Why aren't blacks buying houses in Dunwoody/Sandy Springs (Atlanta: broker, mcmansions)

[turtleman]

Originally Posted by Buckhead_Broker

It's insane to think that real estate agents are steering blacks away from Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. I sell exclusively in Buckhead and Sandy Springs and we see a large number of black families looking at expensive homes. There is no segregation in Atlanta anymore. And anyone who thinks there is is just trying to dig up old troubles.

Agreed. It is insane. They should move to Texas and find out what its really like.

[turtleman]

Originally Posted by maddy1980

Who cares! If there are perfectly fine upper class black neighborhoods in atlanta where wealthy blacks feel comfortable, safe and happy then let them be. I don't mean to disrespect anyone but not every black person feels like living around all whites mean you have made it. Me personally I prefer diversity but that isn't to say that those blacks in lithonia don't maybe they just prefer to stay where they were born and raised.

Thats right. I plan to move back to Atlanta from Dallas,TX next year and I want to live in Dunwoody because its a great location,period. Nothing to do with race. I am from Puerto Rico and have lived in Atlanta for 15 years (7 in Dunwoody) and soon can finally afford to buy a condo in Dunwoody with my savings. For me, what is important in real estate is location. I would rather buy a home that may not be your 'money's worth but in a highly desirable area and close to work than living far away and commute in hell...to each their own I guess. Most people want to live in a affluent area becasue of quality of life and civility,regardles of race..

[robertpolyglot]

I don't have an answer except that those areas could be viewed as snooty. Well, they are snooty. I am a white-collar white male who used to live in North ATL, barely inside the Perimeter, and I just went back to visit in September. It feels snooty with all the late-model Volvo wagons with their "private school for their kids" stickers. I think that minorities may self-select out of that loop. Seriously, there are many established and up-and-coming ATL areas in which blacks own nice homes...one that I can think of is the newer SE area of Decatur, to the south and the east of 20/285, where there is still quite a bit of land available for building. I've seen the flyers or ads for the homes and they are very nice.

Sidebar: there is a definite Hispanic presence in Sandy Springs now, though it is mostly in the apartments off Roswell Road. It is sizable and it's impossible to miss it. That demographic has certainly changed in the last 10 years.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by turtleman

I am from Puerto Rico and have lived in Atlanta for 15 years (7 in Dunwoody) and soon can finally afford to buy a condo in Dunwoody with my savings.

Heck, I lived at I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody. It's exactly why I bought there. The location was ideal. Close to downtown and all the trendy intown places, yet far enough away. Close to the far flung suburbs where my friends lived, but not that far out. You can't miss. In my mind, it is THE best ATL location...even better than Buckhead (the stupidest 'effin name for any exclusive area).

[Buckhead_Broker]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Heck, I lived at I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody. It's exactly why I bought there. The location was ideal. Close to downtown and all the trendy intown places, yet far enough away. Close to the far flung suburbs where my friends lived, but not that far out. You can't miss. In my mind, it is THE best ATL location...even better than Buckhead (the stupidest 'effin name for any exclusive area).

Sounds like you didn't fit in and got mad. Anyway, there are lots of blacks driving those expensive cars and sending their kids to private schools as well. And what's wrong with nice cars and private schools, anyway?

As far as the name, there is history behind it. I won't go into the story, but we like the name just fine. Y'all certainly didn't seem to mind coming to Buckhead to party.

[Buckhead_Broker]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Heck, I lived at I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody. It's exactly why I bought there. The location was ideal. Close to downtown and all the trendy intown places, yet far enough away. Close to the far flung suburbs where my friends lived, but not that far out. You can't miss. In my mind, it is THE best ATL location...even better than Buckhead (the stupidest 'effin name for any exclusive area).

Yes, there is a section of Atlanta that is hard for newcomers to break in to (per one of your other posts). You know the ones - late model Volvo's with private school stickers. Anyway, there are lots of blacks driving expensive cars and sending their kids to private schools as well. And what's wrong with nice cars and private schools, anyway?

As far as the name, there is history behind it. I won't go into the story, but we like the name just fine. Y'all certainly didn't seem to mind coming to Buckhead to party.

[Noc]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Heck, I lived at I-285 and Ashford Dunwoody. It's exactly why I bought there. The location was ideal. Close to downtown and all the trendy intown places, yet far enough away. Close to the far flung suburbs where my friends lived, but not that far out. You can't miss. In my mind, it is THE best ATL location...even better than Buckhead (the stupidest 'effin name for any exclusive area).

Buckhead acquired its name from a long-gone local tavern that prominently displayed a large stuffed buck's head

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by Buckhead_Broker

Yes, there is a section of Atlanta that is hard for newcomers to break in to (per one of your other posts). You know the ones - late model Volvo's with private school stickers. And what's wrong with nice cars and private schools, anyway?

Actually, more so than in Dunwoody/Sandy Springs, I saw the Volvo wagons ad nauseum on a morning drive along Rock Springs in Morningside and I ended up somewhere on LaVista/Briarcliff having coffee at the end of my scenic trek before heading back up to my hotel. Nothing wrong it, it was just...oh so pissy and smug...it reminded me how much nicer it is to live in newer housing stock and pay less for it, like what you might get in Roswell or somewhere else and where the people are still, by gosh, sophisticated and interesting.

At any rate, my investigation trip to move back was fruitless, so a Westerner I remain...

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by Noc

Buckhead acquired its name from a long-gone local tavern that prominently displayed a large stuffed buck's head

I did find out about that on my last trip there and NOT when I lived there. I always said one should change the B to an F...hehehe...sick mind. Seriously, it's NOT a nice sounding name, nonetheless, when the Beverly Hills type neighborhoods of cities have B.H. sounding names:

Bel Air or Beverly Hills or Brentwood in LA
Atherton or Los Altos Hills or Lafayette in SF
River Oaks in H-town
Georgetown in DC
...and on and on

I actually rarely went to Buckhead to "party"...I usually just went places with my friends out in the suburbs...

[blackrabbit]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Actually, more so than in Dunwoody/Sandy Springs, I saw the Volvo wagons ad nauseum on a morning drive along Rock Springs in Morningside and I ended up somewhere on LaVista/Briarcliff having coffee at the end of my scenic trek before heading back up to my hotel. Nothing wrong it, it was just...oh so pissy and smug...it reminded me how much nicer it is to live in newer housing stock and pay less for it, like what you might get in Roswell or somewhere else and where the people are still, by gosh, sophisticated and interesting.

At any rate, my investigation trip to move back was fruitless, so a Westerner I remain...

You talk *******s and have an unbelievable chip on your shoulder. FWIW we have a Volvo wagon and send our kids to private school yet guess what? my neighbour who is black drives a Bentley and also has his kids at the same school. We had a beer together yesterday and we were both dicusssing how most of the new builds in our part of Brookhaven are been bought by rich blacks moving to Atlanta. These houses (Windsor Parkway area) start at 1.5 million.

Its not a race thing its a money thing. If you are rich, black or white odds on you will live in Buckhead or close by (inside 285). If you are middle income you will live in Dunwoody or Sandy Springs etc (outside 285).