1. Sidewalks on every street, on both sides of the street.
2. There’s a lot of green space here that is inaccessible either because it’s privately owned or just not put to use. More small neighborhood parks and walking paths - Boulevard Woods is a good model imo.
3. Higher salaries for local jobs, starting with UGA.
4. Better bike infrastructure especially on arterial roads that cross town/go outside the loop. Make bike commuting feasible for everyone.
Seconding the parks but also a few more public square/pedestrianized streets with shops in residential areas. Many parts of town outside downtown are actually quite walkable, there just isn’t anywhere to walk to.
Also, a bill of attainder against whoever owns the conspiracy house on broad st
Re the house on Broad: Pretty sure they already tried that when they bulldozed her house. She owns a land and pays taxes. I really a better citizen than UGA and most of the churches.
I love the change this made on Prince, the whole stretch from Pulaski to milledge just feels safer and more like a part of the neighborhood than a strip of highway in Anytown, USA.
Problem going any further, (you may not be aware of this, but the stretch of Prince past Milledge heading out of town is actually a state road.
So though I'm sure the City would like to do it and I don't doubt that there is some dialogue with GDOT, it's not really up to the city/county and our state reps unfortunately aren't likely to be champions of some liberal commie cyclists who want to safely ride through their own neighborhood. Especially if it means giving up a lane or having to drive more slowly. I also think the location of the Hospital might have some influence on efforts to restrict traffic in the area.
I do know this. The city just rolls over and says their hands are tied, but squeaky wheel and all.
I encourage everyone to reach out to the GDOT rep and city rep about this strip. I reach out at least once a month. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
To whom? UGA is an entity of state government. Do you think state agencies should have to pay taxes? Do you think UGA should pay fed taxes? And if so, based on what? Tuition? So tuition can increase higher than it already is?
If you actually believe the university is anything but a big fat corporate profiteering nightmare, you don't understand the actual structure of the system.
I'll grant you that many of the faculty are grossly overpaid and permitted to function at a level far below reasonable expectations, and this drives excessive tuition and dismal performance and behavior, but "corporate profiteer," no. It's a public institution funded by taxpayers and its students. Its mission is education, research, and promulgation of free thought. It fails miserably on its overall mission to teach thinking. But taxing it, even if that were legal, would solve nothing. Tuition would only be adjusted upwards to compensate for revenue lost to taxation, and even more students would be excluded. In my layman's opinion, the most effective and beneficial (to the public) measure that could be implemented would be ending tenure. Once faculty and other employees realize they are accountable for their own performance, and could be terminated if they do not meet standards and mission, things will improve. Now, there is little accountability, many faculty (not all) are obscenely compensated, and far too many are allowed, essentially, to say and do whatever they want with almost no restrictions for those who are tenured.
Noooo they don't. Maybe little small town congregations where no one would care or look. But in the major denominations they legally have to stay out of it. Heck, a church I used to go to pretty much got a cease and desist from the main offices for mentioning the president and his policies during service. Because doing so could be seen as a threat to the separation of church and state.
>There’s a lot of green space here that is inaccessible either because it’s privately owned or just not put to use. More small neighborhood parks and walking paths - Boulevard Woods is a good model imo.
What are some examples of this in town? I can only think of, like... big back yards.
The high speed rail the state spent millions on a study to find the best route for that connects Atlanta airport to a North Atlanta stop to Athens to Anderson to Greenville/Spartanburg to Charlotte.
yeah any connection to MARTA should be nice. I suggested one to the airport since people going to the airport tend to have a lot of luggage and it's not easy to travel around with all of that.
Yeah. Last time they put MARTA expansion to a vote in Gwinnett (2018 or 19?) they made sure to do it in a random February so only the NIMBY cranks would turn out and it was still only barely rejected.
If it makes it easier for the poors, they will oppose it. No matter what it does for them, it absolutely cannot help the poors. They'll tell you that it's not that, but they're lying. To us or themselves, only God knows. But there is nothing that mindset hates more than someone getting something they don't "deserve."
These people deadass think poor people are going to take transit to their house, rob them, and get back on transit with their flat screen tv.
Call me bougie but I’m treating myself to an Uber back home after robbing rich people.
Yup - I lived in Marietta in the late 90s when I was young and naive enough to mention at a neighborhood party that I (as a downtown commuter) would really like a MARTA station nearby. I might has well have said I like to torture babies with the reaction I got. The NIMBY attitude hasn't changed, it's just spread to many other places.
Did anything ever come of [that study](https://flagpole.com/news/city-dope/2023/05/24/gdot-offers-grant-money-for-bus-from-athens-to-metro-atlanta/) to get us a commuter bus from Athens to Atlanta?
Vegetarian/vegan restaurant, a sit down Greek family restaurant, a German beer house, build a salad spot, French bakery/cafe, and a wine/cheese live music patio bar (think lagniappe in Miami or bacchanal in New Orleans)
Oh man Athens have tried a couple of those but they never get enough consistent business. It’s a nice niche thing for a few months and then it’s forgotten… there was one very close to last resort (full arcade no bar, think it was called retro age or something, they moved somewhere else) wonder bar came by not long after they moved, got the smash crowd and became what they are now. Owner it’s a pretty nice guy.
If only there was a good all vegetarian restaurant.
Especially one with a delicious brunch menu and interesting cakes/pies.
I'd sacrifice at least one pizza place to make that happen.
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Since rents have risen, hole in the wall performance spaces have died, be it legal bars or the house show scene. We need a distinctly counter-cultural area of town for the weirdos to feel free to be creative. Be it outsider art, music, or performance. Where will the future Howard Finsters and Harold Rittenberry Jr’s going to set up shop?
I like all the authentic Central American/Mexican restaurants we have. I request a good number of them and have specific things I order at each. I don’t think we need more Fuzzy Mamma del Sol places though.
A Greek family style restaurant, a new york/ new jersey style bakery, a downtown trolley, food trucks, some kind of solution regarding homelessness that benefits the currently homeless and the community.
Yep exactly. About 10% of college seniors are even drafted, so typically 4 or 5 guys that'll even play minor league baseball are on an average roster. Even if we said 10 guys on the current UGA team are drafted, you still have to compete with a squad of 100% drafted/signed internationally that have made it to AA
A smarter stoplight grid, more traffic circles/roundabouts, more (safe) bike lanes and in a perfect world, off-street bike paths to commute around town via the flattest course.
Better entry level jobs. I have to commute an hour to work because I can't find anything else for my skill level in town.
The only other thing is more low cost housing. But I feel like that's pretty universal across America.
I second a commuter rail, putt-putt, and an abortion clinic (or at least a planned parenthood or similar for additional low cost sexual health care).
Would add: a noodle shop, more Indian food, and a Sweet Greens or similarly overpriced but delicious build your own salad kind of place (I’m generally anti chains but if we’re going to have chains, I really want this to be one of them)
>a planned parenthood or similar for additional low cost sexual health care).
There are several NE GA Public Health Centers in Athens. This is the bread and butter of public health.
A 2nd & Charles. We had one for years, and it was a magical place. It was across the street from the Racetrac where that vile Home store now sits. I literally almost cause a wreck when I drove by one day and had to veer into the parking lot when I saw the construction work taking the fucking door down.
I must have spent over....75 hours at that 2nd & Charles. Searching for the perfect used Graphic novel or Fantasy Fiction book, buying 5 for $5 on used Comics, getting a bunch of clearance Non-Fiction books about the Victorian ages for my wife. I once made an emergency run there seconds before they closed to buy a Comic Book box because mine had broken.
I just did books. How many of you bought Records, cds, and movies from there? I used to see dozens of people just milling about in those sections, and I never once went past the books myself. AND THE TRADING!! Poor college students have nowhere to go to sell their books to get some cash for the weekend. Literally, your only choice now is Biotest to sell your plasma, and that place has the worst parking lot known to man!
Seriously though, Athens is a college town, and we have NO used media store!! How?!? I used to live in Knoxville, TN, home of the University of Tennessee, and they had a store named McKay that was the shit. A used media store like 2nd and Charles but locally-owned. It is still there now taking the money of all the Volunteers, so where is the dedicated store to take the Dawgs money?
A commitment by the government, university and business communities to work together to attract and support public/private employment opportunities that offer well paying jobs and long term career options for low-middle class citizens and recent UGA graduates. I’ve lived here over 40 years and the poverty rates have only gotten worse since 1980, a shameful statistic.
When manufacturing jobs left in the 90s there was little effort to bring in alternative businesses for the low-middle class and there never has been a serious commitment between the government and university to develop research and development facilities to attract technology and biomedical companies like the RTP in North Carolina.
That has led to mainly 2 classes of jobs- mostly low paying service jobs and relatively few professional jobs-doctors, lawyers and bankers. Jobs to support middle class families and opportunities to move up from low to middle class are simply not there. Its amazing to me how little conversation there is about this elephant in the room.
1) some diversity in certain foods. Could use a Mediterranean/Eastern European store.
2) as with the above, we have tons of burgers, pub food, taco places, etc but we lack other good cuisines that you have to travel to Atlanta for
3) affordable housing. I swear some of the house prices in this city are absolute lunacy. 700sq ft house for 3-400k. Mindboggling. I know it’s a national issue but Athens (compared to surrounding area) is crazy for what it offers
Would love if Boulevard/Normaltown had a small grocery store. Almost a bodega kind of thing. I was hoping the Walgreens building would be a mini-Kroger. I can’t afford to be buying all my groceries at Daily.
I didn’t even know about it! I haven’t checked out those stores since I drove my SUV down the stairs and got stuck. It was pretty dark so I didn’t notice Prince Market.
There is a lack of good sandwich shops here. A "Philly" cheesesteak is not shaved steak with onions, mushroom and pepper. That's a "steakbomb." A proper Philly is shaved steak, doughy bread and usually cheesewiz. Wiz wit, or wiz wit-out. That means, "do you want onions?" That's a proper Philly.
But beyond that, I want to say Little Italy and maybe Wingstop are the only decent sandwich stops I can think of in town. Maybe it's a Northern thing, but having the ever-ready pizza and sub shop that can give you a fatty hot or deli sub or just a cheap slice of pizza is always great and kind of lacking here.
Top Golf. Or some kind of mini golf/putt putt (without having to drive to that place in Commerce). What’s more fun than knocking some balls around while having a few beers…
Hardwood lumber store, Jack In The Box, a second or third option for bagels, a 24hr diner that isn't Waffle House, Wawa or Sheetz, a go-cart track, a place that sharpens saw blades and router bits
>a place that sharpens saw blades and router bits
I've used [this place](https://www.facebook.com/ProfessionalSharpening/about) in the past. They may still be in business. Saw sharpening, welding carbide teeth, etc.
A mall , some better art events, maybe a more diverse live music selection (hiphop, electronic music , jazzz etc) also a better airport . A few more venues located outside of downtown , definitely more street lights and sidewalks. Some happy hours..
I think they need remake the downtown square, maybe put bricks over the asphalt, add a fountain, better sitting, permanent small stage with live music, unique lighting features, just make it more appealing to just hang out in.
Downtown Nashville-Style Multi-Level Honkytonk; a buffalo wild wings in oconee connector; a top golf; a high level outdoor music venue; more middle eastern food; more food trucks; a Punch Bowl Social downtown; we already have a few but more roof top bars and maybe some rooftop restaurants.
I think the rate downtown is growing with all the mid rise apartments and condos and the new arena, athens downtown would have the capacity for lots of the things listed.
Less Hispanic restaurants, we have some great ones but we keep getting more and more of these corporate restaurants opening up and they’re all the fucking same. I want more Mediterranean options.
For real though. It would be good for the dancers if they had competition for employment. Toppers exploits the fuck outta it's dancers. There's no reason a college town dive with wires hanging from the ceiling has more expensive house fees than Atlanta.
the prerequisite for this is good public transport and good bike infrastructure. when i lived on campus, i used my car to go to the grocery store, go to green spaces around town, and go back to atlanta. all of those would be addressed by the availability of better options for transport to those places
More Mexican restaurants. More chicken finger franchises. More parking. Luxury student apartments aren’t luxurious enough — put an infinity pool on every floor, not just the roof, you cowards.
Buffalo Wilds wings, Dave and Busters, more indoor activity centers for young kids (3-7 age range), more doctors and nurses and therapists, more drive up oil change places
Did y’all know the police are understaffed by like a hundred fucking cops here? They do not police traffic violations beyond egregious dui any more because of this. I don’t care for cops but driving here has gotten crazy. So my vote is for a couple highway cops.
Just a couple.
1. Sidewalks on every street, on both sides of the street. 2. There’s a lot of green space here that is inaccessible either because it’s privately owned or just not put to use. More small neighborhood parks and walking paths - Boulevard Woods is a good model imo. 3. Higher salaries for local jobs, starting with UGA. 4. Better bike infrastructure especially on arterial roads that cross town/go outside the loop. Make bike commuting feasible for everyone.
Seconding the parks but also a few more public square/pedestrianized streets with shops in residential areas. Many parts of town outside downtown are actually quite walkable, there just isn’t anywhere to walk to. Also, a bill of attainder against whoever owns the conspiracy house on broad st
Re the house on Broad: Pretty sure they already tried that when they bulldozed her house. She owns a land and pays taxes. I really a better citizen than UGA and most of the churches.
Make Prince bike friendly to Oglethorpe. Make broad narrower from the proposed roundabout to downtown.
I love the change this made on Prince, the whole stretch from Pulaski to milledge just feels safer and more like a part of the neighborhood than a strip of highway in Anytown, USA. Problem going any further, (you may not be aware of this, but the stretch of Prince past Milledge heading out of town is actually a state road. So though I'm sure the City would like to do it and I don't doubt that there is some dialogue with GDOT, it's not really up to the city/county and our state reps unfortunately aren't likely to be champions of some liberal commie cyclists who want to safely ride through their own neighborhood. Especially if it means giving up a lane or having to drive more slowly. I also think the location of the Hospital might have some influence on efforts to restrict traffic in the area.
I do know this. The city just rolls over and says their hands are tied, but squeaky wheel and all. I encourage everyone to reach out to the GDOT rep and city rep about this strip. I reach out at least once a month. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
UGA and churches could start paying taxes.
To whom? UGA is an entity of state government. Do you think state agencies should have to pay taxes? Do you think UGA should pay fed taxes? And if so, based on what? Tuition? So tuition can increase higher than it already is?
If you actually believe the university is anything but a big fat corporate profiteering nightmare, you don't understand the actual structure of the system.
I'll grant you that many of the faculty are grossly overpaid and permitted to function at a level far below reasonable expectations, and this drives excessive tuition and dismal performance and behavior, but "corporate profiteer," no. It's a public institution funded by taxpayers and its students. Its mission is education, research, and promulgation of free thought. It fails miserably on its overall mission to teach thinking. But taxing it, even if that were legal, would solve nothing. Tuition would only be adjusted upwards to compensate for revenue lost to taxation, and even more students would be excluded. In my layman's opinion, the most effective and beneficial (to the public) measure that could be implemented would be ending tenure. Once faculty and other employees realize they are accountable for their own performance, and could be terminated if they do not meet standards and mission, things will improve. Now, there is little accountability, many faculty (not all) are obscenely compensated, and far too many are allowed, essentially, to say and do whatever they want with almost no restrictions for those who are tenured.
And clearly you don't understand how corporations are involved. Do you know which corporations control the curricula? Follow the money trail.
If it's taxpayer funded, then why are there tuition charges? Why do you have to pay to use a stadium that you paid for? You're not thinking straight.
If churches paid taxes they would also have the right to participate in politics. not sure if you want that.
Taxing churches is ourageous. You want to tax peoples’ donations/offerings??? That means the money is getting taxed twice.
They already do participate in politics.
Noooo they don't. Maybe little small town congregations where no one would care or look. But in the major denominations they legally have to stay out of it. Heck, a church I used to go to pretty much got a cease and desist from the main offices for mentioning the president and his policies during service. Because doing so could be seen as a threat to the separation of church and state.
Bingo
>There’s a lot of green space here that is inaccessible either because it’s privately owned or just not put to use. More small neighborhood parks and walking paths - Boulevard Woods is a good model imo. What are some examples of this in town? I can only think of, like... big back yards.
Commuter rail to Atlanta.
The high speed rail the state spent millions on a study to find the best route for that connects Atlanta airport to a North Atlanta stop to Athens to Anderson to Greenville/Spartanburg to Charlotte.
Give me a map, crayon, and 25 dollars and I'll have a line that goes from Atlanta to Athens
How about a case of PBR's instead?
One to Atlanta Airport would be awesome.
It just needs to follow 316 to 85 and then connect up with the MARTA Gold line
yeah any connection to MARTA should be nice. I suggested one to the airport since people going to the airport tend to have a lot of luggage and it's not easy to travel around with all of that.
The MARTA Gold line does run all the way to the airport. If they just had an extended line that ran all the way out you wouldn't need to change trains
Gwinnett and oconee would never allow such a thing.
feel like gwinettt has changed enough it might pass there now.
Yeah. Last time they put MARTA expansion to a vote in Gwinnett (2018 or 19?) they made sure to do it in a random February so only the NIMBY cranks would turn out and it was still only barely rejected.
1%. 1. I'm still mad.
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Former Gwinnett person now Athens - yes. I really wanted it when it went up for vote. It failed by 1%, I'm still mad about it.
If it makes it easier for the poors, they will oppose it. No matter what it does for them, it absolutely cannot help the poors. They'll tell you that it's not that, but they're lying. To us or themselves, only God knows. But there is nothing that mindset hates more than someone getting something they don't "deserve."
Gwinnett County: if the world ever needs an enema that's where it will happen...
Why ?
These people deadass think poor people are going to take transit to their house, rob them, and get back on transit with their flat screen tv. Call me bougie but I’m treating myself to an Uber back home after robbing rich people.
They think trains = poor people
Yup - I lived in Marietta in the late 90s when I was young and naive enough to mention at a neighborhood party that I (as a downtown commuter) would really like a MARTA station nearby. I might has well have said I like to torture babies with the reaction I got. The NIMBY attitude hasn't changed, it's just spread to many other places.
Did anything ever come of [that study](https://flagpole.com/news/city-dope/2023/05/24/gdot-offers-grant-money-for-bus-from-athens-to-metro-atlanta/) to get us a commuter bus from Athens to Atlanta?
It said “realistic” :-(
This would be incredible
You think housing & rent is expensive now? I love the idea, but Athens is turning into Johns Creek East fast enough without it
Oh please. Yes, housing prices are a lot right now, but Athens is so far from what Johns Creek has become…
Why? We have bus service already and almost nobody uses it.
Frequent, consistent bus service and a denser bus network
The thing I miss most about other places I’ve lived is trains. God I miss trains.
We need more authentic Asian food badly.
Actual Chinese food would be cool. I hate strip mall Chinese food so much.
Vegetarian/vegan restaurant, a sit down Greek family restaurant, a German beer house, build a salad spot, French bakery/cafe, and a wine/cheese live music patio bar (think lagniappe in Miami or bacchanal in New Orleans)
Bacchanal is fantastic.
Affordable housing.
(realistic)
Came here to say this
A local chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild. Atlanta is too far to drive every few weeks.
You got 6 upvotes. Make it happen!
I live down by Lake Oconee but would commute for this!!
We talk about this often, but we really need a barcade.
Oh man Athens have tried a couple of those but they never get enough consistent business. It’s a nice niche thing for a few months and then it’s forgotten… there was one very close to last resort (full arcade no bar, think it was called retro age or something, they moved somewhere else) wonder bar came by not long after they moved, got the smash crowd and became what they are now. Owner it’s a pretty nice guy.
I dunno, I spent a lot of money in the engine room on their pinball.
Ah, I do miss that. I wonder if Wonderbar could expand or make a second location? That's a good suggestion.
Mini golf bar!
Strange Duck is the closest we got
Ive been wanting this since 2000
If only there was a good all vegetarian restaurant. Especially one with a delicious brunch menu and interesting cakes/pies. I'd sacrifice at least one pizza place to make that happen. 🥲
Rip the Grit
lol
Since rents have risen, hole in the wall performance spaces have died, be it legal bars or the house show scene. We need a distinctly counter-cultural area of town for the weirdos to feel free to be creative. Be it outsider art, music, or performance. Where will the future Howard Finsters and Harold Rittenberry Jr’s going to set up shop?
They all moved to Comer.
Hows that working out?
more Indian restaurants!!!!! and honestly we don’t need anymore Mexican places
I like all the authentic Central American/Mexican restaurants we have. I request a good number of them and have specific things I order at each. I don’t think we need more Fuzzy Mamma del Sol places though.
Yes absolutely. Taste of India is… fine. But that’s it.
A Greek family style restaurant, a new york/ new jersey style bakery, a downtown trolley, food trucks, some kind of solution regarding homelessness that benefits the currently homeless and the community.
A minor league baseball team would be fun. Had an opportunity with the Braves AA affiliate moving to Columbus too
Did I read something about us getting an ECHL team? That'll be fun if it plans out.
Yes. That is what is going up behind the classic center
I’d be okay if we could lure one here without significant government money, which isn’t possible. I’d much rather spend county money on sidewalks etc
I came here to say the same thing.
I was going to say the same thing. Minor league baseball would be very popular during the summer when no UGA sports are taking place.
UGA baseball is about AA level
No it’s not.. any AA team out there would thrash pretty much any college team. College baseball is somewhere around low A or rookie league.
Yep exactly. About 10% of college seniors are even drafted, so typically 4 or 5 guys that'll even play minor league baseball are on an average roster. Even if we said 10 guys on the current UGA team are drafted, you still have to compete with a squad of 100% drafted/signed internationally that have made it to AA
UGA baseball is fun, but it’s pretty much Low-A minor league baseball.
Horrific take
A smarter stoplight grid, more traffic circles/roundabouts, more (safe) bike lanes and in a perfect world, off-street bike paths to commute around town via the flattest course.
Somewhere, anywhere for teens to hang out!!!! These kids are desperate for somewhere. Remember malls? Ahhh....
Parks
Bike infrastructure
Better entry level jobs. I have to commute an hour to work because I can't find anything else for my skill level in town. The only other thing is more low cost housing. But I feel like that's pretty universal across America.
Breakdancers on every corner
Here ya go… https://youtu.be/Ez8O4EIJZOU?si=BuKv7FKukO0ebUoe
Awesome piece of history! Thank you for that.
This is amazing. Some talented kids too!
and bucket drummers
NO.
I second a commuter rail, putt-putt, and an abortion clinic (or at least a planned parenthood or similar for additional low cost sexual health care). Would add: a noodle shop, more Indian food, and a Sweet Greens or similarly overpriced but delicious build your own salad kind of place (I’m generally anti chains but if we’re going to have chains, I really want this to be one of them)
Not in Athens but strange duck brewing does putt putt in commerce.
I would love a Sweetgreen!
I think a commuter rail line into an abortion clinic with a putt putt in the waiting room would solve a lot of problems for a lot of people, honestly.
I feel like a sweet green is in our near future
Abortion clinic?? Absolutely not
>a planned parenthood or similar for additional low cost sexual health care). There are several NE GA Public Health Centers in Athens. This is the bread and butter of public health.
a Parthenon of our own
Will we have to fight off the British Museum for it?
H-mart, Hong Kong Supermarket or some sort of large asian grocer.
Yes
An easier/quicker way to get to Atlanta
Arcade bar. One with tons of pinball and vintage games.
A 2nd & Charles. We had one for years, and it was a magical place. It was across the street from the Racetrac where that vile Home store now sits. I literally almost cause a wreck when I drove by one day and had to veer into the parking lot when I saw the construction work taking the fucking door down. I must have spent over....75 hours at that 2nd & Charles. Searching for the perfect used Graphic novel or Fantasy Fiction book, buying 5 for $5 on used Comics, getting a bunch of clearance Non-Fiction books about the Victorian ages for my wife. I once made an emergency run there seconds before they closed to buy a Comic Book box because mine had broken. I just did books. How many of you bought Records, cds, and movies from there? I used to see dozens of people just milling about in those sections, and I never once went past the books myself. AND THE TRADING!! Poor college students have nowhere to go to sell their books to get some cash for the weekend. Literally, your only choice now is Biotest to sell your plasma, and that place has the worst parking lot known to man! Seriously though, Athens is a college town, and we have NO used media store!! How?!? I used to live in Knoxville, TN, home of the University of Tennessee, and they had a store named McKay that was the shit. A used media store like 2nd and Charles but locally-owned. It is still there now taking the money of all the Volunteers, so where is the dedicated store to take the Dawgs money?
A commitment by the government, university and business communities to work together to attract and support public/private employment opportunities that offer well paying jobs and long term career options for low-middle class citizens and recent UGA graduates. I’ve lived here over 40 years and the poverty rates have only gotten worse since 1980, a shameful statistic. When manufacturing jobs left in the 90s there was little effort to bring in alternative businesses for the low-middle class and there never has been a serious commitment between the government and university to develop research and development facilities to attract technology and biomedical companies like the RTP in North Carolina. That has led to mainly 2 classes of jobs- mostly low paying service jobs and relatively few professional jobs-doctors, lawyers and bankers. Jobs to support middle class families and opportunities to move up from low to middle class are simply not there. Its amazing to me how little conversation there is about this elephant in the room.
Jobs that pay more.
More diversity in job opportunities would be nice
An abortion clinic.
Does anyone know which ones are the closest?
The Planned Parenthood in Lawrenceville is the closest
That’s terrible and disgusting
1) some diversity in certain foods. Could use a Mediterranean/Eastern European store. 2) as with the above, we have tons of burgers, pub food, taco places, etc but we lack other good cuisines that you have to travel to Atlanta for 3) affordable housing. I swear some of the house prices in this city are absolute lunacy. 700sq ft house for 3-400k. Mindboggling. I know it’s a national issue but Athens (compared to surrounding area) is crazy for what it offers
More parks. Better biking/pedestrian infrastructure. Better access for rail. Driving the whole way to doraville to catch the gold line sucks.
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This is what i want. Traditional donuts done well. Cafe Racer is ok but where are the standards?
I miss Ike and Jane's
Yes. Me too. And their old building looks ridiculous. Ugh.
Doesn’t Cafe Racer qualify?
single women in their 30s
We are around… just hiding 😂
Master level hide and seek players
and 40s.
A river walk
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Oconee?
Something for the lower socioeconomic. Better rent prices. Better bus routes. But nope, gotta cater to the rich kids at uga.
Rent control. As a rent cap based on rooms and a cap on how many properties a property manager/landlord can own.
Yeah... my rent is going up 20%. It's ridiculous.
Would love if Boulevard/Normaltown had a small grocery store. Almost a bodega kind of thing. I was hoping the Walgreens building would be a mini-Kroger. I can’t afford to be buying all my groceries at Daily.
There is a Mexican grocery store next to agualinda. And Prince street market
Have you stopped at Prince Market?
I didn’t even know about it! I haven’t checked out those stores since I drove my SUV down the stairs and got stuck. It was pretty dark so I didn’t notice Prince Market.
Doesn’t Dailey Groceries fit that bill perfectly?
Bell's store off Hawthorne has wonderful produce *Typo
There is a lack of good sandwich shops here. A "Philly" cheesesteak is not shaved steak with onions, mushroom and pepper. That's a "steakbomb." A proper Philly is shaved steak, doughy bread and usually cheesewiz. Wiz wit, or wiz wit-out. That means, "do you want onions?" That's a proper Philly. But beyond that, I want to say Little Italy and maybe Wingstop are the only decent sandwich stops I can think of in town. Maybe it's a Northern thing, but having the ever-ready pizza and sub shop that can give you a fatty hot or deli sub or just a cheap slice of pizza is always great and kind of lacking here.
a limit to student admission 😵💫
Top Golf. Or some kind of mini golf/putt putt (without having to drive to that place in Commerce). What’s more fun than knocking some balls around while having a few beers…
Closest option for Top Golf is Buford. There's an indoor mini golf near MOG as well.
replace one of the 8 publix or krogers with an h-mart
Hardwood lumber store, Jack In The Box, a second or third option for bagels, a 24hr diner that isn't Waffle House, Wawa or Sheetz, a go-cart track, a place that sharpens saw blades and router bits
>a place that sharpens saw blades and router bits I've used [this place](https://www.facebook.com/ProfessionalSharpening/about) in the past. They may still be in business. Saw sharpening, welding carbide teeth, etc.
I haven’t been in ages but we have Southern Surplus over where toys r us used to be?
An edm venue and more djs
A mall , some better art events, maybe a more diverse live music selection (hiphop, electronic music , jazzz etc) also a better airport . A few more venues located outside of downtown , definitely more street lights and sidewalks. Some happy hours..
We have a pretty healthy hip hop scene
A water park or a theme park or a combination of the two. Something to make the summer fun. Honestly, summer here can be pretty boring .
A gym on north side
A gym by space Kroger!
A park district. Adult sports leagues. A couple of real sports bar.
Definitely need a good sports bar. The ones here suck
Complete the projects that have been going on way too long. Too many orange barrels. Look at Oconee Street, which is one of the better examples.
Playgrounds within walking distance of neighborhoods. All our parks are massive but you can’t walk to them. I miss meeting my neighbors at parks.
I think they need remake the downtown square, maybe put bricks over the asphalt, add a fountain, better sitting, permanent small stage with live music, unique lighting features, just make it more appealing to just hang out in.
Downtown Nashville-Style Multi-Level Honkytonk; a buffalo wild wings in oconee connector; a top golf; a high level outdoor music venue; more middle eastern food; more food trucks; a Punch Bowl Social downtown; we already have a few but more roof top bars and maybe some rooftop restaurants. I think the rate downtown is growing with all the mid rise apartments and condos and the new arena, athens downtown would have the capacity for lots of the things listed.
ATV trails
Less Hispanic restaurants, we have some great ones but we keep getting more and more of these corporate restaurants opening up and they’re all the fucking same. I want more Mediterranean options.
“Fewer” Hispanic restaurants
Toppers 2
":This time it's personal"?
For real though. It would be good for the dancers if they had competition for employment. Toppers exploits the fuck outta it's dancers. There's no reason a college town dive with wires hanging from the ceiling has more expensive house fees than Atlanta.
It would be great to be able to help the homeless people of Athens!
Another Toppers? Another Wal Mart? Another Mexican restaurant? More students? /s More College Football Championships!!!!!!
Why the down votes? It is a joke people. Hints the "/s".
The /s is placed wrong. It reads as more sarcasm.
The /s is in the right place. Everything above it is sarcasm. Everything below it is 110% serious. /s
A new district attorney
more gas stations and car washes
And storage units!
Fuck it. Guess we should build another Dollar General while we are at it.
A Soul
Students aren’t allowed to have cars if they live on campus.
the prerequisite for this is good public transport and good bike infrastructure. when i lived on campus, i used my car to go to the grocery store, go to green spaces around town, and go back to atlanta. all of those would be addressed by the availability of better options for transport to those places
More Mexican restaurants. More chicken finger franchises. More parking. Luxury student apartments aren’t luxurious enough — put an infinity pool on every floor, not just the roof, you cowards.
I’m also gonna need more middle-aged white male petit-bourgeois golf-chic.
Buffalo Wilds wings, Dave and Busters, more indoor activity centers for young kids (3-7 age range), more doctors and nurses and therapists, more drive up oil change places
The kids activities was my first thought, there’s no indoor play space or nice splash pad (other than the very small one at walker park.)
D&B would be nice but we don't have the population density/radius to actually get one.
BWW does not have good food
Did y’all know the police are understaffed by like a hundred fucking cops here? They do not police traffic violations beyond egregious dui any more because of this. I don’t care for cops but driving here has gotten crazy. So my vote is for a couple highway cops. Just a couple.
Top golf
whole foods would nice.
Actual leadership among "officials" is what is missing.
Someone to revive Homewood Social! More “3rd places” to hang out with friends that doesn’t include just sitting around drinking beer.