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Old 07-06-2007, 12:53 PM
 
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The north side of Atlanta however, is a completely different story. The area is so densely populated that the traffice reminds me of Southern California with trees.

Back to work...I hope this helps!!
Yes, I forgot to mention, apart from trees, north metro Atlanta has a lot of... cars.

It's not really extremely densely populated (around 1000 to 2000 per square mile depending on where you are, which isn't bad) on the north side, but it is completely overflowing with cars. North metro Atlanta is a suburban family area so every family has like 3 cars at least that are all in constant use, and NO ONE uses public transportation and no one car pools, so traffic is certainly worse than the south side.

Mostly during rush hour though, in non rush hour you can get to most places quickly. And it's certainly not southern california level traffic, even in rush hour.
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Old 07-07-2007, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Thumbs up Narrowing down...

Okay, THANKS for all the input; after reading LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of posts, I think we have narrowed it down to Sharpsburg, Fayetteville, Tyrone and possibly still PTC, though now I'm not sure that it will be as affordable for us as the other areas. Hopefully we can make a trip up in the next couple of weeks to check them out. If anyone still has any info/opinions they want to add regarding those communities I'd love to hear more...anything and everything helps!!! I think I feel that we're not going into this move as blindly as before.

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Old 07-07-2007, 09:01 AM
 
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If you go for Fayetteville I would stay closer to Peachtree City than Clayton County...
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Old 07-07-2007, 09:54 AM
 
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If you go for Fayetteville I would stay closer to Peachtree City than Clayton County...
Yes, good advice! (the more west in Fayette County the better!)- Or go extremely south in Fayette! I have heard great things about Brooks in Fayette!
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Old 07-07-2007, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Fayetteville, GA.
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Exclamation Fayetteville, Clayton County, is NOT A BAD AREA!!!!

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If you go for Fayetteville I would stay closer to Peachtree City than Clayton County...
I live in Fayetteville, Clayton County, and have not any problems thus far. There is nothing wrong with Fayetteville, Clayton County, and I can attest for that because I along with several other of my colleagues actually LIVE THERE. Remember, let's speak from experience instead of what you think, heard, read, or are interpreting from these biased "statistics."
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Old 07-07-2007, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Florida
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What about Tyrone??? I haven't heard many people speak up about it. I had one very positive post about that area so that will be one of the first places we plan to visit.
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Old 07-07-2007, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Fayetteville, GA.
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Tyrone is pretty nice; it's a nice, small, quiet town still very much close to Fayetteville, Peachtree City, and Fairburn. I haven't heard too many bad things about it, so if you want to go on hear-say alone, I'd say it wouldn't hurt to look at Tyrone. It's a reasonable distance from the airport, major interstate 85, and downtown. I used to go to Tyrone all the time when I lived in Fairburn since it's so close. Tyrone is still considered Fayette County. You may also want to look in Sharpsburg, Georgia, it is becoming a well respected area on the southside as well not too far from Tyrone. Sharpsburg is in Coweta, County.
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Old 07-07-2007, 09:40 PM
 
Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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The only thing that MIGHT concern me about Peachtree City or those areas around it is when you think ahead to the future.

Years ago when I moved here (1984), Clayton County didn't have that bad of a reputation. Suburbs like Riverdale, Union City, and Jonesboro were actually considered good places to relocate to if you wanted to get out of the crime of the city. Today that is not the case at all in many spots in these areas.

So considering the growth of the city and the metro area, and the continued growth that isn't slowing down, as well as the spreading out of certain crime... you do have to wonder just if it's "when and not if" the areas of Tyrone, Fayetteville, and Peachtree City start to slip until maybe a couple of decades from now they are what Clayton County is today (?)

That's the bad thing about Atlanta. What is good now doesn't always STAY good due to the growth and sprawl/crime issues.
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Old 07-07-2007, 10:14 PM
 
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I live in Fayetteville, Clayton County, and have not any problems thus far. There is nothing wrong with Fayetteville, Clayton County, and I can attest for that because I along with several other of my colleagues actually LIVE THERE. Remember, let's speak from experience instead of what you think, heard, read, or are interpreting from these biased "statistics."
Well that's your opinion and it's good that people have differing opinions on this board, however I have plenty of experience in Fayetteville and stick by my opinion, Fayetteville in Clayton County is not as bad as Riverdale yes and it's fine if you already live there, but for someone planning on moving to the area I simply can't recommend it when there are better alternatives nearby with no downsides and several advantages such as better schools in Fayette County.
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:13 AM
 
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Thumbs up Southwest Clayton County -- Hampton / Fayetteville

I concur with one of the other folks who replied that the Clayton County portion of Fayetteville is not a bad area.

It's a beautiful area with awesome public parks and accessible lakes you can fish in and all kinds of beautiful wildlife.

The southern Clayton County schools are some of the better ones in the county, as well.

The housing here is nicely priced...not too high, but not too low, either...which makes a difference if you ever want to sell your home.

Despite all of the feedback you're getting, you really need to come and see for yourself, maybe rent a home and see how you like it down here.
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