Athens is the jam--NOT.

I basically hate this whole f***ing town. Its like a small town with a big-city napoleon complex. Everyone here thinks they''re a little more cultured and intelligent than they actually are; everyone has to be "in the know" about the most current lame indie restaurant/band/beer brand. Parties are just a group of people talking about how their favorite beer brand/trip backpacking through Europe/former film professor is subtly better than everyone else''s. I went to undergrad here and liked it ok, but always felt like an outsider because I was just disgusted by the level of pretension, smugness, and self-consciousness exhibited by all students. I spent two years at a rival school and the atmosphere was so much better-- so much more relaxed. The people weren''t idiots; they just were smart enough to know how NOT to act. Now I''m back and working here and everything is that much worse. As the University gets better (on PAPER-- sometimes high school GPA does not equate to real intelligence), the people get more and more pretentious, while simultaneously getting stupider and more lemming-like. Even the fratty types posture obnoxious sophistication. This place has no quirks or redeeming values-- it is just a collection of wannabe intellectuals and bad artists, retreading the same old crap. Can''t wait to get out of where when my time is up.