Talk:Decatur, Georgia

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I was born here - not particularly of interest but still, you never know. I could be famous one day :). Mrmaroon25 21:15, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

We Are Liberial
Decatur is the second most liberial town in Georgia!Alffy (talk) 00:28, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I removed this because it has no reference, is unclear what it's meaning is, and may be subtle vandalism.
 * Decatur has the 6th largest percentage of likely homosexual households in the nation.:

--Ephilei (talk) 04:43, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

A Few Notes
I grew up in Decatur, and still live in the area. A few things I noticed:

A pretty good number of the people mentioned in the "Notable Natives" section have slim connections to the actual city. This is most likely due to (as mentioned) a wide geography of unincorporated Dekalb County with a mailing address of Decatur:

To my knowledge, Jeff Foxworthy has never been associated with the city (his wikipedia page says he was born in Atlanta, and I don't think he's ever lived inside the city). Mark David Chapman was born in Texas and went to Columbia High School (which adjoins the DHS district, but is still outside Decatur proper). Chris Tucker's wikipedia page says he was born in Atlanta and also went to Columbia. While Quincy Carter's and Kyle Davies' pages listed as them as being "born" in Decatur (which seems questionable, since the the only hospital inside the Decatur does few deliveries; Dekalb General - located just outside - seems more likely) they are both far more associated with the somewhat distant schools that they attended and those respective communities: SW Dekalb for Carter, Stockbridge for Davies. It seems misleading to call them "natives".

Ironically, one of the few people with more established Decatur roots is missing. Author and broadcast personality Roy Blunt, Jr is a DHS graduate, and has a small marker on the Courthouse Square.

Finally, I'm pretty sure the graphic mentioned above, and labeled on the page as the "official seal" is in error. I think it's the official city logo, but it's probably not the city seal, since it does not bear the hallmarks of a proper seal.

I hope this is helpful. Edit as you will.

Jrdeardorff (talk) 09:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Reference five
The fifth reference in the census section is making the page huge horizontally. Any ideas on how we can fix it (aside from just taking it off?)Nfreader (talk) 23:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC) Disregard that, I've fixed it. Should have put on my thinking cap first. Nfreader (talk) 23:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Clairemont
Would it be worth mentioning that Clairmont Road becomes Clairemont Road as it enters the City? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdgillen (talk • contribs) 18:49, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

pronunciation
Is it De' ca tur or De cay' tur, or something else? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's De-CAY-tur. (You're welcome.) 71.204.84.204 (talk) 17:57, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Since this pronunciation is unusual, we should include parenthetical IPA after the name. Any linguists care to weigh in on the correct phonetic spelling? My suggestion is

2A02:A45A:D206:1:812B:577C:2AD5:C23D (talk) 11:52, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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Dearborn Heights
If nobody minds, I am going to add dearborn heights to neighborhoods. Snowballthedog (talk) 16:53, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

"Native American" trails
The history section begins with "Decatur was established at the intersection of two Native American trails:" -- Do we know specifically who used/maintained these trails? My impression is that this area was a borderland between the Cherokee and Creek, but I have not found confirmation of this. Also, do we know if these trails were through woods? It would be nice to give a more precise description of this area before European settlement. AdamChrisR (talk)