How can I explain to you the magic of Athens? The only thing that comes to mind is the aura. The aura in Athens is like a light breeze that just keeps passing by you, making everything seem nice and cool. It’s like the fountain of youth bringing you back into your happiness of childhood. Athens has all the ingredients to make it a magical city: The University of Georgia, bringing football, culture, and people to Athens the Historic Downtown district; and a music scene that is nationally known. These are some of the many unique attributes to Athens.
The University of Georgia is an enormous presence in Athens, bri
nging many contributions. The most recognizable to an outsider is football. Football brings thousands of fans full of pride from all around Georgia pouring into Athens. Being downtown during game-day can be a little crazy with thousands of drunken fans chanting, "Go dawgs." The football scene on game-day is cool, but actually going to a football game is where the fun’s at. 92,462 Fans screaming at the top of their lungs. The roaring of all the fans around you brings an undefinable joy that makes you want to get up out of your seat and scream, "D……. FENCE! D……… FENCE!" It can be quite the experience. Football is a big part of what the University brings to Athens, but not the biggest.
The biggest part of what the University brings is the culture. The University hires teachers from all over the world, and every one of those teachers brings a little something of his or her culture to Athens, and I believe that every culture in the world has something that it does better than everyone else. So with all this culture out in the open, the people of Athens can see it and embrace it. Also the culture from all these other countries brings amazing foods to Athens. Some Examples are Aqua Linda, an authentic Mexican restaurant, Thai of Athens, an authentic Thai restaurant, and The Bombay Café, a middle-eastern restaurant. All this culture the University brings is a key influence on how Athens is as a whole.
Downtown Athens is the stage at which the magic of Athens is portrayed. Drunken college students and awesome music makes-up a good bit of the magic of Downtown, but isn’t the main force. If you go downtown during the day and walk around, you’ll notice that all the building have a similar style. The Taco Stand, Mellow Mushroom, and Phoenix all have that laid-back, maybe a little dirty look to them. Which to me captures the atmosphere of Athens. Laid back, and sometimes a little dirty.
The music scene in Athens is killer. Many famous bands have come out of Athens. Including
REM, B-52’s, and Widespread Panic. Athens is roaring with music. On any day of the week you can go and see bands from all types of genres. But I don’t think that the music of Athens is as much as an influence to the magic of Athens as it is the product of the magic of Athens because there aren’t that many cities with as many accepting audiences. In Athens we want to see something new and different, and that’s exactly what record labels want, too. So yes, I think it’s the people of Athens that makes up the amazing music coming out of Athens.
So what is the magic of Athens? Is it the University, downtown? I’m nor really sure, because To me you can’t define magic it’s something you can’t see and is extraordinary; and that’s what Athens is. With young people cycling in and out of the University, keeping Athens youthful, energetic, and a cool place to be, Athens is an island of blue in a sea of red, a needle in a haystack, a cowboy in the city. Athens is the "Something Different" everyone is looking for.
The University of Georgia is an enormous presence in Athens, bri
nging many contributions. The most recognizable to an outsider is football. Football brings thousands of fans full of pride from all around Georgia pouring into Athens. Being downtown during game-day can be a little crazy with thousands of drunken fans chanting, "Go dawgs." The football scene on game-day is cool, but actually going to a football game is where the fun’s at. 92,462 Fans screaming at the top of their lungs. The roaring of all the fans around you brings an undefinable joy that makes you want to get up out of your seat and scream, "D……. FENCE! D……… FENCE!" It can be quite the experience. Football is a big part of what the University brings to Athens, but not the biggest.The biggest part of what the University brings is the culture. The University hires teachers from all over the world, and every one of those teachers brings a little something of his or her culture to Athens, and I believe that every culture in the world has something that it does better than everyone else. So with all this culture out in the open, the people of Athens can see it and embrace it. Also the culture from all these other countries brings amazing foods to Athens. Some Examples are Aqua Linda, an authentic Mexican restaurant, Thai of Athens, an authentic Thai restaurant, and The Bombay Café, a middle-eastern restaurant. All this culture the University brings is a key influence on how Athens is as a whole.
Downtown Athens is the stage at which the magic of Athens is portrayed. Drunken college students and awesome music makes-up a good bit of the magic of Downtown, but isn’t the main force. If you go downtown during the day and walk around, you’ll notice that all the building have a similar style. The Taco Stand, Mellow Mushroom, and Phoenix all have that laid-back, maybe a little dirty look to them. Which to me captures the atmosphere of Athens. Laid back, and sometimes a little dirty.
The music scene in Athens is killer. Many famous bands have come out of Athens. Including
REM, B-52’s, and Widespread Panic. Athens is roaring with music. On any day of the week you can go and see bands from all types of genres. But I don’t think that the music of Athens is as much as an influence to the magic of Athens as it is the product of the magic of Athens because there aren’t that many cities with as many accepting audiences. In Athens we want to see something new and different, and that’s exactly what record labels want, too. So yes, I think it’s the people of Athens that makes up the amazing music coming out of Athens.So what is the magic of Athens? Is it the University, downtown? I’m nor really sure, because To me you can’t define magic it’s something you can’t see and is extraordinary; and that’s what Athens is. With young people cycling in and out of the University, keeping Athens youthful, energetic, and a cool place to be, Athens is an island of blue in a sea of red, a needle in a haystack, a cowboy in the city. Athens is the "Something Different" everyone is looking for.
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