Johns Creek ranked 14th safest city in nation... (Atlanta, Roswell: 2014, crime)

[atlanta28]

Here's a link:

3 Atlanta suburbs among nation's safest cities | Community Spirit | Johns Creek News

For newcomers and others who are curious, I'm also attaching 2010 Census Demographics (for diversity, a whopping 25% were foreign born):

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/1342425.html

Johns Creek should be strongly considered for those who are seeking diverse, family friendly, safe neighborhoods.

[berkeleylake]

Overall, I like the North Fulton area and feel safe. I don't like the traffic. There is crime in the area, but what I mostly hear about are occasional home burglaries and breaking into cars, not much different than elsewhere in the metro. Previously, I had lived in several areas all over Atlanta and elsewhere.

Not so long ago, I found some relocation guides in printed form and then sought out to see if they were published online, which they were. I had gathered a few for a friend of mine who was moving to the area from out of state. I know nowadays you can look up any information online, but a slick glossy guide is luring to some visitors interested in the areas. I thought I would share a few findings for some areas of North Fulton.


Johns Creek
I love to look at statistics. Here is another plug-in for relocators and readers seeking to move to the area. There is a free glossy Johns Creek guidebook that can be found in grocery stores like Publix or at other high trafficed commerical areas. Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau publishes this yearly glossy book Johns Creek Guidebook 2014-15 for people and businesses seeking to relocate to the general area. There is specifically a lot of demographic information on the 80K people who live in the newly formed (2006) municipality of Johns Creek. The same marketing publisher, Pubman on Powers Ferry Road, created a guide for Buckhead as well.

Alpharetta
There is also one published for nearby Alpharetta Guidebook 2014-15. The Alpharetta guidebook focuses less on demographic crunching and is a bit thinner in terms of pages published and concentrates more on details of businesses, civic organizations and Alpharetta's history of a city going back to the mid-19th century.

Roswell
I couldn't find a similar publication for Roswell, other than this Roswell Guide to Services which focuses mostly on local government services but maybe there are some out there from another publisher. I would be curious about similar marketing guides to other areas of Atlanta.

[Clayton white guy]

The worse thing I ever heard out of Johns Creek were those ultra-scary home invasions last year. Mostly the homes of Indian Americans and the thieves were after their ceremonial jewelry. Were the culprits ever apprehended?

[Plokivos]

hey, my friend lives there.

I feel safe next to a crack house, so it's like this Stafford Wife deal for me.

[WanderingImport]

It seems like an insult to other legitimate cities (such as Atlanta) to call a place like Johns Creek a city.

[Plokivos]

Originally Posted by WanderingImport

It seems like an insult to other legitimate cities (such as Atlanta) to call a place like Johns Creek a city.

are you insulted and also, are you a city?

Johns Creek is developing city, I think.

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by Plokivos

are you insulted and also, are you a city?

Huh?

Originally Posted by Plokivos

Johns Creek is developing city, I think.

Johns Creek is a developing municipality. There is no centralized business district, so not a city in the traditional sense, but the word city could be used as it has been in this thread.

[magnetar]

Originally Posted by atlanta28

seeking diverse

[record screeches to a halt]

You had me up until you said diverse. A town of less than 100,000 with a median income of $109,224, average home price of over $320,000, and 63.5% white population is what I'd call a rich, exclusive community. It's even whiter than the state of Georgia overall, so I'm not sure what it's "diverse" in comparison to, but I'm sure it's a lovely little town.

(why did we start replying to this super old thread?)

[Tarzanman]

It depends on your definition of diversity. 63.5% white isn't horrible... there are certainly whiter areas of Atlanta (Morningside, VA Highland). It is also 23.5% asian, which shouldn't be a surprise because asians are the wealthiest ethnic group in the USA.

[AnsleyPark]

My home town of 200 was called a "city" as that is the legal term for an incorporated municipality in this state. Take no offense to the use of correct terminology.