Excluding ATL, What's the most "Gritty" GA city? (Albany, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Dalton, Macon, Rome, Savannah, etc) (Atlanta: hotels, house)

[nomad_88]

In terms of architecture, look, feeling, plight, etc what's Georgia's most "gritty" city. How would you rank them?

[PJA]

Hmm my first instinct is to say Macon.

[Columbus1984]

Macon

[Columbuskidd92]

This is straight from the New York Times.

This city is the county seat of Bibb County, and is situated on the right bank of the Ocmulgee River. It is about in the centre of the State, and is in connection with Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, and other cities adjacent, by rail. It is about thirty miles southwest of Milledgeville, and is a city of some seven thousand or eight thousand inhabitants. The river is navigable for steamboats to Macon, in high water, but the railroads are the principal methods of transportation. It had a large cotton trade with the surrounding towns before the war. Most of the business blocks are of brick, and the hotels were at one time excellent. The Lanier House is the principal hotel, kept by SIMEON LANIER, who first opened the Lafarge House, in New-York City. The Georgia Female College, a fine building, is located about a mile from the centre of the town, and we have been told that since the war it has been used as a military college. Macon had, in its earlier days, a very bad name. It was always infested, more or less, with rowdies, gamblers and thieves.

In 1859, in the office of the Lanier House, one evening, a political discussion arose, and pistols and knives were drawn, and a general melee ensued, in which several persons were badly wounded.

The city is located on the banks of the Chattahoochie River, and is surrounded by a rich agricultural country. It is at the head of steamboat navigation, and about two hundred and thirty miles from Augusta by rail. It was laid out in 1828, and now contains a population of some 8,000. It is connected with Atlanta by the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, and with Montgomery, Ala., by river aad rail. It is the outlet to a large cotton trade, and during the war the rebels have used it as a large depot of supplies. We were told a few days since that a large amount of clothing and camp equipage was manufactured at Columbus. It is closely built, and is a much better looking city than Macon. It was the residence of Judge COLQUITT, the former preacher-Senator from Georgia.

the capital of the State, is situated on the Oconee River, and is the county-seat of Baldwin. It is not a very large place -- perhaps 3,000 inhabitants -- and is built on several hills, and presents rather an uneven appearance. The State-house is a very fine building, shaped in the form of a parallelogram, with gothic turrets and battlements. A few good stores, and one ordinary hotel, to which may be added about twenty whisky groceries, constituted the town proper. A few handsome private residences were scattered in the suburbs, among which is that of Hon. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, the Douglas candidate for the Vice-Presidency. It is said JOHNSON came out for the Union at one time, but was driven and persuaded back by the secession element of the State. The country about Milledgeville is poor and unproductive, and the town or city bears the marks of dilapidation.

THE GREAT MARCH. - Review of Gen. Sherman's Georgia Campaign. FROM ATLANTA TO THE ATLANTIC The Inception, the Execution, and the Completion of the Movement. Skirmishes and Incidents on the March. THE MARCHING ORDERS. ATLANTA EVACUATED. HOW THE REBELS

[DanielAvery]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your paperboy seems to be delivering your NYT a bit late.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by DanielAvery

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your paperboy seems to be delivering your NYT a bit late.

And with a glaring number of typos as well....

[AnsleyPark]

I'd have to vote for Albany, sadly.

[GRS86]

I vote Macon since it has more of a dense, historic, urban fabric than Albany does.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

I'd have to vote for Albany, sadly.

This would have been my nominee as well. But nothing in Georgia compares to Gadsden or Selma one state over....

[Danny Buckhead]

If by gritty you mean dangerous my vote is Albany, it's the only GA city with really no nice areas.


Yes I am aware this is an old thread, it popped up in the bottom of my screen