Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert, If you are an intelligent or ambitious person in the South then there are only a few places to go: greater D.C., Raleigh/Durham, Atlanta, Miami, Nashville. So, Atlanta goes to almost 5 million but gets caught up in the green guilt trip and doesn't build the infrastructure that exists in the Northeast to support the population growth. Also, Atlanta has not been blessed by any leader with vision as it concerns city planning so you get random growth that benefits developers with little thought about how it all fits together. D.C. had a master plan, Dallas has a master plan, Atlanta is laid out on paths that drunken cows followed two hundred years ago. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 3/4/07, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: > > Don, > > My daughter lives in Alpharetta, and I have been down there frequently, > but > I haven't driven around Atlanta for quite a while. My impression has > always been that the whole Atlanta area is growing too fast; that even > though I75 is 8 lanes in each direction, it still gets clogged every rush > hour, and that suburbs have been built way too far from the city. I have > never understood the attraction of Atlanta that has drawn so many people > -- > is it just jobs? > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW week 9 mishmash, construction, > barbershop, and 21SA vignetting > > > > Robert, > > Yes, contrary to some parts of the country, building at all levels > > continues > > in Atlanta. In my neck of the woods it has more to do with the terrible > > traffic jams. We have added a million more folks and no additional ways > > for > > them to get anywhere. So, we add 1000 folks to an empty lot but do not > > add > > mass transit, wider streets, offices near by, or even intelligent > traffic > > light control. At least I can walk to work. > > > > Don > > don.dory@gmail.com > > > > On 3/4/07, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: > >> > >> Don -- Very nice shots, enjoyed them. Are you trying to tell us that > >> Atlanta is still in a building boom? Robert > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:08 AM > >> Subject: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW week 9 mishmash, construction, > barbershop, > >> and 21SA vignetting > >> > >> > >> > Two months down and the start of a new month. I got out a wee bit > more > >> > this > >> > week so you get a little wider view of Buckhead, GA. The first image > >> > is > >> a > >> > stonemason working on the back door of one of the large homes going > up > >> > next > >> > door: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week9a.jpg.html > >> > > >> > Second, they were sheet rocking this week and the first image is of > one > >> of > >> > the finishers looking up 7 meters to the top of the ceiling: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9b.jpg.html > >> > > >> > Third, this finisher was using a mud box to run nail lines on the > >> ceiling > >> > of > >> > the first downstairs family room as opposed to the second downstairs > >> > family > >> > room as opposed to the formal living room: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9c.jpg.html > >> > > >> > Now changing up a bit, this next image was taken in a downpour to > show > >> the > >> > vignetting of the 21 SA on an M8. I think the corners add to the > >> > image: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW-week-9d.jpg.html > >> > > >> > As a side note, in addition to the large homes going in next door, > >> > there > >> > is > >> > a whole series of high rise condo units going in two to three blocks > >> from > >> > my > >> > little island of forest. > >> > > >> > Next, back in Tommy's Barber shop. Long time saloon members will > >> remember > >> > that I have been doing a long running series here. The next image is > >> > Cecilia taking a break from the morning hair rush. Cecilia does very > >> well > >> > in what is a pretty conservative old line barber shop. > >> > > >> > > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9f.jpg.html > >> > > >> > Last for this week is Sulieman who also works in Tommy's. He is a > >> > hardworking entrepreneur who is still polishing shoes. In fact, he > >> > gave > >> > me > >> > a hard time about the low tip I gave him. > >> > > >> > > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9e.jpg.html > >> > > >> > Thank you for taking a look. Next week promises to be as long as I > >> > will > >> > be > >> > at PMA and hopefully will have lots of interesting images. > >> > > >> > Don > >> > don.dory@gmail.com > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com