Here’s a friendly, playful field guide to the tiny frictions and big personality splits between the Big Peach and Big D. Atlantans arrive with BeltLine jogs, lemon-pepper opinions, and a love language that sounds like “take I-85 to Peachtree.” Dallas counters with queso diplomacy, valet parking as a worldview, and freeways braided like a magician’s scarf.
None of these differences is universal, of course—but they’re fun to notice when flights and fortunes crisscross the Sun Belt. Consider this your passport for grinning through regional quirks from 25 down to 1.
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