LisaandJimmy

hey, let us know if you live in our area.

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deafclimber

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Sorry, I'm 5 hours away - too far! lol

Atlanta is a very cool big city with so many events to attend or do something at whilst that they have one of the best weather-wise in America. Many hearing people spoke high of Atlanta often, too. In fact it was one of my few top choices moving out of Indiana but ended up moving to north Florida.

There is a deaf community there for sure but not as many that do gather what I was told last time... rather bit lackadaisical there. I think it was main due to the lousy state deaf school (GSD) that might distribute to the reason why it is so. Few deaf elders told me that pre-1970s GSD was one of the best then it downspiraled since then... they are now one of the worst in the southeastern parts... sad. They are that smart which at first surprised me then but after what they told me I then understood more what has happened to this school.

But yet I'm not sure how the deaf school (day, not residential) in Atlanta (relatively new) might be the better school than GSD but hope that it's so it can improve its deaf community in Atlanta later in the process for their sake.

Plan to visit there more time in near future... did attend the deaf expo there few times but one full day isn't enough to grasp what its like there, however.

Brian

Not anymore. I lived in Atlanta for years. If I have the chance, I would move back to Atlanta in a heartbeat. I may not be from Atlanta or Georgia, but Atlanta will always be my home.Cool, Web. Indiana is one of my favourite states - probably because I have family in and around Indianapolis/Hamilton, Lafayette/West Lafayette snd southeastern Indiana. I try to visit them as much as I can. I used to hang out with several people from Indiana (most of them followed the company that moved its corporate headquarters to the Atlanta area years ago.) They were some of nicest people I ever hang out with.One should never associate Atlanta with Georgia. Atlanta is very different from rest of the state of Georgia.

There are plenty of deaf events in and around the Atlanta area usually held on the weekends. You would probably be surprised to see how huge the local deaf community is. I am sure they have deaf events in larger cities/towns elsewhere in Georgia, but they are probably not that active like you would normally find in the Atlanta area.

I don't know much about the history of GSD, but from what I have heard since the hiring of a new director (an outsider) with very little or no experience in deaf education, GSD has improved considerably. The state government in the past had tried several times to shut down GSD and consolidate the school with the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD), but they backed off when the deaf community in Georgia and Alabama protested against the move. Several people involved with AASD weren't happy about the possibility of AASD turning into a residential school and etc. I believe the government were concerned about GSD's location in Cave Spring being in the boonies, being kind of too far from the populated towns/cities and lack of opportunities (such as jobs, etc.) Maybe with the long-planned interstate highway (Atlanta-Memphis Highway) will help to change that for GSD and the area.

Maybe one day GSD will bounce back and be as good as AASD and probably FSDB.

I apologise for this rather-long post.

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hohDougRN

I have live in NE Atlanta in Suwanee for while, but live in Utah now and have been in Utah for most of my life. I love to know people who live around there and wish to move back there or even down near Valdosta one day, hopefully next year.

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