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• Average Daily Temps:
High: 72°F or 22°C
Low: 50°F or 10°C
• Population: 140,372 (1999 population)
• Getting Around: You don't really need a car in Athens. With an excellent public transportation system, the city's buses can take you almost anywhere in the area. Downtown offers an abundance of shops and restaurants that are easily reached on foot. Most residents drive cars, but Athens is quite bike- and pedestrian-friendly.
• Busiest Time of Year: Fall, when UGA freshmen and football fans converge on the city for home football games.
• Known for:
Music legends R.E.M., Widespread Panic and the B-52's all emerged from Athens. The city is also home to the University of Georgia.
• Did You Know?
• Athens-Clarke County has the lowest unemployment rate in Georgia.
• Athens is world-renowned for its music scene with such names as REM, The B-52s, Kenny Rogers, and John Berry, just to name a few.
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Feb. 14, 1977, and April 5, 1980 -- little more than dates on a calendar (with the obvious exception that Feb. 14 is Valentine's Day) -- unless you were in Athens.
