Word: valdosta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even in those days, when Atlanta's stature was based on the access it afforded to places like Valdosta and Meridian and Demopolis, it had what you might call international aspirations. When I was in the company of civic boosters, they would begin by telling me about how many FORTUNE 500 companies were represented in the city and how much higher in altitude and more westerly in longitude it was than anyone might have imagined -- anyone, they must have meant, who had never met an Atlanta booster. Then, if there was a lull in the conversation, they would sometimes...
...neighborhoods have fled to suburban counties, where they prefer traffic jams to participation in an underground transportation system that could bring black people out their way. When all is said and done, Atlanta's economy still has a lot to do with Atlanta's access to places like Valdosta and Meridian and Demopolis -- I have heard the city described as "a bunch of buildings and stuff next to the Atlanta airport" -- but I suspect no one has called it Gate City to the South for years...
...weeks ago, a travel agent found an extra bonus in the plan. A customer wanted to fly 140 miles from Valdosta, Ga., to Dothan, Ala. However, the $54 flight includes a stop more than 200 miles from either town, in Atlanta. Bingo! That meant a free pass to California. Word spread fast. The resulting stampede to Dothan included one high school senior who booked ten seats for himself and nine classmates so that they could take a trip after graduation...
Proponents of the practice point to players who went on to successful high school and college careers after repeating a grade. John Bond, the freshman quarterback who led Mississippi State to an upset win over then undefeated Alabama last October, voluntarily repeated the eighth grade at his Valdosta, Ga., school. Says Bond: "I wasn't too hot about the idea at first. All my friends had gone on to high school, and I had new friends. I felt dumb. But I realized that at least I could get some playing time if I stayed back...