OT: So I've left my element...

[DChero]

I disappeared over the last month or two on here because I got a job offer in Atlanta, so I relocated from Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago.

It's been a while since I wasn't in a hockey town, so I find myself starving for hockey fans in the ATL.

Has anyone else gone through the same thing?

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I have been looking for college football fans in Pittsburgh for 5 years now....

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

look at the bright side...

 

[DChero]

Good luck. I used to word at the stadium during the Pitt and Steelers games, there's no comparison between the crowds. Most Pitt fans are just casual viewers, outside of the students. There's a lot of Penn State alumni though.

Oakland on a Saturday afternoon isn't a bad place to be in that regard. Don't stay too long though.

 

[DChero]

look at the bright side...

Hooray for Ovechkin's trophy case in Lil' Johns mouth!

 

[dash]

I can't blame you for leaving your element, DChero...

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

It seems like this is a good time for this:

 

[BOSSMANPC]

I disappeared over the last month or two on here because I got a job offer in Atlanta, so I relocated from Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago.

It's been a while since I wasn't in a hockey town, so I find myself starving for hockey fans in the ATL.

Has anyone else gone through the same thing?

Good to see you back D. Being born and raised in Buffalo i've never had to deal with that but it's gotta be tough. Thank Al Gore for the internet though because it makes it so easy to talk pucks with people from all over.

Atlanta isnt exactly a hockey town so finding a lot of fans may be tough and most of them are probably transplants from northern cities.

It's probably easier to find an Amish electrician than Thrashers fans down there.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Good to see you back D. Being born and raised in Buffalo i've never had to deal with that but it's gotta be tough. Thank Al Gore for the internet though because it makes it so easy to talk pucks with people from all over.

Atlanta isnt exactly a hockey town so finding a lot of fans may be tough and most of them are probably transplants from northern cities.

It's probably easier to find an Amish electrician than Thrashers fans down there.

awful notherncentric of ya boss

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Good to see you back D. Being born and raised in Buffalo i've never had to deal with that but it's gotta be tough. Thank Al Gore for the internet though because it makes it so easy to talk pucks with people from all over.

Atlanta isnt exactly a hockey town so finding a lot of fans may be tough and most of them are probably transplants from northern cities.

It's probably easier to find an Amish electrician than Thrashers fans down there.

besides... what they may lack in hockey support, they MORE than make up for in DAMN fine Chicken and Waffles. Frikken yum.

 

[forty_three]

I did the opposite. I went from a place where being a hockey fan was like being a leper to a place where it seems everyone at least knows what it is and there are more roller hockey games on tennis courts than tennis games.

It might be worth going over to hfboards Thrashers boards and finding some locals. Get their input on where the hockey bars are, or what the local scene is like.

There's like 18 million people in Atlanta. You gotta be able to find a few who like hockey. If nothing else, fellow transplants.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

I can't blame you for leaving your element, DChero...

Gotta give some love for that retarded comment. +uno

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Gotta give some love for that retarded comment. +uno

damn...
I didn't even get the joke the first time.
..a little slow this morning..

 

[DChero]

Thank Al Gore for the internet though because it makes it so easy to talk pucks with people from all over.

Al Gore's my favorite fictional character. He's followed closely by Santa and Christopher Columbus.

 

[DChero]

I'm sure I'll catch some before the season starts. At least tickets are easy to get now!

It's funny that I only know one person that's actually from Georgia here. The two dozen or so people I've hung out with are all from the North or South West. It's almost as if rappers are the only people born in the Atlanta area...

 

[awaz]

oo oo i'm in atlanta and like hockey! only for the summer tho (internship).. oddly enough i claim residence in pittsburgh

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

I have been looking for college football fans in Pittsburgh for 5 years now....

Very true....for as big a football town as Pittsburgh is....the Pitt Panthers are not in the forefront here...and never really have been....and tis is a program that has produced Dan Mariono, Tony Dorsett, Mike Ditka, Hugh Green, Larry Fitzgerald, Curtis Martin and so on....it's strange....they don't even have their own stadium to play in...

 

[DChero]

Very true....for as big a football town as Pittsburgh is....the Pitt Panthers are not in the forefront here...and never really have been....and tis is a program that has produced Dan Mariono, Tony Dorsett, Mike Ditka, Hugh Green, Larry Fitzgerald, Curtis Martin and so on....it's strange....they don't even have their own stadium to play in...

It's just because they share the area with a big club. If there were a successful NFL team in Columbus, Ohio, the Buckeyes would not be as big. If Happy Valley was near Pittsburgh or Philly, Penn State would have less attention. I think it's because the region gravitates to the highest level of competition, and that's the NFL. That's not to say those teams wouldn't have die-hard fans, I'm just talking about the most casual of them.

 

[pixburgher66]

the biggest reason that Pitt football isn't as big as it should be (pretty good teams have come through) is that they play on the north shore, but the school's in oakland. makes NO sense IMO. if they had room for a stadium up on the hill, the games would be well attended, but what college kid wants to take a shuttle bus to a game? i wouldn't...it was nice through HS though because i could easily get tickets to a game.