Let's talk about Atlanta

[karoaper]

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This crazy Armenian just defended his PhD and now has a post-doc in Atlanta. Not my first choice by a long shot, trust me. I fell in love with Boston when I was there (have family there), but I've got a good post-doc with Emory in Atlanta and that's that.

Happy to be back. Missed being here and chatting with all you guys. I might restart my AC presence again. Vrooom vroom.

The only thing about Atlanta that makes me a little nervous (and only because my mother is going to live with me) is the Mexican drug cartel presence and gang violence. Heard it's pretty humid there too.

Thanks for the info guys. I'm definitely planning to attend the church, even if not every Sunday. I'll check out the atlantaarmenians site on geocities as well.

Happy to report that a very prestigious facility for microscopy at the medical school in Emory carries the name and was founded by an Armenian scientist there (who sadly passed away few years back). His Armenian wife is the chair of the Russian department. We're everywhere YO!

[LadySilver]

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Hey everybody!

Just wanted to drop by to say Hi. I'll be moving to Atlanta in July and would like to know if anyone here knows of Armenian-related activities or events in the Atlanta area. Evidently, there is an Armenian church there. Is there an Atlanta Armenians Association?

Cheers all!

Where have you been?????????????

[KanadaHye]

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Ahh the peach blossoms!

Good point, you know you're lost when you find yourself on the corner of peach tree and peach tree.

[MrHyeSev]

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The only thing I know about Atlanta is there are ghetto people lol.

[MrHyeSev]

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Atlanta? There is only Armenians in New York & Glendale.

Not true.

[Eddo211]

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Just because they still drive around sporting the confederate flag doesn't mean they're racist....

You are right..............what was I thinking?
My bad.

[Gavur]

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Ahh the peach blossoms!

[ara87]

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i think my mom has some distant relative in Atlanta, or maybe Alabama, I'm not really sure

There's the Armenian Church of Atlanta

http://www.armenianchurchofatlanta.org/

and then there's the Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Atlanta, which i couldn't find a web site for

(c/o 250 Spring Street, Suite 6W119, Atlanta, GA 30303
Chairperson: Mr. Sarkis Agasarkisian
Tel: (404) 688-9200 / 816-0554)

but chances are that if there are 2 armo churches, there's a decent sized armo population.

[jgk3]

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welcome back karoaper

[KanadaHye]

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Couldn’t you find a more racist state (Georgia) to go to? I have been to Savanna and Atlanta………….great party towns especially on St Patrick’s day which they dye everything green (including the river) and party in the streets till morning.

My experience was that minorities are somewhat oppressed there still considered "Deep South" (blacks look afraid to talk to you and most live in government housings). Don’t know about any Armenian communities but I wouldn’t want to live there, not that there is prejudice against Armenians or anything like that (I had no trouble for the month I was there) but the life style doesn’t fit Armenians with no Hye stores to buy our goodies.

Just because they still drive around sporting the confederate flag doesn't mean they're racist....