident was happening close to my place of residence, it goes without saying that I\u2019m interested in knowing what it could possibly be.\u00a0 When I got to work, I immediately started visiting all of the websites of the local media, hoping to get some answers.\u00a0 WSB, FOX Atlanta, 11 Alive (NBC), CBS46 and even the oft-criticized Atlanta Journal-Constitution.\u00a0 Surely, one of them should have some sort of coverage of an incident that necessitated a large quantity of police presence.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nope, nada.\u00a0 Not a single one of them had any mention of any sort of incident that might\u2019ve been the one near my home.\u00a0 I then went to looking through every one of their Twitter accounts, and their Facebook accounts, hoping that, since it was still relatively fresh, perhaps a blurb or a mention of an incident down in South Fulton county.\u00a0 Nope, nothing there either.<\/span><\/p>\n 11 Alive had plenty to say about the University of Georgia\u2019s spring football practice.\u00a0 FOX really wanted their readership to be sure to tune into the season finale of\u00a0Empire<\/em>\u00a0tonight.\u00a0 And every single one of them found it imperative to let all inquiring Atlantans to be aware that the Popeyes chicken on Ponce and Boulevard had suffered a small fire.<\/span><\/p>\n Needless to say, I had no choice but to come to the conclusion that as far as Atlanta news priorities go:<\/span> As it stands right now, I still have no idea to what happened at the shopping center near my house.\u00a0 With seven cop cars at high alert, I have to assume it was something very perilous,\u00a0at least<\/em>\u00a0involving firearms, violence and some probably very dangerous individuals.\u00a0 Obviously, I hope that there were no innocent casualties, harmed officers or any other costly collateral damage.<\/span><\/p>\n But I still have no clue to what happened.\u00a0 Although it\u2019s safe to assume that it\u2019s probably something else to associate negatively to my part of town, and one more reason to why my property value is beneath 50 tons of crap, and why I\u2019ll never get my head above water as far as it\u2019s concerned.<\/span><\/p>\n Because Atlanta prioritizes the reporting of minor fires at Popeyes over what could be lethal situations.<\/span><\/p>\n Because, of what the title of this post clearly states, Atlanta doesn\u2019t give a shit about the south end of the city.\u00a0 Everything south of Interstate 20, simply doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 If not for the existence of the airport in College Park, I-20 would be the de facto unofficial border of Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n The frustration that I feel, and I certainly hope I\u2019m not the only one, isn\u2019t solely because of this one incident.\u00a0 However, this one incident did serve to further justify my beliefs that the city doesn\u2019t care about its south end, because of just how blatantly they ignored what was probably a very serious situation where lives could have and might have, been in danger.<\/span><\/p>\n But seriously, the city of Atlanta doesn\u2019t give a flying fuck about the south side of the city.\u00a0 The city would probably be happier if the south end didn\u2019t exist.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like they already don\u2019t act like the south side doesn\u2019t exist, because they totally do.\u00a0 Traffic reports on the news and radio only focus on regions of the metro area that are north of I-20, regardless of the fact that northbound traffic coming from the south side into the city is consistently the worst on a daily basis.\u00a0 News outlets will cover stories from Duluth, Lake Lanier all the way to Floyd County, before they\u2019ll even mention anything south of I-20, unless it\u2019s a positive story in which the Atlanta name can be slapped onto to usurp any form of good credit from.<\/span><\/p>\n The sad thing is that there\u2019s nothing that will ever happen on the south end of the city that is ever going to change this.\u00a0 Sometimes, when thoughts like this swirl through my head, I get a grandiose time that I should take it upon myself to become somewhat of an ambassador for the south side of Atlanta, and try to put this place on the map.\u00a0 But then I remember the truth of the matter, which is simply the fact that I don\u2019t really even like where I live anymore.\u00a0 And that\u2019s sad.<\/span><\/p>\n I love my house itself, but I\u2019m frankly over the neighborhood I live in, the county it resides in, and the region of the city in which it exists.\u00a0 Living in the south end of the city is shitty, and it\u2019s clearly a mistake that I clearly acknowledge and understand, and would implore anyone to not make the same one.<\/span><\/p>\n Land values are low on account of unfortunate things that occur here, the city is racist and says everything possible without simply stating they don\u2019t care about (the predominant) black population, and none of it is more obvious than the actions, or lack of, as it pertains towards any modicum of effort towards any part of the city south of I-20.<\/span><\/p>\n I get tired of living in an area that is the butt of jokes, judged solely on zip code or town name, if anyone even knows where it is in the first place, and is so often unfairly lumped into the more affluent parts of town that knows what success tastes like.\u00a0 This is not a situation where I feel the need to take it upon myself to try and change things, because frankly, I don\u2019t want to be here any longer than I need to be.<\/span><\/p>\n I don\u2019t necessarily blame the city for its blatant and obvious ambivalence towards the south side of town, but I do think it would go a tremendous way if the city made even the smallest effort to show a little bit of, not even love, but acknowledgment to its existence.\u00a0 I\u2019m not saying Forest Park could become the next Sandy Springs, or Newnan could become the next Alpharetta, but in sheer terms of available land for expansion, the south side of Atlanta is a potential wealth of space begging to be tapped, if only the city and its people could overcome perception and fear and take the plunge.<\/span><\/p>\n But I\u2019m not going to hold my breath on this happening.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t like it when I feel the words swirling in my head, but god damn, there are quite a few times where I really fucking hate this city.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning, on my way to work I watched numerous police cars with lights blazing and sirens blaring speed past me, while I sat at an intersection.\u00a0 They peeled into this shopping center that\u2019s not terribly far from my home; but while only one of the cars went into the center itself, two of the … Continue reading Atlanta doesn\u2019t give a shit about its south 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