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Athens, Georgia

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The Resume

    (1806- )
    Born in United States
    Also known as Athens–Clarke County
    Population: 127,330 (2018)
    County seat of Clarke County, Georgia
    Named after Athens, Greece
    Nickname: The Classic City
    Home to the University of Georgia
    Has one sister city - Bucharest, Romania

Why Athens, Georgia might be annoying:

    Although it is refered to as a 'city,' it is also classified as a consolidated city-county.
    It was part of George Stoneman's unfortunate raid (1863).
    There is a law that loud hooting is not allowed beyond 11 PM in a weeknight.
    There is a double-barreled cannon that was never used in the Civil War.
    The university was a filming location for the 2000 film, 'Road Trip.'
    In the city's only lynching, accused murderer John Lee Eberhart was burned at the stake (February 16, 1921).
    Allen's hamburger joint and nightclub was closed down twice (2007 and 2011).

Why Athens, Georgia might not be annoying:

    The first legacy building of the University of Georgia was once named after Benjamin Franklin.
    It was called the 'Manchester of the South' due to its development with cotton mills and the university in the early 19th Century.
    The 2013 film 'The Spectacular Now' was shot here.
    Naval pilots were trained here during World War II.
    Every spring, it hosts the road cycling race, the Athens Twilight Criterium.
    Esquire magazine gave The Globe bar an extremely high ranking as America's top bars (2007).
    Its famous music scene gave us rock bands like R.E.M., The B-52s, Widespread Panic and Drive-By Truckers.
    It is where the white oak tree, The Tree That Owns Itself, was seeded.
    Kim Basinger, Jeff Daniels and Tituss Burgess were born here.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying