Where should I live if Cumming doesn't work out? (Atlanta: crime rate, mortgage)

[SeminoleTom]

Hello- Going through a divorce now, have a townhome under contract in south Forsyth county/ Cumming. We are trying to sell our house in north Cumming (still live together) but it is proving to be difficult. Just not a lot of buyers right now.
Say I lose my townhome..... options I'm looking at are Dawsonville, Flowery Branch, Canton, heck I don't know. Cumming is getting expensive, I would like to live within budget.

I was looking at Duluth, Alpharetta and Roswell... just not necessarily a fan of these areas right now between cost, crime, etc.

So that leaves the towns mentioned- Dawsonville, FB, and Canton. I would personally like to live closest to Alpharetta because it's a tech hub and I'm in the field. What do you think? Any opinions on these small towns? Again, I would prefer Cumming, it's the right size, proximity to Alpharetta and closer than the three mentioned) to Atlanta when I need, but I don't think I can find anything else in my range.

Thoughts?
Thanks

[y8tiger]

It's been a long time, but I used to work in Alpharetta and live in Gainesville.

I loved sitting on my deck and watching the sunsets over Lake Lanier with the Mountains in the distance.

Just food for thought.

[Tarzanman]

Crime in Roswell, Alpharetta or Duluth?

I'm very confused. Do you consider those areas dangerous?

[SeminoleTom]

No I don't at all. I was having a bad day when I posted this, and listening to the wrong people. Where politics very subtly gets thrown into every conversation where that "angle" is uesd to try to distort truth.

I'd probably be still looking at those three areas first + south Cumming.

[Citykid3785]

All of the ones you mentioned are viable options. I guess firstly, I would decide if you want to live in a true suburb, or more of an exurb?

I understand proximity to Alpharetta, but how important is proximity to the city or the airport for instance? Or do you prefer a slightly more rural setting?

I mean, Alpharetta and West Roswell would be my personal first choices

[M3Guy]

Originally Posted by SeminoleTom

Hello- Going through a divorce now, have a townhome under contract in south Forsyth county/ Cumming. We are trying to sell our house in north Cumming (still live together) but it is proving to be difficult. Just not a lot of buyers right now.
Say I lose my townhome..... options I'm looking at are Dawsonville, Flowery Branch, Canton, heck I don't know. Cumming is getting expensive, I would like to live within budget.

I was looking at Duluth, Alpharetta and Roswell... just not necessarily a fan of these areas right now between cost, crime, etc.

So that leaves the towns mentioned- Dawsonville, FB, and Canton. I would personally like to live closest to Alpharetta because it's a tech hub and I'm in the field. What do you think? Any opinions on these small towns? Again, I would prefer Cumming, it's the right size, proximity to Alpharetta and closer than the three mentioned) to Atlanta when I need, but I don't think I can find anything else in my range.

Thoughts?
Thanks

High crime in these areas? Seriously? LOL

[cwkimbro]

Originally Posted by SeminoleTom

Hello- Going through a divorce now, have a townhome under contract in south Forsyth county/ Cumming. We are trying to sell our house in north Cumming (still live together) but it is proving to be difficult. Just not a lot of buyers right now.

You're not going to like the answer, but this goes beyond there 'not being buyer's right now.' You likely need to consider reducing your price.

There are buyers right now, demand is pint up, and housing supply on the market is still low. That area is generally a sought out area.

Yes, high mortgage prices are keeping some people from buying right now, but so are high housing prices in general. These same two things are keeping existing homebuyers from leaving/trading up adding to supply as well.

[cwkimbro]

Originally Posted by M3Guy

High crime in these areas? Seriously? LOL

Agreed,

What happens is Alpharetta and Duluth are areas with job centers and more shopping centers per capita.

Exurban areas are primarily bedroom communities only.

What happens is the crime rate is slightly higher, but it is crime happening in the commercial areas and job centers raising the rates. It has no impact on how likely the homeowners in the area would likely be the victim of a crime.

This is because an over simplified way people look at any analyze crime. It is even worse when people only look at stats for cities that don't include unincorporated areas, as the formal cities typically have higher levels of commercial properties.

[tacosman]

Originally Posted by cwkimbro

You're not going to like the answer, but this goes beyond there 'not being buyer's right now.' You likely need to consider reducing your price.

There are buyers right now, demand is pint up, and housing supply on the market is still low. That area is generally a sought out area.

Yes, high mortgage prices are keeping some people from buying right now, but so are high housing prices in general. These same two things are keeping existing homebuyers from leaving/trading up adding to supply as well.

yeah....I agree with this. Lots of buyers. I'm looking in the safe/good parts of VaHi now and if a listing were to come out there that either had teardown potential or was on one of the better streets in the safer part of VaHi and was a turn key house that looked great, had curb appeal, and was priced good.....it would sell within 24 hrs with > 6 offers. So there are definately buyers for good properties priced right.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by tacosman

yeah....I agree with this. Lots of buyers. I'm looking in the safe/good parts of VaHi now and if a listing were to come out there that either had teardown potential or was on one of the better streets in the safer part of VaHi and was a turn key house that looked great, had curb appeal, and was priced good.....it would sell within 24 hrs with > 6 offers. So there are definately buyers for good properties priced right.

While there are incidents of crime like there would be in any urban neighborhood at the heart of any large major metropolitan area in the U.S., VaHi (the Virginia Highland neighborhood) doesn’t really have a reputation of being a truly ‘unsafe’ area, particularly by the standards of an Intown urban neighborhood at the heart of one of the nation’s 10 largest metropolitan areas.

What parts of VaHi do you consider to be ‘unsafe’ or “not good”?