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Whether you live in Atlanta, work in Atlanta, or just find yourself in Atlanta, this book will help you get the most of the city. This guide divides the sprawling city into digestible sections. Each neighborhood features a detailed map that pinpoints everything from the nearest post office to the hottest dance club- the necessities of life. Each map also contains listings of key services, restaurants, shops, schools, entertainment venues, public transportation, parks and more. Not For Tourists guides feature clear, easy-to-read maps and graphics, and are perfect for residents who want to take advantage of the wealth of local services and resources around them.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
 Not For Natives Either, 2007-08-25
As an Atlantan, I was intrigued by this book. Atlanta has undergone tremendous transformation in only the last ten years, and the changes are ongoing. Urban sprawl has transformed towns that used to be "out in the country" into "the Metro Area." The population has grown to over five million, and construction has kept pace. So, of course there are plenty of new areas, new shopping, new venues to discover, even for natives.
What new things could I learn about my hometown? What terrific finds are out there? The answer is there is plenty left to discover, but NFT is disappointing.
By the time a book like this is published, part of the information is already out of date. Stores, restaurants, theaters, et. al., close and are replaced by something else. If you want to thrive here you'll need to keep up. Free sources of information, such as neighborhood "Crier" newspapers, "Creative Loafing", neighborhood "Buzz", "Points North" magazine, word of mouth, City Guide or Ask Peachy websites will keep you current on finding whatever you want.
Getting around Atlanta is not easy. You certainly need a car. The city is not set up on a grid, and there are over a hundred streets with Peachtree in their name. NFT's content includes a lot of maps, but they are confusing. By necessity each map is small enough to fit on a book page, so the maps are small and truncated. You'll do better buying a couple of good city maps and/or using MapQuest/GoogleMaps for directions to specific locations.
NFT makes an effort to define the character of several Atlanta neighborhoods. That could be helpful if you're completely unfamiliar with Atlanta and planning to move here. However, if you're using it for that, you should be aware the listing is far from comprehensive and the descriptions are over generalized. (The honest answer is, if you're moving here sight unseen because of a job transfer, your best bet is to live close to your work. Otherwise you're going to be spending hours every day stuck in traffic. Atlanta is among the top five cities in the country for brutal commutes.)
NFT might be a decent addition to a complete newcomer's list of guidebooks, but don't depend on it. If you've lived in Atlanta for any length of time, it's not very helpful.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
not bad but needs some improvements, 2007-07-16
I love the idea of this book, and it can be useful, but it's value as a map could stand some improvement. In particular I felt that the use of icons/legends was confusing and difficult to work with. For example it is easy to see where restaurants are located in Decatur by looking at the icons on the map, however if you are looking for a specific restaurant it's not always so easy. If you can find it on the legend, then it will give you a street address, and their may be several restaurants on any given street, so unless its a corner of X and Y address it can get complicated. They could make it a lot easier by numbering the icons, so in the case of restaurants, instead of just showing a circled fork and knife, they could have the same icon with a number which corresponds to listings in the legend. In fairness, the areas on the maps are relatively small, so it's generally not overly difficult to find most businesses shown in the legend, but this also necessitates a lot of flipping through pages to see where the edge of one map connects with the next. The dedicated map section is a little over half of the book, and after that it contains listings and descriptions of places and things around Atlanta. In general the descriptions seemed well written and accurate, but I thought they could have made the book a lot better by adding more detail. Also, Atlanta is rich with neighborhood histories that would be a welcome addition to a book such as this. Overall this is a pretty good resource on what Atlanta has to offer, but I hope they'll strive for more depth in future editions.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 New to Atlanta, 2007-07-12
I bought this book for one of my daughters because they are considering a move to that area. My other daughter and son-in-law live there now and they LIVE by this book. It really helped them learned the ins and outs of getting around there, where the MARTA stations were located, good restaurants, great maps, etc. I don't particularly want my other daughter to relocate there, but if they choose to, I want her to get acclimated as soon as possible, and apparently this book is just the ticket!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Easy to use, loads of relevant information, great maps., 2007-06-01
My wife and I are moving to Atlanta this summer (2007), and we relied extensively on the NFT to:
* Find wireless access at a coffeehouse.
* Locate grocery stores.
* Get around the city.
* Avoid neighborhoods we weren't interested in.
We talked with a real estate agent who said she loved the NFT too, and told us that the maps are extremely similar to those she and her colleagues use professionally.
The map numbering system can be moderately confusing at first, but once you learn how to move from one map to another, you'll find it easy to navigate. (Hint: Some maps cover a wider area than others, so there's a "zoom-in / zoom-out" effect when moving from one scale to another.)
I appreciated the campus maps, the MARTA transit information, the chatty, conversational tone of its information about neighborhoods, and even its physical format. NFT is just the right size to slip into a travel bag or medium-sized purse; while it's not pocket-sized, it's easy to carry, solidly constructed, and comes with an elastic bookmark band so that you can open to a particular page each time.
My main wish for improvement? I'd love to see it cover a wider area of the city. It would also be great to see where the MARTA bus lines are (though this is subject to change, whereas MARTA rail transit stations are harder to move).
It's a cliché, but it's so true: if you're moving to Atlanta and will bring only one guide book, bring the most recent edition of Not for Tourists. It's very nearly all you need to know about the city.
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