Diverse Cities On The Outskirts of Atlanta

[JOinGA]

My daughter went to Wheeler. It is very diverse....racially, ethnically and economically. It also has a math and science magnet program and most of the school has recently been rebuilt.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by DreamerD

Really? I grew up around a lot of black people and I thought it was used to mean the areas right next to the city...I would even say any area that borders the city would be considered the outskirts.

I've always thought of "outskirts" as being sort of the outlying areas around a city. Sort of like the exurbs or further our suburbs. At least that was the way we used it.

[JoeTarheel]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I've always thought of "outskirts" as being sort of the outlying areas around a city. Sort of like the exurbs or further our suburbs. At least that was the way we used it.

I always thought it referred to the fringes of the city, not of the metro area. I guess there would have to be a clarification of what someone is talking about because it could mean either, but if someone meant the exurbs or far-out suburbs I think they would say "the outskirts of Metro Atlanta".

[ElleKaye]

Originally Posted by JoeTarheel

I always thought it referred to the fringes of the city, not of the metro area. I guess there would have to be a clarification of what someone is talking about because it could mean either, but if someone meant the exurbs or far-out suburbs I think they would say "the outskirts of Metro Atlanta".

Only people familiar with the area would say that.

I had been to Atlanta many times when I was growing up, but it wasn't until a road trip in my early 20s that I even thought about what the metro could include or even that it was a metro. I was visiting a friend who had recently moved to "Atlanta" and the next thing I knew, I was in Marietta. I remember thinking what the heck is this; I thought she said she lived in Atlanta.

As far as I was concerned, she lived in another city in the state and not consider it as part of a metro.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by JoeTarheel

I always thought it referred to the fringes of the city, not of the metro area. I guess there would have to be a clarification of what someone is talking about because it could mean either, but if someone meant the exurbs or far-out suburbs I think they would say "the outskirts of Metro Atlanta".

Yeah, you are right. The outskirts of what -- the city proper or the metro area?