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Originally Posted by FrankJ
When I was of FRC age, I would have agreed with you. But then I285 wasn't a circle, 400 & 985 didn't exist and I-75 had its temporary end in Cobb county, making both Gainesville & Dalton a considerably longer drive.  For a lot of the North Atlanta teams, Gainesville is about as close as a rush hour commute to central Atlanta. But now Gainesville is just outside of what passes for the Metro area.
I am not really arguing Kristen's point that it would be nice to locate at least one District in the epicenter of teams. And yes if you are an ITP (inside the perimeter) Gainesville is either a long commute or a travel district. |
As someone who drives two hours basically every weekend between Atlanta and Anderson, SC, I promise you that Gainesville is not "just outside the Metro area". And North Atlanta isn't Marietta, Alpharetta, Roswell, etc. It's North
Atlanta. Inside the perimeter. A Midtown Atlanta event would be closer to those teams than a Gainesville event by about 20 minutes, pretty much regardless of traffic.
Dalton has no relevance in the Metro Atlanta discussion. It is not a home event for any team close to Atlanta (that's not in Cobb County).