Lol I moved here 26 years ago, all the friends I made were very Southern, I actually fit right in. I saw the Olympics, after that Atlanta grew tremendously until 2008, it's growing again. There's 3 million+ in the city of Atlanta,(I live just north of the city limits) and there's another 3 million in the surrounding counties. There is a ton of traffic at particular times of day, but the roads are probably the best in the nation. It really is a "Little" big city. Trees everywhere, in the winter there's enough of evergreens here the it's still green! You can get lost in the crowd of get away from it here easily! :)