If I may get on my soapbox here a minute
Chastain Park is an area of mostly 1950's ranch style houses on enoumous lots that are slowly being torn down to build McMansions as we refer to them here in Atlanta. The average house sells probably for about $500,000 for the unrenovated ranch up to several million for the 8,000 square foot McMansions in the sometimes gated communities. Something like 90% or more of the people that live anywhere near the ampitheater bought the property knowing that they were going to live next to it. Yet, they are all uo in arms about the traffic (there is little to no parking so people park on the side of the side streets, etc.) and the noise. A friend of mine is one of the complainers. After awhile I just had to rip into him and say "Look you bought this house knowing damn good and well where it was and what goes on here in the Summer - So shut up - I mean it like buying a house next to the Atlanta airport - you lose your right to complain about the sound pollution IMO"
But, these people have solwly but surely tried to eradicate the ampitheater
