The bad news is that much of Atlanta's commercial growth is bland and unoriginal - like the highly celebrated (and gay-popular) Atlantic Station area, essentially an over-hyped outdoor mall. And no one celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday weekend like the gay folks in his hometown. The good news is that there's still not a single night of the week when you won't find a gay bar or club jam-packed, and Atlanta remains home to such major annual parties as Joining Hearts in the summer and Toy Party during the winter holiday season. The bad news is that Atlanta's gay (and straight) nightlife scene is still experiencing posttraumatic stress due to reduced bar hours and the closure of the legendary 24-hour gay club Backstreet a few years ago. The good news is that with such a visible and vibrant gay and lesbian population, it sometimes feels like all of Atlanta is a "gay neighborhood" - from downtown to Buckhead to the burgeoning East Atlanta Village. The bad news is that Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood, while still very gay, isn't the oasis of boys, bars, and misbehavior it once was, as office towers and condos have cut into the area's queer identity. The gay mecca of the Deep South is undergoing booming change - change that has its pluses and minuses, good parts and bad.
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