Are Smyrna, North Atlanta, Chamblee, and Doraville safe areas? (Dunwoody: affordable apartments, place to live)

[orsi26]

My husband and I are relocating to Atlanta. We want to find an apartment in a SAFE and nice neighborhood but our budget is pretty tight right now, which makes the search a lot more complicated. I found affordable apartments in Smyrna (on and near Windy Hill Road, close to 75), and near Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in North Atlanta, Chamblee and Doraville. Are those safe neighborhoods? I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions. Thanks!

[Yeorwned]

It's hit in miss in all of those places. Some parts of Smyrna are glorious while others are depressing. Windy Hill near I-75 is probably Post Village? It's relatively safe where as the apartments less than one mile away are not. Generally speaking, Smyrna can be a nice place to live, depending on your goals.

To get an accurate response, narrow it down to the apartment level. Good luck!

[lastminutemom]

Some areas of Peachtree Industrial are horrid, others are not so bad --generally speaking avoid anything on Peachtree Industrial outside of I 285 and you need to go pretty south, south of Chamblee-Dunwoody to find the nicer areas.