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[warmachinenkorea]

Born and bred in TN here. Let the jokes begin! East TN has the mountains and it's a big tourist spot for many people in TN and the East US. Skip Knoxville nothing you wanna see there. I have heard others, from TN, describe Memphis as the a**hole of TN and Knoxville the armpit. I am from West TN so Memphis is the place to go. It is dangerous so know where you are going. Musically Nashville and Memphis are the places to be. Nashville is the home of country and Memphis rock and blues. I found it funny that someone said they lived in "southern TN". TN is split into 3 divisions:

West, flat,more southern plantation culture, poor folks and civil war stuff. Reelfoot lake is a cool place to go it is near where I grew up.

Middle, more hills and rocks a bit more money in this area and some nice palces to see.

East, mountains, hillbillies ... well

The people are a little different in each area but still we should be nice. Yes, alot of southern conservatives, not all Baptists, most won't bite.

My wife and I are living in Gyeongsansi outside of Daegu. Anymore questions about TN I will be happy to help.

[esglumac]

Born and raised in Atlanta

Quite a bit to do downtown..but not in the outlying suburbs

Oh, and you don't wanna go into South Georgia, trust me

[just4u]

[quote="esglumac"]

Atlanta

Quite a bit to do downtown..but not in the outlying suburbs

Oh, and you don't wanna go into South Georgia, trust me[/quote

Seconded.

[Haydn]

I've spent all my life in Southwest/central Kentucky. About an hour north of Nashville is Bowling Green with the Corvette plant and museum. A little further to the Northeast of that and you've got Mammoth Cave which is the largest cave system in the world. If you're at all interested in caves it's surely something to see.

Also close by is the Kentucky Bourbon trail. The Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, Jim Bean, and Knobb Creek distilleries are all within a few hours drive.

Honestly, having lived here all my life I can't imagine wanting to visit as a tourist. I guess that's just because I'm familiar with it though.

[Ronald]

[Illysook]

don't skip the beaches of North Carolina.

[akiakiaki]

I grew up outside of Atlanta as well and went to college in Athens, Ga (UGA).

I agree with the other posters, you need a car around Atlanta. Becareful where you go in Atlanta at night (or even during the day). Stick to the touristy places. Coke-cola museum, Olympic Park, CNN center etc.
Nothing to see in South (or North) Georgia really unless you wanna go hiking or camping.
If you want a good southern breakfast, go to the "Flying Biscuit" restaurant in Atlanta.

Going to Athens would be fun as well. If you stay near the downtown area, you should definetly check out the music scene. Maybe go by the "The Grill" for a good hamburger! BTW, make sure you don't go a saturday or friday when there's a home game. There's no parking. Unless you can plan ahead and are interested in watching a football game.
Feel free to PM me with questions.

Driving to Savannah is pretty straightforward and easy. It's a nice but small town.

I would definitely make Charleston, SC one of your stops. The town is really great. Great food, easy to get around as a tourist, lots of stuff to see and do. A beach that's close to Charleston is Folly beach, it's pretty big and there's a lot of good restaurants. But, you'll need a car to get there.

I can't speak for any of the other towns in the south though. I've spent a lot of summers in Charleston so I know the area pretty well.

[just4u]

North GA is more about hiking and camping and mountain/rock collecting type stuff, or so I heard....South GA is more about hunting and fishing and golf and horse back riding, (flatlands stuff) and when you get South of the Albany, South GA area the whole thing just turns into FL, constant party and people going to the beaches on the weekends. (FL beaches are very close and a day trip.) Be careful though, the people differ from FL in one way and that is some can be very provincial, if you do not look and act like you were born and raised there (ie, spent every year of your life down there) you may be seen as a walking ATM, as people call it.
There is a lot of space and of course not the language barrier that one would have in a foreign country, but it's completely boring and provincial and the walking ATM thing, once again, plus (just as in Atlanta) anything South of Atlanta it's best to be "with friends", even in broad daylight, because a lot of the people are well, bullies.
Now give me your lunch money! Just kidding... Kind of.
Not everyone is bad, though, and if you travel down here and hang out with the other transplants (just go to the bars and meet ppl) you should be okay. Oh yeah and Central Georgia is all about sports and drinking. Atlanta is more of the Southern Capital, LA type vibe, except more rugged and dangerous.

[dean_burrito]