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Atlanta Isn't All That Ready for a Zombie Apocolypse

A new CareerBuilder ranking has the city ranked at No. 18 for World War Z readiness.

The Walking Dead” may call metro Atlanta home, but that doesn’t seem to account for much when it comes to real-life zombie apocolypse readiness.

According to a very Halloween-ish new ranking by CareerBuilder, Atlanta ranks 18h in a list of zombie-ready cities.

An AJC analysis of the rankings finds Atlanta No. 2 in zombie defense. But that high score is pulled way down by other factors such as the number of healthcare and biotech firms.

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No 1 in the nation? Boston. Dead last (pun intended) is New York-Newark-Jersey City.


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