I live in Atlanta, where there are lots of outdoor spaces and trees, parks, sunny weather most of the time, cool variety of foods and neighborhoods, and some fun outdoor parties and festivals, like the Jazz Festival in Piedmont Park that’s free to attend and draws a huge crowd.

There’s frustrating political stuff at the city and state level (Cop City, for instance), but even so, a lot about Atlanta makes me feel hopeful for Georgia (and therefore for the US)