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Old 09-15-2016, 01:10 PM
 
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Is all the living outside of Atlanta rural (or close to it)? Are there any developed cities outside of Atlanta - places that actually have sidewalk and you don't live with the forest breathing down your neck? If so, are there affordable cities or do you have to pay a premium to live in a walkable city environment? I'm not talking all of Georgia - I mean at most a 20 mile radius around Atlanta Metro.
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Old 09-15-2016, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Is all the living outside of Atlanta rural (or close to it)? Are there any developed cities outside of Atlanta - places that actually have sidewalk and you don't live with the forest breathing down your neck? If so, are there affordable cities or do you have to pay a premium to live in a walkable city environment? I'm not talking all of Georgia - I mean at most a 20 mile radius around Atlanta Metro.
You can find historic downtowns in most suburban cities that are on the railroad lines.
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Old 09-15-2016, 01:39 PM
 
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Is all the living outside of Atlanta rural (or close to it)? Are there any developed cities outside of Atlanta - places that actually have sidewalk and you don't live with the forest breathing down your neck? If so, are there affordable cities or do you have to pay a premium to live in a walkable city environment? I'm not talking all of Georgia - I mean at most a 20 mile radius around Atlanta Metro.
No. And 90% of "metro" Atlanta is what other cities would call suburban.
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Old 09-15-2016, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Duluth, GA
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I'm guessing you have not been to Marietta.
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Old 09-15-2016, 03:37 PM
 
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Suwanee, Duluth, Norcross, Woodstock, Lawrenceville, Marietta all have downtowns with walkable housing. And I'm sure there are more than those.
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Old 09-15-2016, 03:59 PM
 
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No. And 90% of "metro" Atlanta is what other cities would call suburban.
What your calling Suburban I'm calling rural. A house with a swimming pool in the backyard that has a fence, in a community of people who take care of their neighborhood is "Suburban" to me - a house, that might be nice, but has a backyard with no fence that leads to where Smokey the Bear lives, in an area that only has sidewalks where the houses are, is not "Suburban", I don't care how nice the area is - it's rural and countrified.
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Old 09-15-2016, 05:36 PM
 
Location: Lake Spivey, Georgia
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Well there were reports of wolves in much of Northeast Atlanta a few years ago (Druid Hills, Virginia Highland, Morningside, etc) Perhaps everything even a block off of Peachtree Street is rural. How lovely: Atlanta, the best of the county AND the city ;0) Thank you Magusat999 for pointing out another wonder of Atlanta life.
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Old 09-15-2016, 05:44 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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We just happen to live in one of those rare areas in a scientific vortex where 5 million people reside in a rural area
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Old 09-15-2016, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Ono Island, Orange Beach, AL
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What your calling Suburban I'm calling rural. A house with a swimming pool in the backyard that has a fence, in a community of people who take care of their neighborhood is "Suburban" to me - a house, that might be nice, but has a backyard with no fence that leads to where Smokey the Bear lives, in an area that only has sidewalks where the houses are, is not "Suburban", I don't care how nice the area is - it's rural and countrified.
Have you been here? Doesn't sound like you have. Our school burbs are not countrified. I live 30 miles from downtown and it is not countrified - it's surburban. Come visit! You'll learn.
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Old 09-15-2016, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Ono Island, Orange Beach, AL
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Well there were reports of wolves in much of Northeast Atlanta a few years ago (Druid Hills, Virginia Highland, Morningside, etc) Perhaps everything even a block off of Peachtree Street is rural. How lovely: Atlanta, the best of the county AND the city ;0) Thank you Magusat999 for pointing out another wonder of Atlanta life.
I lived in midtown. We had racoons and coyotes.
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