Not for Tourists Guide to Atlanta

by Not For Tourists

Book Overview

The Not For Tourists Guide to Atlanta is the indispensable guidebook made specifically for local Atlantans. It divides the city into fifty-one neighborhoods, mapped out and dotted with NFT's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616085657
• ISBN13: 9781616085650
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Not for Tourists
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Not for Tourists

Packed with info, but a bit dry. Small size makes maps and type hard to read.

not bad but needs some improvements

I love the idea of this book, and it can be useful, but it's value as a map could stand some improvement. In particular I felt that the use of icons/legends was confusing and difficult to work with. For example it is easy to see where restaurants are located in Decatur by looking at the icons on the map, however if you are looking for a specific restaurant it's not always so easy. If you can find it on the legend, then it will give you a street address, and their may be several restaurants on any given street, so unless its a corner of X and Y address it can get complicated. They could make it a lot easier by numbering the icons, so in the case of restaurants, instead of just showing a circled fork and knife, they could have the same icon with a number which corresponds to listings in the legend. In fairness, the areas on the maps are relatively small, so it's generally not overly difficult to find most businesses shown in the legend, but this also necessitates a lot of flipping through pages to see where the edge of one map connects with the next. The dedicated map section is a little over half of the book, and after that it contains listings and descriptions of places and things around Atlanta. In general the descriptions seemed well written and accurate, but I thought they could have made the book a lot better by adding more detail. Also, Atlanta is rich with neighborhood histories that would be a welcome addition to a book such as this. Overall this is a pretty good resource on what Atlanta has to offer, but I hope they'll strive for more depth in future editions.

New to Atlanta

I bought this book for one of my daughters because they are considering a move to that area. My other daughter and son-in-law live there now and they LIVE by this book. It really helped them learned the ins and outs of getting around there, where the MARTA stations were located, good restaurants, great maps, etc. I don't particularly want my other daughter to relocate there, but if they choose to, I want her to get acclimated as soon as possible, and apparently this book is just the ticket!

Easy to use, loads of relevant information, great maps.

My wife and I are moving to Atlanta this summer (2007), and we relied extensively on the NFT to: * Find wireless access at a coffeehouse. * Locate grocery stores. * Get around the city. * Avoid neighborhoods we weren't interested in. We talked with a real estate agent who said she loved the NFT too, and told us that the maps are extremely similar to those she and her colleagues use professionally. The map numbering system can be moderately confusing at first, but once you learn how to move from one map to another, you'll find it easy to navigate. (Hint: Some maps cover a wider area than others, so there's a "zoom-in / zoom-out" effect when moving from one scale to another.) I appreciated the campus maps, the MARTA transit information, the chatty, conversational tone of its information about neighborhoods, and even its physical format. NFT is just the right size to slip into a travel bag or medium-sized purse; while it's not pocket-sized, it's easy to carry, solidly constructed, and comes with an elastic bookmark band so that you can open to a particular page each time. My main wish for improvement? I'd love to see it cover a wider area of the city. It would also be great to see where the MARTA bus lines are (though this is subject to change, whereas MARTA rail transit stations are harder to move). It's a cliché, but it's so true: if you're moving to Atlanta and will bring only one guide book, bring the most recent edition of Not for Tourists. It's very nearly all you need to know about the city.