Why is Georgia so popular?

[Anonymous]

Had my kid not gotten into their dream school, they would have happily gone to UGA. The tour was fantastic, the campus is beautiful and Athens is a great college town. DC got in EA and was given a great merit package. They also report EA earlier than a lot of schools, so it's easy to hook them before others report.

DC has several friends down there and they are all happy. Yes, the OOS/in-state was a little weird for them at the beginning, but they all fiund their place. It was a little unusual for them during the election seeing political signs in different proportions that here at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of smart well-rounded kids, great academics, great college town. Visit and you’ll shed your Northeastern/DMV prejudices and reservations. I did.

Sure, if you like being surrounded by MAGAs.

I got breaking news for you; whether you like it or not, we live in a MAGA country. I'm certainly not thrilled about it myself, but that's the reality. Wake up.

No, we don't. Only 23% of Americans voted for him.

So the election was stolen? Or too many people aren’t registered to vote? Or too many registered voters sat out and didn’t vote? Or too many of the 87% of Americans, according to you, can’t vote (not 18, not citizens, not registered)? You’re in denial. But that’s for another thread in another forum.

[Anonymous]

Lots of hate from liberals. Enjoy the next 3 years. Good luck with Gavin in 2028. Wonder how much of Pacific Palisades is rebuilt. Every day country is getting quotes from Kamala about her friction with the Bidens. But guess she needs to sell books.

[Anonymous]

Athens is a very liberal town and county. 70% supported Harris in the last election.

My center-left kid is going to college in GA and has already changed their voting to GA...so that's one vote for Democrats in the 2026 elections.

You can't change things by screaming from the sidelines.

[Anonymous]

warm weather and good town. kids don't care about the things you think they care about.

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Anonymous wrote:Athens is a very liberal town and county. 70% supported Harris in the last election.

My center-left kid is going to college in GA and has already changed their voting to GA...so that's one vote for Democrats in the 2026 elections.

You can't change things by screaming from the sidelines.

Ridiculous to lay that responsibility on your kid. It took generations of ignorant voters to get the current policies in GA.

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Anonymous wrote:warm weather and good town. kids don't care about the things you think they care about.

Some kids don’t care. But many do.

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Anonymous wrote:Athens is a very liberal town and county. 70% supported Harris in the last election.

My center-left kid is going to college in GA and has already changed their voting to GA...so that's one vote for Democrats in the 2026 elections.

You can't change things by screaming from the sidelines.

Ridiculous to lay that responsibility on your kid. It took generations of ignorant voters to get the current policies in GA.

Nobody is laying any responsibility...just making the point that UGA/Athens, Savannah and Atlanta are fairly liberal, and the more you add to the ranks, the more ability to make some change happen. It isn't their mission in life, but a nice little way to try to make a difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m just paying closer attention now that my kids are approaching college, but it seems like a big uptick in interest in Georgia. I get that kids want warm weather and big football, but there are a bunch of schools that tick those boxes so curious why Georgia seems disproportionally popular with mcps W schools (maybe privates as well).

Not really though. UF, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, and Clemson are more popular with MCPS. Only 16 kids from these MCPS schools: all the Ws, BCC, Poolesville, and Einstein, are attending UGA from the 2025 class. It is not disproportionately popular by any means compared to other schools.

Not that popular in VA either.

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Anonymous wrote:Athens is a very liberal town and county. 70% supported Harris in the last election.

My center-left kid is going to college in GA and has already changed their voting to GA...so that's one vote for Democrats in the 2026 elections.

You can't change things by screaming from the sidelines.

Ridiculous to lay that responsibility on your kid. It took generations of ignorant voters to get the current policies in GA.

Nobody is laying any responsibility...just making the point that UGA/Athens, Savannah and Atlanta are fairly liberal, and the more you add to the ranks, the more ability to make some change happen. It isn't their mission in life, but a nice little way to try to make a difference.

Savannah is not that liberal.

[Anonymous]

I know that my DC public school white male student was interested in Georgia in part to get away from the hard core DCPS indoctrination. We are a democratic, liberal family, including my son, but years of being told directly and indirectly that as a white male he should shut up and listen to the people of color in the classroom, and facing years of being excluded from extra curricular activities (so many computer coding activities are limited to girls or minorities) made him want to head south. I figure in the end it’s good for everyone to send one more voting democrat to Georgia.

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Most SEC grads we know sincerely hope lefty Northerners stay home.

[Anonymous]

Savannah and suburbs are not liberal. It does have a significant old establishment Irish population that traditionally does not lean left.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that my DC public school white male student was interested in Georgia in part to get away from the hard core DCPS indoctrination. We are a democratic, liberal family, including my son, but years of being told directly and indirectly that as a white male he should shut up and listen to the people of color in the classroom, and facing years of being excluded from extra curricular activities (so many computer coding activities are limited to girls or minorities) made him want to head south. I figure in the end it’s good for everyone to send one more voting democrat to Georgia.

I had two kids go through DCPS and your characterization is comically absurd. Mine went to JR, so I don't know your specific experience. There were several STEM activities not only open to but dominated by white males...the robotics team (a white male was the captain in 2022, 2023, a co-captain in 2024, captain in 2025, current captain for the 2026 team) being one and the coding competition team another.

Somehow they both graduated without feeling so aggrieved.

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Anonymous wrote:Savannah and suburbs are not liberal. It does have a significant old establishment Irish population that traditionally does not lean left.

Chatham County (of which Savannah is part) went 59% for Kamala. I am just going by the 2024 election results.