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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved here from Atlanta (but I'm not a Southerner). We lived across the street from Emory. All of our babysitters were from Emory (some from Georgia and some from elsewhere in US)

Emory is an incredible school. Campus is gorgeous. Students are intelligent and we found it to be a wonderful campus environment. Students are from all over the US so I would not worry about it being too Southern. Additionally, it is located in Decatur which is probably one of the most liberal towns in the US. The number of people who live in the town who vote Democrat is probably in the 70-75% range.

Georgia Tech will feel a bit more Southern than Emory but I'm not sure it would be something to worry about (and I say this as someone who would avoid anywhere that felt too "Southern"). I am not as familiar with the students. As a Liberal, I probably would not select GA Tech but I'm really no expert on this school and my decision wouldn't really be because I think it's too Southern. I don't love the location of the school and Emory's campus is so impressive that it would be an easy choice for me.

If you go outside the Perimeter (Rte 285), it gets scary very fast. There will be bumper stickers that say '"Northerners - Go Home." There were lots of George W stickers and many said, "Our President is a cowboy - Yeehah!"

As a student, they are not going to these areas. Atlanta is a lovely city and very progressive. The area where Emory is has the CDC, VA Hospital and Emory Univ and Hospital. It is a very educated and progressive environment.[/quote]

I've never seen a bumper sticker like that in my life and I grew up outside of Atlanta.  The majority of people in the Atlanta suburbs are from another part of the country, including the northeast.  Also cowboys aren't a southern thing at all.  That's Texas.  So not sure why anyone in Atlanta would want to comment about the president being a cowboy, unless they just moved from Texas. [/quote]

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