Just can't get there...
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5/13/2007
The metro Augusta area continues to find reasons of not raising the quality of the city. The retail growth has been out in Columbia County but again stalled and new projects have been "indefinitely postponed". According to my wife, "there is no clothes or shoe shopping here - and Atlanta is 2 hours away".
There are only 3 good quality restaurants - unless you count the many chains. But there are 14 different fried chicken places. The city can be an embarrasement to The Masters. Washington Road is full of cheap hotels and fast food places.
The politics in town are rehashing the same problems as 30 years ago - even with a young and vibrant new mayor, it's the same "black versus white" it has always been. There are a few black leaders who must find it very good for their ego's to promote the discourse. And while I'm a black man who has lived here most of his life, it's terrible to see the city rot away like this.
Abhd | Augusta, GA