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It’s Not MARTA
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I am such a dork.

I saw that other people had made anagram’d versions of their own hometown transit maps and I figured it wouldn’t be long before someone right here in The City Too Busy To Hate picked up on the idea. I thought about this possibility for a couple of days until, finally, I just couldn’t resist the temptation. So here it is.

For the most part, all of the station names are straight-up anagrams. In some cases, however, I had to cheat. Lenox, for instance. There is nothing to be made from just those five letters. Try it. Lenox Mall, however … now that’s something. Also, the station names they keep tacking on the end and beginning of CNN Center aren’t fooling anyone.

So check it out. Maybe with these odd little names, you’ll actually be inspired to use our transit system for more than just the Rap Trio.

Update: I’m not alone. An Athenian named Cody took up the challenge as well. As one might expect and knowing the Boggle-esque limitations of the project, we both picked the same names for several stations: Two Mind, Centric Vice, Rag Tent, Steak Ale, Tiny Vice, Piano Test, Antacid Yolk and Naval Ode.

But nothing beats Taoist Reggae.