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? ? ? As a national center for cinema and television production Atlanta plays a significant role in the entertainment industry it doubles for other parts of the world and fictional settlements in blockbuster productions among them the newer titles from the Fast and the Furious franchise and Marvel features such as Ant-Man (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War (both 2018) on the other hand Gone With the Wind (1939) Smokey and the Bandit (1977) Sharkey's Machine (1981) the Slugger's Wife (1985) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) ATL (2006) and Baby Driver (2017) are among several notable examples of films actually set in Atlanta the city also provides the backdrop for shows such as the Walking Dead Stranger Things and Atlanta in addition to a myriad of animated and reality television programming. Midtown Atlanta or Midtown is a high-density commercial and residential neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia the exact geographical extent of the area is ill-defined due to differing definitions used by the city residents and local business groups However the commercial core of the area is anchored by a series of high-rise office buildings condominiums hotels and high-end retail along Peachtree Street between North Avenue and 17th Street Midtown situated between Downtown to the south and Buckhead to the north is the second-largest business district in Metro Atlanta in 2011 Midtown had a resident population of 41,681 and a business population of 81,418, Guam (8), A red brick and white concrete four-story apartment building with a landscaped courtyard in the foreground; . The state legislature may allow municipalities to institute local sales taxes and special local taxes such as the 2% SPLOST tax and the 1% sales tax for MARTA serviced counties Excise taxes are levied on alcohol tobacco and motor fuel Owners of real property in Georgia pay property tax to their county All taxes are collected by the Georgia Department of Revenue and then properly distributed according to any agreements that each county has with its cities. .