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TL:DR<\/a> (subscriber content) – Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy announces that the company will build a new Chick-Fil-A (CFA) restaurant in Atlanta\u2019s Westside, hoping to help revitalize the notoriously blighted community.<\/span><\/p>\n First off, I just recently started playing Dragon Age: Origins<\/em> (like, ten years late), so I think it\u2019s actually hilarious that they use the phrase \u201cblight\u201d to describe the resurrection of evil monsters hellbent on overtaking the world, when in modern society, \u201cblight\u201d is pretty much a politically correct term to describe \u201ca predominantly black community with a high rate of crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Depending on whom you ask, there might not be that great of a perception of difference, as ironically sad as that might be.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyway, I do find it interesting, and certainly brog-worthy, this news that CFA is going to open up a store in Westside Atlanta. Obviously, this is being done because Dan Cathy is one of several people who have a tremendous amount of stake in the new Falcons stadium AKA the Mercedes-Benz Arena (USA), which sits literally on the line that divides the City of Atlanta from the blighted community known as Westside, and it would be in the best interests of everyone as well as all parties involved in the stadium if the surrounding area to the brand new, state-of-the-art home of a mediocre underachieving NFL franchise, were to remain, full of blight.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s little secret that when it comes to finding a CFA, simply head towards more affluent areas, usually white collar suburbs, and there will be plenty of CFAs to be found, typically inside of Mega-Lo Mart-type shopping centers. Inside major cities, CFAs are about as scarce as free parking, but good chicken is still plentifully available, if you\u2019re willing to take a chance at some nondescript looking mom\u2019n\u2019pop operations that will undoubtedly boast \u201cthe best wings in _____<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The point it, I think it\u2019s going to be incredibly interesting to see the development and results of what happens when a CFA is dropped smack dab in the middle of an area, a little too well-known for crime, shootings on a nightly basis, and other unfortunate occurrences. At least when it comes to the Metro Atlanta area, CFA seems to avoid the crime blotter with regularity, with the parking lot shootings and\/or the drug deals gone bad more often happening in the parking lots of like Hardee\u2019s or Church\u2019s Chickens. But then again, most CFAs aren\u2019t even remotely close to most areas where the crime is the most likely to occur.<\/span><\/p>\n This is the proposed area in which this CFA is planned, at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard.<\/span><\/p>\n For starters, it\u2019s off of an MLK Blvd., which is, if wrestling memoirs have so eloquently put in writing, \u201cif you want drugs, go to whatever city\u2019s MLK and you will find them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n But just look at the photo; immediately the first thing seen is the corner store with barred door and windows. Across the block is the stereotypical trifecta of the barber shop, the tax prep shop, and the nondescript food joint where you can get the alleged best wings in Atlanta at. Despite the fact that the announcement states this particular corner, it also states that it is going to be \u201cnext to the existing Wal-Mart\u201d (which should be another red flag in itself), which means it will probably be after this block of commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n Not only is there the wing joint to compete with, across the street from the very same Wal-Mart is what I would possibly claim to be, the absolute best fried chicken in Atlanta<\/a><\/strong>. CFA might be Jesus Christ inside of a bun with two pickles on it, but Busy Bee Cafe\u2019s fried chicken is seriously legit in its own right.<\/span><\/p>\n Regardless, I\u2019ve been in this area more than enough times to know that it\u2019s a pretty sketchy area. I\u2019ve parked right next to a police cruiser while dining at Busy Bee Cafe, and I still don\u2019t feel safe if it\u2019s not day time. I have a hard time believing that the presence of a CFA is going to magically transform the surrounding area into a safer, less blight-y area; which would be some true Sim City <\/em>logic if it did, but I wouldn\u2019t hold my breath.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m all for all blighted parts of Atlanta to get cleaned up, and help repair the reputation of the city I reside in, into being something more respectable, and not such a defenseless joke. I admire what CFA is trying to do, and their seemingly selfless attempt to be the first step on what they\u2019re hoping is a pilgrimage, but I just can\u2019t see this working out for anything other than easy brogging fodder for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TL:DR (subscriber content) – Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy announces that the company will build a new Chick-Fil-A (CFA) restaurant in Atlanta\u2019s Westside, hoping to help revitalize the notoriously blighted community. First off, I just recently started playing Dragon Age: Origins (like, ten years late), so I think it\u2019s actually hilarious that they use the phrase … Continue reading A true social experiment, by Chick-Fil-A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[112,56,15,143],"class_list":["post-41433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-crime","tag-food","tag-og","tag-ohatlanta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41436,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41433\/revisions\/41436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/THEBLIGHT-e1444073778830.jpg\")
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