Goodbye, Turner Field; Braves to Cobb in 2017

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Originally Posted by Tuckerman

Actually I agree with you. The sooner we begin to think of "Atlanta" as the greater metro area and not just that little 8% that is the political Atlanta the better. Unfortunately they have not had the wisdom nor power to annex here in Georgia - in reality, most of Fulton, Cobb, Dekalb and parts of Gwinnett should have long become Atlanta City. Laughingly many of the major companies and institutions here (like CDC for example) are not in Atlanta but always claim to be. Whoever heard of the CDC located in unincorporated Dekalb?

The American city municipalities system is quite screwed up. I read years ago that the NYC metro consisted of some 1700 separate municipalities. Probably more now. let's see, that is some 1700 Mayors, Directors of Finance, Fire chiefs, Police Chiefs and dogcatchers. What an incredibly inefficient organization system. I am not opposed to some local and community input, but I don't think you need a mayor for every wide spot in the road.

And they will still be the Atlanta Braves - even if they move to Alpharetta in 20 years.

Hopefully they will remain the Atlanta Braves...but I am hearing some talk about this abomination:


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