Line #41 UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/RayCharles It's always on my mind.]]]]
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4	->''"Johnny, rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard,''
5	->'''cause Hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards."''
6	-->-- '''The Charlie Daniels Band''', "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
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8	'''Georgia''' is a Southern [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates U.S.]] state (not a [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaCaucasus Caucasian nation]]) that borders [[UsefulNotes/NorthCarolina the]] [[UsefulNotes/SouthCarolina Carolinas]], UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}, [[SweetHomeAlabama Alabama]], and UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}}. The eighth-largest state in terms of population, its capital and largest city is UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}. It is the youngest of the original [[UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies Thirteen Colonies]], being founded in 1733 (some of the original colonists were still alive for independence, which couldn't be said of any of the other colonies). Colonial custom also listed it last for geographical reasons (the colonies were usually listed north to south, and Georgia was the southernmost colony). Georgia was also one of the original seven [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate States]]. The northern parts of the state are within the [[UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}} Appalachian Mountains]], and the whole thing, apart from Metro Atlanta, is firmly part of the DeepSouth--many country singers are from middle Georgia.
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10	Other cities of note are Columbus (not ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} that]]'' Columbus), Macon, Athens (not to be confused with its [[UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} namesake]]), and Savannah (the original state capital) with the nearby Golden Isles of Georgia[[note]]St. Simons Island, Little St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island, Sea Island, and Historic Brunswick[[/note]].
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12	Known as both "The Peach State"[[note]]which is used on one variant of the current license plate[[/note]] and the much cooler "Empire State of The South", because one of the state's primary agricultural products is the peach and because much like [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState the Empire State]], Georgia is very large and varied. Indeed, Georgia is today the largest state by land area east of the Mississippi River (UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}} has a far larger total area, but so much of that is lake that Georgia edges Michigan out slightly on pure land).[[note]]We say "today" because UsefulNotes/{{Virginia}} was historically the largest east of the Mississippi, until West Virginia broke off and reduced the Old Dominion to its current size.[[/note]] Georgia was also a common landing ground during British colonization. Today, Georgia still has several large ports, with the Port of Savannah being the fourth largest in the United States and a main HQ for distribution centers.
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14	Georgia's borders are formed by the Savannah River, separating it from South Carolina to the east[[note]]There have been many long legal battles between Georgia and South Carolina over who owns what. The latest ruling decided that the (land) border is along the center line of the river for its entirety, and any new (post-1990) islands of land formed on the South Carolina side belong to South Carolina. Because of the 'new' distinction this suggests that there are parts of the state of Georgia (old islands) that are entirely encompassed by the state of South Carolina, though common trivia excludes this to maintain that the Kentucky Bend is the only part of a US state that is completely surrounded by other states (because of arbitrary line-drawing vs river-following border techniques)[[/note]]; the historic North Carolina line, separating it from NC and Tennessee to the north; the Florida-Georgia line, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin separating it from Florida]] to the south;[[note]]Yes, this is the inspiration for the name of the country duo Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine (they're from Orlando)[[/note]] and the Western bank of the Chattahoochee River, separating it from Alabama, to the west[[note]]Again, there have been legal battles: Alabama has always disputed that they Western bank is the point of the border--giving the river to Georgia. The court has always unanimously upheld the border (specifically, it is the average water mark on the Western bank, so you could say that at some point the water has to be a little higher and ''that'' belongs to Alabama)[[/note]]. It's worth a note that the continuation of this line, after Georgia ends and Florida borders Alabama, is not known by this name. Georgia has disputed its borders, too, claiming that topographers accidentally misplaced the Tennessee/Georgia border in the early 19th Century by drafting it about a mile too far South. This was only challenged in 2010, 200 years after the mistake, and during a significant drought in the state; to instate the border one mile north would allow Georgia access to the Tennessee River.
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16	!!History
17	Prior to European exploration, the state was populated by tribes of the Southeastern Cultural Complex. These people held close links to those in what is now UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}, suggesting that large parts of the two states were seen as the same area. Before colonization, there were many explorations of Georgia by both the Iberian explorers coming from Central America and British colonists coming from the Atlantic. The state (with a much greater land area than today) was founded by [[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties Guildfordian]] general James Oglethorpe in 1733.
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19	Oglethorpe was an early advocate for prison reform and, in 1728, began the process of petitioning Parliament to resettle the "worthy poor", particularly those in debtors' prison, in the New World. Whilst [[PenalColony this plan]] itself later got relocated to UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, Oglethorpe and his Trustees were given the charter to establish the "Colony of Georgia in America" from King George II. As you may have guessed, he made sure it was [[NamingYourColonyWorld named after]] [[{{Eponym}} himself]]. The plan was to set up port and then move inland, building up a society of farmers and agricultural districts. The charter also prohibited slavery, [[ItWasHisSled for the time being]].
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21	The movement of new colonists inland didn't really settle well with the Spanish settlers that were very comfortably surrounding them. They were somewhat amenable until, in 1742, they launched an invasion over the disputed land. The Floridians seemed to realize that a charter from the King of England didn't mean all that much to them. Three years earlier, the British had sent compromisers with a Convention to be signed by both European military parties: the "compromise", however, was more along the lines of UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} signing away any claim on what the British asserted was theirs, and Britain agreeing to not fight them for it in return. Lest to say, Spain did not agree. When the resultant UsefulNotes/WarOfJenkinsEar broke out in 1739, the Spanish back on the mainland planned an invasion. In 1740, the British raided St Augustine but were kicked out, making the Spanish confident of a successful attack.
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23	The Spanish commander de Montiano landed at St Simons Island in 1742. It took six days, two battles around farmland (Battle of Gully Hole Creek and Battle of Bloody Marsh), and some very weak Spanish soldiers--very kind of them to reveal the entire plan to a very small opposing force upon asking--for an unconditional Spanish surrender. Though the Spanish and British remained on unfriendly terms for a long time, the Spanish would never invade British Georgia again. There ''were'' British plans to raid Florida again, but the war soon shifted focus to home playing ground in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}} -- upon its end in 1748, the Spanish formally recognized Georgia as a British colony. There were still troubles, though, as the colony was not highly profitable and spent a lot during the war, meaning that the Trustees couldn't afford to run it. So, in 1752, they turned governance of the colony over to the British crown.
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25	Georgian colonists spent the next few decades colonizing modern-day Florida and Alabama, constantly pissing off the native and Spanish occupants, and embracing the chattel slavery system. These colonists, early converts to UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream, chose to join in [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution that little rebellion thing that happened on July 4th, 1776]]. They signed the Declaration of Independence and ratified their first constitution a year later. It's worth noting that at this point in time, Georgia looked a little different. In fact, it was basically Georgia + Alabama + Mississippi, minus what of the latter two lays below the Florida-Georgia line. This is a result of how the British claimed land, but that's another story.[[note]]They basically named the coastal area that they settled in and then claimed all land within those latitudes as far West as they could before the Spanish and French got all pissy about it. UsefulNotes/{{Massachusetts}} extended into present-day ''Iowa'' for a long time.[[/note]]
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27	In 1829, a new development transformed the state: a gold rush. Gold was discovered in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the North of Georgia in 1828. Though it extended across the state, the biggest hauls were in Lumpkin county; the gold here was also close to 100% carat clarity. A national mint was set up in Dahlonega, and an influx of miners arrived. This caused a couple of problems, most importantly: who did the gold belong to? The government and the individual miners obviously wanted a claim, but so did the Cherokee who had lived in that land since the first Spanish expeditions. The government didn't care; in what is known as "the Great Intrusion", the government began to seize Cherokee land. In the same year, UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson authorized the Indian Removal Act to forcibly remove thousands of native people. The Cherokee legally protested this injustice, but even when the Supreme Court recognized them as a sovereign nation and let them retain ownership of ancestral ground, Jackson simply ignored their ruling and forcibly relocated them and other native people to modern-day [[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]] along the infamous "Trail of Tears". A Gold Lottery awarded former Cherokee land to miners. It took only a few years for the immediate sources to dry up and mining to diminish. By that time, Dahlonega had grown massively, and was fully established enough to retain the gold rush migrants. When the UsefulNotes/{{California}} [[FortyNiner Gold Rush]] started in the late 1840s, a lot of placer miners moved out to the Sierra Nevada. Mining continued in Northern Georgia until the end of the century.
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29	Come 1861 and UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, Georgia was one of the original states within the Confederacy, with major battles taking place across the state as Union soldiers sought to reach and claim the coast. At the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, the Union suffered its greatest defeat in the South, being second in number of casualties only to Gettysburg. Though a major success for the Confederacy, the Confederates only briefly benefited from it. Following the Chattanooga Campaign, the Union sent in additional men (led by UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant). The Confederate army retreated and Major General UsefulNotes/WilliamTecumsehSherman led his campaign to Atlanta and then to the Savannah coast, greatly aiding the overall Union campaign in the War. Many settlements from Atlanta to Savannah were utterly destroyed in Sherman's March To The Sea, which remains a sore spot for many Georgians. Georgia was the last state to return to the Union following defeat, in 1870.
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31	The population of Georgia at this time was around fifty-fifty White and Black[[note]]Before the gold rush, there was a significantly higher percentage of African-American people[[/note]], but the state remained under a racist white power structure throughout its history, like many of its Southern neighbors. Following the Civil War, many communities of emancipated African-Americans who had once been enslaved on Georgia plantations established thriving middle-class communities, particularly in neighborhoods of Atlanta. However, by the early [[The20thCentury 20th century]], White Georgians had reestablished their political hegemony through using [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem white primaries]], literacy tests, and Jim Crow laws to block Black Georgians from social and political participation. This hegemony contributed to the Great Migration to the North, causing the Black population to decline significantly. Many Black Georgians did stay in the South, however, and the state became the center of the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement. Atlanta was the birthplace of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr, and he started his ministry and activism in Georgia. Today, the state has the third-largest African-American population of any state (behind only UsefulNotes/{{Texas}} and Florida) and the second-largest in terms of percentage (just over a third of the population, behind only Mississippi).
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33	!!"New South" Georgia
34	In the [[TheSixties late 1960s]], Georgia surprisingly became a large hub for the social reform movement within the conservative South, helping to coin the term "the New South". It passed bills to promote emerging industry and development, based around Atlanta, as well as civil rights reform. There were no native Cherokee remaining in Georgia after the gold rush, but there has been discussions of ceremonially returning land and welcoming descendants of the displaced peoples into the North of Georgia. The state did pass an amendment to its constitution which explicitly barred same-sex marriage in 2004. But all counties annulled this upon the Supreme Court ruling to recognize equal marriage rights in 2015.
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36	Georgia's economic growth has resulted in a massive expansion of its suburban middle-class in recent decades, as young professionals have flocked to the region to take advantage of its many growing job sectors, ranging from tech and industry to a thriving film industry--in recent years, highly favorable tax incentives have led to the state surpassing ''UsefulNotes/{{California}}'' in terms of total film production, including the films of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, and Creator/TylerPerry opened the largest film production studio in the entire United States in Atlanta in 2019. This demographic change in the Atlanta suburbs, the presence of Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action and a historically strong African-American community, has made Georgia a competitive state in recent elections, with the state barely swinging left for the Democrats in the Presidential and Senate races in 2020-2021 after historically being seen as a fairly Republican state with a solid conservative base since 1972 (with the exceptions of 1976 and 1992 when the state voted for favorite son UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter and UsefulNotes/BillClinton respectively). While the Democrats narrowly held the Senate in 2022, the GOP continues to dominate state-level politics.
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38	!!Culture
39	Georgia, particularly Atlanta, has a large and extremely influential African-American culture. This includes features on ''Series/TheRealHousewivesOfAtlanta'' like [=NeNe=] Leakes and Kenya Moore. There is also a big HipHop scene, with artists including Music/YoungJeezy, Music/KanyeWest[[note]]born in Georgia but mostly raised in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}[[/note]], and Music/{{Usher}}. Rap songs like "Yeah!" by Usher ft. Music/LilJon and Music/{{Ludacris}} mentions the "A-Town", as does Ludacris' own "Welcome to Atlanta". Rapper B.o.B. is from Decatur, a suburb of the city, and references this in songs like "Airplanes" (ft. [[Music/{{Paramore}} Hayley Williams]]). The Outkast album "[=ATLiens=]" is also named after Atlanta.
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41	Conversely, Athens is host to many break-out AlternativeRock groups like Music/{{REM}}. Another prominent genre of music in Georgia is {{country\|music}} and {{bluegrass}}, and more recently an ArenaRock style of country music from young artists coming from the old Heartland of Central Georgia. This includes acts like Music/JasonAldean and Music/LukeBryan. The Music/TaylorSwift song "Tim [=McGraw=]" is also set in Georgia, as she makes mention that the boy said she "put those Georgia stars to shame that night". However, Swift grew up in UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}} and {{UsefulNotes/Nashville}}. Luke Bryan's OdeToYouth "We Rode In Trucks" makes mention of the Flint River, near where he grew up, and "that red Georgia dirt", with Jason Aldean's "Country Boy's World" soliloquizing the differences between the urban North East and Rome, Georgia, and how his girlfriend had "never seen a one-light town 'till she moved down here".
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43	The northern portions of the state, specifically the "Historic High Country" and "Northeast Georgia Mountains" regions, prides itself in its "Old Georgia" heritage, often claiming to be one of the last areas in Georgia practically untouched by major urbanization. Most communities are small and tightly-knit, and, while there will always be the occasional SmallTownTyrant, [[TheFundamentalist Preachy Preacher]] or RightWingMilitiaFanatic (which is not at all exclusive to Georgia itself, mind you), most residents are surprisingly [[SacredHospitality hospitable]] and willing to help out someone in need, provided that you don't cause trouble. The region has a healthy tourism market, based mainly around camping, hiking, and state parks. One of the most popular destinations is Helen, a small city that has modeled itself after a [[YodelLand Bavarian Alpine town]], which, along with being a popular weekend destination for locals looking to get away from Atlanta for a bit, also hosts numerous Alpine-themed events year round, such as Volkswagen Tours, hot air balloon races, and, of course, {{Oktoberfest}}.
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45	Atlanta has sports teams competing in four of the five major North American sports leagues: the Atlanta Falcons ([[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]]), Atlanta Braves ([[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball MLB]]), Atlanta Hawks ([[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]]), and Atlanta United FC ([[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer MLS]]). The [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague NHL]] used to have two different teams in Atlanta, the Flames in TheSeventies and the Thrashers in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], but both of these teams moved to UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} (the Flames to Calgary and the Thrashers to Winnipeg, as the Jets); however, there are rumors that the NHL may return to Atlanta in the future. College sport is also popular, with the state having six UsefulNotes/{{NCAA}} [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball Division I football]] teams: the Georgia State Panthers ([[UsefulNotes/GroupOfFiveConferences Sun Belt]]), Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ([[UsefulNotes/PowerFiveConferences ACC]]), Georgia Southern Eagles ([[UsefulNotes/GroupOfFiveConferences Sun Belt]]), and Georgia Bulldogs ([[UsefulNotes/PowerFiveConferences SEC]]) in the top-level FBS; the Kennesaw State Owls ([[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences FCS-Ind.]]), currently in the second-tier FCS but set to make the jump to FBS in 2024; and the Mercer Bears ([[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences SoCon]]), also in FCS but with no plans to upgrade; however the Division II West Georgia Wolves are transitioning to the FCS level ([[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences UAC]]) in 2024. Atlanta is considered the de facto capital of college football; the city is home to the College Football Hall of Fame since 2014, and annually hosts the SEC Football Championship and the Peach Bowl, one of the member bowls of the "New Year's Six". Sports stars from the state include Cam Newton and Ty Cobb.
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47	!!Locations
48	* '''The North-West''' of Georgia is within the foothills of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}} Appalachians]] and so of different geography to the south of the state. It has a greater variety of fauna and is unsuitable for arable farming. Its largest cities are Atlanta in the Atlanta Metropolitan area, and Rome in Floyd County. Rome was so named because it was settled on seven hills, invoking the mythology of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} Italian capital]]. Stone Mountain is also here. It's sort of like a mini Mount Rushmore, as it features carvings of three important Confederate leaders (the largest bas relief in the World). Unlike Rushmore, it is an igneous quartz composite, containing a hell of a lot of precious stone. It was also used as the site to re-found the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan in 1915.
49	** '''UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}''' is the capital, largest city and main tourist hub. If you're wanting to catch a cheap flight across the South or to/from the Midwest, there's a good chance you're having a stopover here; Atlanta's airport is the busiest in the entire world. It's one of the prettiest places in Georgia and has both old colonial British designed areas and the modern amenities expected of such a city. The Atlanta Zoo, Georgia Aquarium, CNN Center, [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Truist Park]], and the World of Coca-Cola are located here and are popular attractions.
50	* '''The Northeast Mountains''' were the target of the Georgia Gold Rush, as mentioned above. Part of the Blue Ridge mountains in the Appalachian range, they held the largest deposit of gold in the quartz vein that runs through Appalachia. When the colonisers came, much of the tribal Cherokee population of Georgia were isolated into this area -- and ultimately driven out. While gold mining has all but dried up in this area, another major mining industry has risen to somewhat take its place: Marble. White Georgia marble is among the highest quality in the world, and it has been utilized in several famous landmarks and structures, including the New York Stock Exchange, the National Air and Space Museum, and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial.
51	** '''Athens''' is the largest city associated with the region, located 70 miles northeast of Atlanta. The college town is home to the [[UsefulNotes/PowerFiveConferences University of Georgia]], the state's flagship school known for its popular [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball football program]]. Additionally, Athens is famed for its AlternativeRock output, which includes bands like Music/{{REM}}, Music/TheB52s, Widespread Panic, and numerous other groups.
52	* '''Macon and the old Heartland''': From 1807 until the end of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, the city of Milledgeville served as the state capital.
53	* '''The Georgia Coast''' is like much of the lower East Coast of the US: a savannah. Three guesses as to where they got the name from[[note]]Actually, you'll want all three guesses: there are three theories as to why Savannah was named such. One is from the European definition of the word, that they'd already given to Africa and that originally comes from some misheard Spanish, meaning "tree-less land"; the next is supposedly because of a mishearing of what some of the native people called themselves from their word for "people"; the last is an identification with the Floridian use of the word, again imported from Spain but now appropriated to describe the specific bogginess that still allowed farming and growth found in (for example) the Everglades and the South Carolina coastline[[/note]].
54	** '''Savannah''' was the original capital of the Province, and the main port and passage into the state. The theories behind its naming are above. It was the site of the battles against the Spanish, and also some offenses in the Civil War. Nowadays it is more known as a tourist spot (Savannah Beach), with bikini-wearing girls all year round, and for spring breakers who couldn't make it any further South. Its tourism is therefore a split between historical and geographical interest and those who want to sunbathe.
55	** '''Statesboro''' is another college town, located about 50 miles northwest of Savannah. Home to [[UsefulNotes/GroupOfFiveConferences Georgia Southern University]], it is also the namesake for "Statesboro Blues," a {{Blues}} song by Blind Willie [=McTell=] famously covered by Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand.
56	** '''The Golden Isles''' are also great tourist spots for sunbathing, and also of great historical interest. Mostly, though, they're occupied by expensive resorts and golf/yacht clubs. More recently, Jekyll Island is the setting of Aram Rappaport's thriller film of the same name[[note]]And though it stars local girl Dianna Agron, [[IronyAsSheIsCast her character is not from Georgia]].[[/note]]
57	** '''Vidalia''' is a rural town almost halfway between Macon and Savannah famous for its eponymous sweet onion. The Vidalia onion's sweetness is due to the low sulfur content of the soil and mild climate of its growing region, which is legally defined by Georgia state law and the US Department of Agriculture. The Vidalia onion was made the official state vegetable in 1990.
58	* '''Augusta and the South Carolina area'''. Still quite traditionally Southern, probably helped by the close border with fellow Heartland SC. Includes the Savannah River and all of its randomly growing islands. Along with Savannah, Augusta served as the state capital at various points early in the state's history, although the capital would move southward to the nearby town of Louisville from 1796 to 1806. In golf, Augusta is best known as the home of the Masters Tournament, one of the four major men's golf championships (along with the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and the British Open) and the only one among them to be hosted at the same course annually; it is traditionally the first major tournament of the year, held on the first full week of April at the Augusta National Golf Club[[note]]The 1943 to 1945 editions were cancelled due to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the 2020 edition was held in November without spectators present due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic[[/note]].
59	* '''Columbus and the West'''. Home of the Little White House, and several former Presidents.
60	* '''The Plantation Trace'''. The epidemy of the DeepSouth appearance wise as it is home to many agricultural fields and small towns.
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62	!!Works set in Georgia
63	* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' features several areas of Georgia during the reformation.
64	* Two UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winners were filmed and set in Georgia: ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', based on Margaret Mitchell's novel, and ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy''. Academy Award nominee ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'', based on James Dickey's novel, is set in the wilderness of northern Georgia.
65	* ''Film/PitchPerfect'' and its sequels are set at the fictional Barden University, which is in Atlanta.
66	* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' is set in fictional Hazzard County, Georgia, and filmed in other cities in the state.
67	* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' is filmed in Covington, though it is set in the fictional Mystic Falls, Virginia.
68	* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' follows Rick searching for his family in Atlanta after a ZombieApocalypse.
69	* ''Literature/TheColorPurple'', Creator/AliceWalker's novel and its later film and musical theatre adaptations, is primarily set in the plantations of Georgia as it focuses on the 1930s for African-American women in the South.
70	* ''Film/MidnightInTheGardenOfGoodAndEvil'', originally a runaway best-selling book whose film version became a box office failure, is all about Savannah in TheEighties.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'': An Creator/AdultSwim animated comedy series detailing the lives of a family of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hillbilly squids]] and the hijinks they get into. The show frequently takes pot-shots at Georgia, including UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, but the show's creators, Williams Street Productions, are [[SelfDeprecatingHumor Atlanta-based,]] themselves.
72	* ''Film/CocaineBear'': A VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory film about a bear in a Georgia state park that consumes jettisoned cocaine from a plane crash and goes on a rampage.
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74	!!Notable People
75	[[folder:People from Georgia]]
76	* Music/TwoChainz
77	* Creator/DiannaAgron (born in Savannah, but also grew up in Texas and California)
78	* Music/JasonAldean
79	* Creator/NicoleAnderson
80	* Music/TheB52s
81	* Wrestling/BuffBagwell (Marietta)
82	* Creator/ChrisBarnes
83	* Music/{{Baroness}} (formed in Savannah)
84	* Creator/KimBasinger
85	* Wrestling/ChrisBenoit (born and raised in Canada, but resided in Atlanta until [[PaterFamilicide he and his family's controversial deaths]])
86	* Wrestling/BigBossman
87	* Music/MaryJBlige
88	* Music/{{Boondox}}
89	* [[Series/GoodEats Alton Brown]]
90	* Music/JamesBrown
91	* Music/LukeBryan
92	* UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter
93	* Creator/KyleChandler
94	* Music/RayCharles
95	* Music/{{Ciara}}
96	* Creator/DavidCross
97	* Creator/MelvynDouglas (Macon)
98	* Creator/DakotaFanning
99	* Creator/ElleFanning
100	* Creator/LaurenceFishburne
101	* Creator/JeffFoxworthy
102	* Music/BrantleyGilbert
103	* [[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]] (born in California, raised in Stone Mountain)
104	* Creator/WaltonGoggins
105	* Music/AmyGrant (born in Augusta, but grew up in UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}})
106	* Music/CeeLoGreen
107	* Creator/EdHelms
108	* Creator/BillHicks
109	* Wrestling/HulkHogan (born in Augusta, but grew up in the Tampa Bay Area)
110	* Creator/JoshHolloway (born in San Jose, but grew up in Cherokee County)
111	* Music/AlanJackson
112	* Music/JessieJames
113	* Creator/StacyKeach
114	* Creator/DeForestKelley
115	* UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr
116	* Music/LadyAntebellum
117	* Creator/SpikeLee (born in Atlanta, but grew up in Brooklyn)
118	* Music/LilJon
119	* Music/LittleRichard
120	* Creator/WilliamHMacy
121	* Music/JohnMayer
122	* Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz
123	* Creator/BrittanyMurphy
124	* Music/OutKast
125	* Creator/DaniellePanabaker
126	* Creator/RobertPatrick (Marietta)
127	* Creator/TylerPerry (born and raised in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, but based in Atlanta throughout his career)
128	* Creator/CarriePreston (Macon)
129	* Music/{{REM}}
130	* Creator/RavenSymone
131	* Music/OtisRedding
132	* Music/ThomasRhett
133	* Wrestling/CodyRhodes
134	* Creator/EricRoberts (born in Biloxi, but grew up in Atlanta)
135	* Creator/JuliaRoberts (Smyrna)
136	* UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson (born in Georgia, but grew up in Southern California)
137	* UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt (never lived full-time in the state, but frequently visited a vacation home he owned in Warm Springs, and died there)
138	* Music/KellyRowland (Atlanta; later moved to Houston when she was eight)
139	* Wrestling/KenShamrock (born in Warner Robins; later moved to various states after his mother remarried a Military man)
140	* Creator/StevenSoderbergh
141	* Music/SouljaBoy
142	* Music/RayStevens
143	* Wrestling/AJStyles (born a MilitaryBrat in North Carolina, graduated from high school in Gainesville)
144	* Music/{{Sugarland}}
145	* Music/{{TI}} (Atlanta)
146	* Music/{{TLC}}
147	* Creator/LucasTill (born a MilitaryBrat in Texas, but grew up in Georgia)
148	* Wrestling/DaffneyUnger (born a MilitaryBrat on a base in Germany, but grew up in Atlanta)
149	* Music/{{Usher}}
150	* Wrestling/LunaVachon (born in Atlanta, raised in Canada)
151	* Music/WakaFlockaFlame
152	* Wrestling/JimmyWangYang
153	* Music/KanyeWest (born in Atlanta to a Clark Atlanta U. English professor and a photojournalist for the ''Journal-Constitution''; raised in Chicago after his parents' divorce and his mother's move to an academic job in that city)
154	* UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson (born in Virginia, but spent his early childhood in Augusta; later identified with New Jersey because he spent his professional career there--first as a professor at Princeton, then its president, and then as Governor of N.J.--before the White House)
155	* Music/TrishaYearwood
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