I have a funny story...
The week before I moved to ATL I came to meet up w/ a realtor & look at the housing situation. I was staying at the Sheraton downtown and it also happened to be the Shriner's Convention - you know, the guys w/ the fezzes and they do the parades w/ all the little cars & stuff. So they were having a big parade thru downtown the afternoon that I was leaving. As I was trying to find my way out of downtown, I drove thru the main drag where they were going to do the parade in an hour or two. So there were a few guys shooting aroudn w/ /their little cars & a bunch of clowns standing around waiting for it to start. So really before I realized that it was all a Shriner parade, all I saw was a bunch of clowns standing around in front of the vacant crack building smoking.... "When clowns go bad..."
For a moment I had second thoughts about moving to Atlanta....