What is East Cobb? (Roswell, Marietta: house, neighborhood, construction)

[10 feet tall]

Originally Posted by Born 2 Roll

East Cobb (or the "E.C." as many people playfully call it) is Metro Atlanta's answer to Southern California's Orange County (or the "O.C." as it was defined in the TV show from last decade) socially, culturally, and (especially) politically.

East Cobb is not nearly as nice as Orange County. Honestly, driving around most of East Cobb you wouldn't think it is all that upscale. It is pretty middle class actually.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by 10 feet tall

East Cobb is not nearly as nice as Orange County. Honestly, driving around most of East Cobb you wouldn't think it is all that upscale. It is pretty middle class actually.

I didn't say that Cobb County was like Orange County, California, I just said that Cobb County was Metro Atlanta's answer to Orange County, CA.

Of course Cobb County can never be exactly like Orange County because Cobb County has a few key things missing that Orange County has, like some rugged mountain ranges, about 45 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline, about 445 more square miles of land area, nearly 3 million more residents, and an overwhelming population of minorities (over 500,000 Asians and 1 million Hispanics live in Orange County, CA...though the minority population is rising shockingly fast in Cobb County; and minorities also make up a higher percentage of the population in Cobb County, GA than they do in Orange County, CA).

Cobb County may not seem like it is all that upscale as a whole when compared to someplace like Orange County, CA, but for Georgia and most of the Southeast outside of Florida, someplace like Cobb County is considered to be the near the very top when it comes to suburban affluence.

Despite the obvious differences, Cobb County often gets comparisons to someplace like Orange County, CA because like the strong conservative political environment of Orange County, CA has had a very-strong effect on political environment of the entire state of California at times in the past, the very-strong and domineering political environment in Cobb County has had an even stronger and more overwhelming effect on the political environment of the entire state of Georgia and most of the Southeastern U.S.

Cobb County is widely acknowledged by many as being one of the very key birthplaces of modern political conservatism and the modern Republican Revolution.

It is in Cobb County where the current overwhelming Republican domination of Georgia and the entire Southeastern U.S. was birthed in the 1970's and into the early 1980's as a then-ultraconservative (very-conservative even for conservative Georgia) movement of conservative Southern Democrats and Dixiecrats who began leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican Party in droves.

The modern conservative movement spread out of historically-ultraconservative Cobb County (which is nicknamed as "The Center of the Republican Universe") in the '70's and '80's and eventually spread to takeover all of Georgia and the entire Southeastern U.S., a conservative/Republican takeover which was complete by the mid-2000's.

Cobb County has the second-highest number of Republican voters in statewide elections in a state that is currently thoroughly and overwhelmingly-dominated by Republicans (...for many years, Cobb County had the highest number of Republican voters, but because of explosive population growth in Gwinnett County, Cobb County was overtaken in Republican voting strength and political influence in the early-mid 2000's by Gwinnett County which is now the most-dominant suburban county in the state of Georgia).

[soulcontroller]

Originally Posted by Born 2 Roll

Cobb County is widely acknowledged by many as being one of the very key birthplaces of modern political conservatism and the modern Republican Revolution.

It is in Cobb County where the current overwhelming Republican domination of Georgia and the entire Southeastern U.S. was birthed in the 1970's and into the early 1980's as a then-ultraconservative (very-conservative even for conservative Georgia) movement of conservative Southern Democrats and Dixiecrats who began leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican Party in droves.

One of the key reasons why minorities would not be caught dead in Cobb until recently. Definitely grown from a redneck spot into a somewhat diverse suburb of Atlanta.

[ATLTJL]

The other thing about East Cobb is that it underwent virtually all of its growth and development in the 70s and 80s, and architecturally it shows.

Orange county is much more modern, even though it is older. I'm guessing because there is enough money there to keep up with constant renovations and infill where appropriate. I don't know, Orange county pretty much always looks current, but much of East Cobb (most of it, actually) looks quite dated architecturally.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by soulcontroller

One of the key reasons why minorities would not be caught dead in Cobb until recently. Definitely grown from a redneck spot into a somewhat diverse suburb of Atlanta.

Calling on Aries... care to comment? You seemed to survive growing up there relatively unscathed....

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

The other thing about East Cobb is that it underwent virtually all of its growth and development in the 70s and 80s, and architecturally it shows.

Orange county is much more modern, even though it is older. I'm guessing because there is enough money there to keep up with constant renovations and infill where appropriate. I don't know, Orange county pretty much always looks current, but much of East Cobb (most of it, actually) looks quite dated architecturally.

Atlanta suburban architecture has always had a more classic, traditional look and feel than other areas of the country (disregarding the wild shift to contemporary cedar sided houses in the 70s). In some ways you could call it dated, but I think it wears well for the long haul (again disregarding the angular cedar look... a term my mother-in-law called "wonky-jaw" but that is for another thread...)

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by aries4118

From Wikipedia:


"East Cobb is roughly bounded by:

• Cherokee County to the north
• Willeo Creek and Roswell in Fulton County to the northeast
• the Chattahoochee River and Sandy Springs in Fulton County to the southeast
• Bell's Ferry Road, I-575, and the Marietta city limits to the west, and
• Interstate 285 and the Cumberland/Galleria edge city at the southern tip.

No part of East Cobb technically falls within incorporated city limits. East Cobb consists primarily of unincorporated areas near Marietta, and a significant portion of unincorporated area near Roswell, as defined by United States Postal ServiceZIP codes (though Roswell itself was in Cobb until 1932). A small sliver of an unincorporated area near Atlanta is in the extreme southern tip near Vinings, and a portion of the northwest is in an unincorporated area near Kennesaw (30144).

...

The area known as East Cobb comprises several high school attendance districts: Pope, Sprayberry, Wheeler, Kell, Walton, and Lassiter. The western half of the Kell district lies outside of East Cobb. The extreme western portion of the Sprayberry district (the Town Center Mall area) also lies outside of East Cobb. The extreme southwestern and southern portions of the Wheeler district lie west of I-75 and south of I-285 respectively, thus excluding these small areas from being considered a part of East Cobb.

The area known as East Cobb comprises the following middle school districts: Daniell, McCleskey, Simpson, Hightower Trail, Mabry, East Cobb, Dodgen, and Dickerson (small portions of the Daniell and East Cobb Middle School districts lie outside of East Cobb; a sliver of the eastern portion of the Palmer Middle School district can be considered a part of East Cobb)."

I think there is a definite local preference to stick with the east of Murdock Road description. Many like to shove the Sprayberry and Kell areas out of a working definition of East Cobb. You won't miss East Cobb with the Pope/Lassiter/Walton boundaries with the Walton district being ground zero. Johnson Ferry Road from Lower Roswell to Roswell is the downtown district and Johnson Ferry Baptist Church is the local cathedral.

From one who spent his time in Cobb off of Canton Road and later Bells Ferry Road. We didn't feel like East Cobbers at all.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by soulcontroller

One of the key reasons why minorities would not be caught dead in Cobb until recently. Definitely grown from a redneck spot into a somewhat diverse suburb of Atlanta.

Despite the reputation in the not-too-distant past as a lily-white ultraconservative suburb, Cobb County is actually extremely diverse and is growing more diverse by the day.

Cobb County is so increasingly diverse that the county is on the verge of becoming a "majority-minority" county likely within the next decade.

That's because racial minorities make up 44.6% of Cobb County's population, a number that is up from 1990 when racial minorities only made up just under 14% of Cobb County's population and from 1980 when racial minorities only made up just over 6% of Cobb County's population.

Racial minorities already make up a majority of the population in many parts of Southern Cobb County including Smyrna, Mableton, Austell, southern portions of Powder Springs and southern portions of Marietta (including a majority of Marietta proper).

Racial minorities also make up the majority of public school children enrolled in the feeder zones of McEachern, Osborne, Campbell, Marietta, Pebblebrook, South Cobb, North Cobb and Wheeler high schools.

Racial minorities make up the majority of children enrolled in 8 of the county's 17 public high schools.

[soulcontroller]

Originally Posted by Born 2 Roll

Despite the reputation in the not-too-distant past as a lily-white ultraconservative suburb, Cobb County is actually extremely diverse and is growing more diverse by the day.

Cobb County is so increasingly diverse that the county is on the verge of becoming a "majority-minority" county likely within the next decade.

That's because racial minorities make up 44.6% of Cobb County's population, a number that is up from 1990 when racial minorities only made up just under 14% of Cobb County's population and from 1980 when racial minorities only made up just over 6% of Cobb County's population.

Racial minorities already make up a majority of the population in many parts of Southern Cobb County including Smyrna, Mableton, Austell, southern portions of Powder Springs and southern portions of Marietta (including a majority of Marietta proper).

Racial minorities also make up the majority of public school children enrolled in the feeder zones of McEachern, Osborne, Campbell, Marietta, Pebblebrook, South Cobb, North Cobb and Wheeler high schools.

Racial minorities make up the majority of children enrolled in 8 of the county's 17 public high schools.

Yep I agree with you. Came a long way.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

Calling on Aries... care to comment? You seemed to survive growing up there relatively unscathed....

Brother Marks,

I'm more Sarah Miller-esque:


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