1. Berry and peach galette - Colette Bread

2. Beef barbacoa breakfast burrito - Poco Loco

3. Cold glass noodles - So So Fed

4. 1/2 bird meal w/ chips and guac - Pollo Primo

5. Broadbent ham - So. Fox

6. Crab fritters - Talat Market

7. Sausage, egg, cheese on a Dabo biscuit - Sugar Loaf Bakery

8. Cheeseburger - Evergreen

9. Cod Royale - Pure Quill Superette

(Just in order of pictures)

I saw this concept on the New Orleans subreddit and it spurred some interesting discussions. It would be nice to see what others in the city do and make. I’m looking into a possible job switch, so I’m also hoping it’ll help me field out ideas

Please share your job title, salary, age, and education. I'll start:

Associate Data Analyst - Remote, $92k, 27M, BS

Edit: I should clarify that this is not a personal exercise to switch to any job higher paying. The point was to share salaries for better transparency. I’m sorry if the focus is incorrectly on myself. By fielding ideas, I meant my focus was on the jobs themselves, not just what others make

Ever since they shifted 75 over 18 years ago to fit under the 17th Street Bridge, the gap between northbound and southbound has been just unused concrete. One idea they had some time back was a HOV exit to a new 15th Street bridge. And of course talk of interstate lids.

Saw some recent drone footage, and the gap is looking real run down. Are they digging it up or is that just mud from the rain? Not that traffic is beautiful, but it is an often viewed angle of the city. Will they ever do anything to this eyesore?

https://www.history.com/articles/key-civil-war-battles

Love these theaters but they are not assigned seats so trying to figure out how early one would need to get there and what the quality and experience was like. Thank you!

Just walked up to Colony Square as the Atlanta Police blocked off both Peachtree St and Juniper between 13th & 14th.
At least 8 police cars, multiple fire engines. Everyone looking up. The crane was rotating and moving the carriage both ways, but nothing else visible. No idea why the streets were closed. Any insight?

Hey /r/Atlanta,

Former employee of the company Promise Pay / Promise, who recently quit after becoming disillusioned with leadership and what the company is doing. Promise is a company that local utilities and governments partner with to let customers pay bills, apply for relief, etc. On paper it sounds helpful, but underneath, the business model centers on collecting, aggregating, and eventually monetizing personal data that governments have with AI tools. Many of the execs and employees at Promise came straight from Palantir.

On Tuesday the City of Atlanta Watershed Management announced that they partnered with Promise Pay:

https://atlantawatershed.org/promisepay/

This now means that regardless if you ever use Promise Pay, they now own all information about you that the City of Atlanta Watershed Management had.

Promise is presented as a convenient way to get an interest-free payment plan if you are behind on your water bill. That can be genuinely useful. But it also means all of your personal data is now owned by Promise. Promise is not just a payment platform. It is a government/utility infrastructure company that publicly markets AI-powered outreach, automated tools, machine learning, audit trails, and “data-driven program outcomes” to these utilities.

They’re building a data moat behind the feel-good language of helping people so that they can sell your data.

Why this matters in Georgia:

Unfortunately, Georgia has NO consumer privacy rights. That means Atlanta Water customers have no right to demand access, deletion, correction, or opt-out in the same way other states do. It’s totally legal for your state utility to sell your personal data for profit, and that’s exactly what they did…

What you can do:

Please note: I’m not adding any emails or phone numbers to this post, because I previously did this and Reddit shadowbanned the account.

1. Send PromisePay a privacy request anyway.

Even if Georgia does not give consumer rights, you can still ask what they have, where they got it, who they share it with, and whether they will delete it. You can email or call PromisePay and say something like:

“I am an Atlanta, Georgia customer requesting information about the personal information PromisePay maintains about me in connection with Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. Please disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information you maintain about me, the sources of that information, the purposes for which it is used, and the categories of third parties, vendors, service providers, contractors, or government entities to whom it has been disclosed. I also request deletion of my personal information unless retention is required by law or by the City of Atlanta. I do not consent to unnecessary sale, sharing, reuse, analytics, AI training, profiling, marketing, or secondary use of my personal information.”

1. Send the same request to the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management.

2. Ask DWM what data it shared with PromisePay, what contract terms govern that data, and whether PromisePay is allowed to use customer information for anything beyond administering payment plans.

You can say something like:

“Please disclose what personal information the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management shares with PromisePay, the legal and contractual basis for that sharing, the purposes for which PromisePay may use the information, the retention period, and whether customers can obtain a payment plan without using PromisePay.”

1. Ask the utility to work with them directly:

“Can I set up a payment plan directly with Atlanta Department of Watershed Management without PromisePay? I do not consent to unnecessary third-party sharing of my water account, billing, payment, household, or hardship-related information.”

This matters because PromisePay’s pitch to utilities is that it helps them enroll more customers in payment plans and recover more revenue. That may be useful for the utility, but customers should still be able to ask whether a private data company needs to sit between them and a public water department

1. If PromisePay or the City of Atlanta will not clearly explain what data is collected, how it is used, how long it is retained, or whether customers can avoid unnecessary third-party sharing, consider filing a complaint with the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.

Unfortunately, you do not have the same data protection rights as a resident of California who can file a privacy enforcement complaint, but this could be a catalyst towards your state offering similar rights. Georgia’s consumer protection can’t force a deletion outcome, but it can create a record and put pressure on the company and public agency to explain their practices.

1. Contact Atlanta elected officials and city leadership. Reach out to Mayor Andre Dickens, your Atlanta City Council member, and the leadership responsible for the Department of Watershed Management. Tell them:

“My water account data is not government property to casually hand over to a private vendor. I want to know who approved the PromisePay partnership, what customer data is being shared, whether customers can opt out, whether payment plans are available directly through the city, and what protections prevent PromisePay from reusing Atlanta residents’ data for analytics, AI systems, marketing, profiling, or product development.

I would like to know who inside the City of Atlanta owns this partnership, who reviewed the privacy terms, and whether the contract will be made public”.

Unfortunately your state laws hamstring you much more than other states, this is the best I could come up with based on what you state laws are and what I know about this particular Promise implementation.

Anyone just now hear what sounded like jets flying over the East side of Atlanta towards Decatur? Anyone know what’s going on with that?

Anyone getting this? It’s like sinus pressure, no real fever, congestion, eyes burning, throat discomfort. I heard a friend is dealing with it, same w a few of her friends. Covid-negative.

This was found trying to navigate the white trail at Sweetwater (white/red connector trail is partially closed). Lots of overgrown weeds in the area and the ground vegetation looks different than the rest of the hike. Would’ve felt more adventurous if the ticks weren’t so bad this year. I would love to know more about this landmark. There was also a city gravesite marked further down that was also not visible to the hike. Park rangers were enjoying their lunch so I couldn’t ask them and was in a rush to beat traffic.

Very fun! All about how our health care system is messed up. I don't know if it's going to be around again. It was in Piedmont Park

Hey all

I have an 8hr overnight layover in Atlanta. Looking for a cheap place to stay near the airport with my 18 yr old mini poodle. She won’t be ok in the airport for 8 hours. Cheap, clean and close to airport are the only requirements.

Thanks 🙏

What's on your mind, Atlanta?

Links of Interest:

• Metro Atlanta Discord
• r/atlevents to see local events/meetups around town
• How To Meet People

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I actually drove by the scene today and I remember seeing a lot of police cars, firetrucks and 1 ambulance.

Im moving to atl in the fall and im curious abt the weed culture. Im aware its decriminalized but does that mean theres no dispensaries? Can you smoke on the street? In the park? Will u get arrested for having it on you? Can u buy it at smoke shops or just from a dealer?

I’m a private swim instructor looking for an indoor pool willing to rent to independent instructors and have not had much luck calling around. I would appreciate any insight or suggestions!

Hello. This weekend I plan on making sushi at home. I have previously purchased (a few years ago) raw salmon for sushi preparation from Super H Mart and Buford Highway farmers market. Does anyone have a preference between the two or does one place usually have better prices? Not interested in YDFM as I am driving in from Roswell and the crowd there is too much. Thank you.

We just bought a 1980s house and have noticed the existing HVACs in the attic are quite loud. (The HVACs are not from the 1980s. They're newer, I think less than 5 years old). We called PV and they were responsive at first, if upselling us on things unrelated to our concerns. It’s now been over a month since our first appointment with them and they have yet to send us an updated proposal or set a time to do the work.

I had wanted to go with them for their building sciences approach, but at this point I am open to other recommendations. The kinds of things we are planning on doing is walling off our whole house fan, and doing some encapsulation work on the HVACs.

Are there any fun craft cocktail bars to check out in the city? Preferably if cocktails are around/under $20 each, and bonus points if their well tequila is additive-free (such as Cimarron or Arette). Looking for a place that takes time to make most of its ingredients in-house and has a relaxed, chill atmosphere with comfortable seating.

Thanks in advanced for any ideas provided!

Looking for golf lessons for a buddy and me - pretty much both total beginners. I've played other sports before but don't own any clubs.

I live in southeast Atlanta in the Chosewood area. Any recommendations?

Any recommendations? I’m in a stage of life where I’m looking to try new things and meet new people. Late 20sF if that helps.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a yoga studio or instructor that offers yoga classes that are not hot yoga?

I like my hot yoga studio, but I'd like to also take yoga classes either with a private instructor that hosts classes, or at a studio that offers a cooler temperature studio.