Why do people hate georgia

I will not settle, and I will not consider Florida and Georgia even, until and unless Mark Richt pays the ultimate price: losing a game to Florida that in some way or another costs him his job. And true to my word, my anger has somewhat abated. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Skip to content. I hate Georgia. So here are five good reasons why you should aim said feelings of hatred at Georgia, counting down: 5 Many Georgia fans are truly delusional This covers a wide variety of different behaviors from Dawg fans, whose main method of elucidating support for their team comes in the form of barking like dogs at people rather than using English.

It's only natural that they would latch on to another school close by. For many that was The University of Georgia. Since Erk Russell left UGA after the season to resurrect football in Statesboro, Georgia Southern has been fighting an uphill battle to gain primacy in the hearts of a number of people who still leaned a little more toward the red and black rather than the blue and white. That fight has gotten a bit easier since the move up to the FBS level, but it's still there.

There are always going to be those who support UGA because it's what their families have always done. But where has a lot of the frustration come from among Georgia Southern fans who don't have any allegiance to UGA whatsoever?

This one is finally starting to turn towards the good side, but in years past its definitely been an issue. I recall the Georgia Southern vs Furman game when the Eagles were in the midst of attempting to make the playoffs in Chris Hatcher's first season at the helm and Jayson Foster was mounting an ultimately successful Walter Peyton Award campaign.

Furman, as one of Georgia Southern's oldest and biggest rivals, should have commanded the attention of the Eagle Faithful. While I did see plenty of blue and white, I also saw quite a bit of red and black as I walked through the tailgate areas prior to that game.

It also happened to be the day of the Auburn vs. UGA game, and there were plenty of people who seemed more focused on that game than the game in Statesboro.

Not a majority, certainly, but it was an annoyingly visible minority. There are always going to be fans of UGA that are in Statesboro. There will always be students at Georgia Southern that want to be at Georgia or elsewhere.

Thankfully the amount of red I've seen on my last few trips has greatly diminished, though. However, it's still there, and it's still annoying. How many times have you been in Paulson Stadium and seen the students and even plenty of older fans either leave early or not show up at all because UGA was on TV at the same time Georgia Southern was playing?

That's another one of the sports culture wars that was being fought between the two schools. Thankfully, this is also something that is seeing a shift.

This year's Citadel game — hardly a marquee opponent even as an old SOCON foe — saw the second-highest attendance in school history. The program's history and last season's success in the Sun Belt is starting to excite a lot of people who otherwise might have devoted more attention to the school up north because they're FBS.

With the Eagles on the same level, the tables are turning a bit. Granted, the Atlanta media caters to Atlanta and Statesboro is 2. There were often times where it seemed like the Eagles were given token treatment as a passing thought or they were just outright ignored. In the days before the Internet, that was very frustrating for someone like me who searched for anything I could find on Georgia Southern the day after games. That was all I could hope for was a short recap. In the census, Georgia had roughly 8.

People are moving into the state at a quick rate and it's quickly becoming crowded. With our low cost of living, great jobs, and schools, everyone wants to live here. With that being said, the cost of living is increasing at an alarming rate in metropolitan Atlanta. This is because more and more people are moving here and we're quickly running out of space. Don't live anywhere near Atlanta and think it can't affect you? At the rate that Atlanta is sprawling, it'll soon touch Macon, and so will the raised cost of living.

Pictured Here: Vinings, GA. Brett Weinstein via Flickr. Our public transportation system MARTA isn't very efficient because it can't handle the large amount of people using it. It's always breaking down and it's always late during rush hour. It's a real nuisance sometimes! Many other Georgians, though, were shocked by the display of intolerance, describing it as "a sad day for Georgia.

A guest is a gift from God, goes the saying in Georgia. So foreign visitors are plied with food and drink - an enjoyable experience, if not always good for the waistline. But "a toast! Out comes a bottle of Chacha, the lethal Georgian schnapps, or a large plastic bottle of homemade wine. Both must be downed in large shots.

Excuses that you have to drive back six hours along twisting mountain roads won't be accepted. Instead, you'll be offered a bed for the night, and be propelled into a full-scale traditional feast. While many European nations have seen religious adherence fall in recent decades, the Orthodox Church in Georgia is booming. Attendance, adherence and respect for the Church are all growing. Dating back to the 4th Century, the Church helped the country keep its ancient musical traditions during the Soviet era and has been central to Georgians' sense of themselves since independence.

After centuries of domination by foreign powers, Georgians are sceptical of government. So family and friends are crucial for getting anything done. One such cousin helped us buy a second-hand car, another got us accommodation at an army base when heavy snow trapped us in the mountains. With social welfare often patchy, it's the family on which Georgians rely in times of crisis.

The leafy boulevards of the Georgian capital Tbilisi look like Paris, and the English-speaking young hipsters wouldn't look out of place in Berlin. But take a look at a map and you'll find the former Soviet republic 1,km miles east of the Bosphorus, marooned in Asia. Other definitions place the whole Caucasus region, including Georgia, in Europe which is where most Georgians feel it belongs.

Head into the countryside however, where farmers scratch out a subsistence living, and it's a different story. Here are 10 other memorable things about the country.