Talk:Gainesville, Georgia

Lake Lanier Picture
Can we please get a different picture of Lake Lanier? This is from around 2009 when the drought was killing the lake. Now the lake has too much water but is looking a lot better.

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THE CHICKEN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.253.36.217 (talk) 16:12, 13 November 2005

Ilegal Immigrants and growing crime problems

 * Honor student of gainesville education system. Feel free to admire his/her writing skills and grammar. The racist remarks are just a taste of what is like to live in such a wonderful place... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.224.52 (talk) 08:33, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Over the years the city of Gainsville has seen an expoential burst of population growth. This is mainly due to the hundreds of immigrants, both legal and illegal, migrating there. While the city has both been both positively and negitively effected by the wave of newcomers, much more negitive effects have been felt by the citizens of Gainsville than positive. Crime has risen substantionly with gangs starting to show right along with population growth. The healthcare system is begining to feel the consequences of such a wave of people and so are the good tax-paying people of Gainsville. Many people are taking out of the system without putting anything back in. It is clearly evident that Gainsville has an immigration problem, although ridiculously the city is about 1,050 miles away from the border between Mexico and the United States.

-- I have removed this from the main article until you or someone else can provide reliable sources for any of these claims. Thanks a bunch. -LoserTalent 01:16, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed; the passage was pure POV. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 22:02, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm surprised this article doesn't mention that Gainesville was the site of the 1996 Olympic rowing and kayak events, given that and the chickens are about the only claims to fame Gainesville has. 74.176.188.185 (talk) 18:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

If you're going to add information about Gainesville's "immigration problem", or the attitude of its local residents toward minorities, then fine. Just be sure to also add that Gainesville continues to be the site of Ku Klux Klan rallies in the 21st Century, and makes national news for something humiliating along those lines every ten years or so. http://www.ajc.com/news/news/captivating-klan-rally-photo-gets-new-life-via-soc/nT48J/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.23.51.205 (talk) 11:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

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Cotton Patch Gospel?
Cotton Patch Gospel is a hit musical where Jesus grows up in modern day Georgia, with the hometown of Gainsville. I believe it's worth noting somewhere because it's a relatively popular play, with lyrics by Harry Chapin too. CrippleRipple (talk) 05:36, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

"Mini tornado alley"
When I was growing up near Gainesville, my grandparents and teachers used to tell me that they would call Georgia "mini tornado alley." Was this a widespread thing or only in my own weird little corner of the county in the 1990s? Because if it was common enough, it might warrant mention after the sentence "Georgia is not in tornado alley." Maybe with something like "Residents, however, believe that parts of the state comprise a 'mini tornado alley.'" I don't know. That's just a spitball idea. George Mucus (talk) 15:48, 9 June 2023 (UTC)