I used to feel the same way you do; I grew up here, moved away, and eventually came back. Atlanta is a much different place now.
I wouldn't choose to live "just outside" of Atlanta either, for all the terrible traffic/commute reasons you mentioned -- I live ITP and a 5 minute walk from a train station with a 10-minute hassle-free commute. Somehow I can survive here as part of a one-car household.
Also please don't paint an entire city (let alone one with Atlanta's demographics) as full of "casual racism." C'mon.
I wouldn't choose to live "just outside" of Atlanta either, for all the terrible traffic/commute reasons you mentioned -- I live ITP and a 5 minute walk from a train station with a 10-minute hassle-free commute. Somehow I can survive here as part of a one-car household.
Also please don't paint an entire city (let alone one with Atlanta's demographics) as full of "casual racism." C'mon.