Article: THE CHOICE: BOSTON ATLANTA HOW DO THEY DIFFER? A SOUTHERN VISIT DETERMINES THAT WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, BOSTON'S GOT SOUL

ATLANTA - Come live here! It's got high art and hipsters! Sunshine and sports! Fiber optics galore! Nice people who say hello!

But does it have a soul?

That's one thing they don't discuss in the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce's flashy new ad campaign, the one that tries to lure young techies from cold, grumpy Boston to this modern mecca of sunshine and steel. They're selling the good life down here: cheap housing, friendly people, a critical mass of high-tech jobs, and - actually, the ads don't say this, but it's true - bars that stay open until 4 a.m.

But they don't really mention what Atlanta is, or where you can find it. So the Globe went down to investigate, and we discovered this: If ...

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