[jboggan]

Speaking as a native Atlantan who moved to California 4 years for a job in the tech industry: I don't miss it and I wouldn't want to move back, even to leverage a better cost of living. I miss the weather, the environment, the people, the food - but I certainly don't miss the crime. Everyone I knew had some kind of violent crime encounter after living in Atlanta and it wasn't until I moved to the amazing calm of San Francisco / Santa Monica / West L.A. that I realized there are some cities where it isn't a constant companion.

"Murder Kroger" has that nickname for a reason, and the fact that so many Atlantans are used to it is quite telling.