If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.

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    11 months ago

    You ain’t wrong, it’s not hard and I’ve done it many times, but as a native to Atlanta I do have to call out that most folks are averse to MARTA because as a general rule it sucks.

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      11 months ago

      MARTA is so inconvenient. I’m lucky; my family only lives twenty minutes from the airport so I just have to call them when I get in. And even though they’re so close, there’s no public transportation option to even get close to where my family is.

      And God help you if you want to take the bus; those MARTA buses come when the mood hits them.

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        11 months ago

        Many years ago comedian Lewis Black called MARTA “the subway to nowhere” and I’ve never heard a more apt description

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        11 months ago

        Revisiting and I thought I’d expound, having now lived in a city with somewhat reliable busses it’s insane how bad the bus system is in Atlanta

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      11 months ago

      I’ve used the MARTA once when I had a long layover in Atlanta and decided to visit the city center. It was fine, really (the metro, not the city. The city was dead. Does anyone even live there?)