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View Poll Results: How do you feel about Nationals being held in Atlanta?
I like it 129 56.58%
I don't like it 16 7.02%
It should be somewhere else 27 11.84%
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Re: Re: big concerns about atlanta

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Originally posted by Gadget470
I'd like to rant a bit about these two points you made.

1) Spouse/Kids:
- In my two years at Disney with 247 (and knowing about their rookie year).. No spouses or non-team kids went with the team, even though they were "neglected."
- Other teams I've spoken to don't take "guests" along either, most can't afford it.

Conclusion: Take a trip to Disney with the Husband/Wife and Kids. FIRST for FIRST, Nationals should be a celebration for the team members who worked so hard.


You're in no position to tell them when and where they should bring their family.

In 5 years, I've never been with a team that did not take family and children of teachers and team members along.

They each paid their own way, but then, I've never been fortunate enough to be with a team that can cover the students' travel costs.

The Championship should be a celebration for the team members who worked so hard? How about the teachers and engineers who neglect their families so that you can have the opportunity to compete? How about their families that have gone 6 weeks or more with measurably less contact with a loved one?

I think they deserve the even just as much as you do. They're not selfish and work their behind off so you can be there -- show the same courtesy.

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2) Mom scared of the bomb.
- Does this mean she'd rule out New York City? Washington D.C.? Oklahoma City? Orlando's not all that safe either, worse than national average on all accounts but murder.

No where is 100% safe. A kid on 247 nearly died at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, should we get rid of the Cleveland Regional too?

Sorry man, but I don't think that Mom is too well educated on the matter.
Go Atlanta! woo.
Walt Disney World is, for all purposes, a gated city. The parks are gated communities that are very effective in deterring people from starting or getting into trouble or injuring themselves. It's possible to mess up there, but it's a lot harder than, say, Atlanta.

In Houston, I did not feel safe, and I'd like to consider myself among those "intelligent" people that you speak of. I was unaware of the good neighborhoods or the bad neighborhoods in the city and was very, very apprehensive about going anywhere alone.

In Atlanta, the same is true. "Downtown" might be safe, but I really don't where "Downtown" ends and a bad neighborhood begins. I might notice, I might not. It might be too late, but it certainly won't be because I'm stupid.

Teachers are responsible for the welfare and safety of their students, so whereever there isn't the same style of gated community that exists in Walt Disney World, with limited options for entry, exit and transportation, the teachers will worry more, perceive a greater risk, and thus, limit the experience.

Before you run off and try to pick apart their concerns, I think you'd be wise to wait a bit until you're responsible for the safety of a group of kids. Maybe then you'll understand the benefits of a contained environment and the concerns we harbor about moving to a new city.
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