Transplant Areas? (Atlanta, Roswell, Alpharetta: transplants, house, elementary school)

[Motion]

I was wondering with Atlanta having many transplants are there particular areas of the city where certain transplants tend to locate? Do you find a lot of north eastern people in a praticular area and midwest people living in certain areas? I was wondering if transplants from certain backgrounds just naturally find each other in a city?

[matt8325]

It seems like most transplants move to the northern suburbs, despite the fact that traffic is so horrible there.

[neil0311]

Originally Posted by matt8325

It seems like most transplants move to the northern suburbs, despite the fact that traffic is so horrible there.

Traffic is relative to location, route, time of day, and your expectations. I live in the northern suburbs and hardly ever hit traffic. No traffic I have ever hit in my area was worse than traffic I have hit in other cities, but YMMV.

I go to Alpharetta at least once a week from West Cobb, and I don't hit any traffic when I leave my house any time after 7:15am. I sometimes hit traffic on the last mile coming home, but that's usually it. Other people have said they go 5 miles and it takes them an hour, so things are definitely not uniform.

Knowing where you will work and knowing the traffic on your route at the time you will take it would be highly recommended before you decide where to live.

[TakeAhike]

Originally Posted by Motion

I was wondering with Atlanta having many transplants are there particular areas of the city where certain transplants tend to locate? Do you find a lot of north eastern people in a praticular area and midwest people living in certain areas? I was wondering if transplants from certain backgrounds just naturally find each other in a city?

Really and truly--since the late 50's Atlanta has had more people from 'Elsewhere' than natives.

If we were to poll this forum you would quickly see that 4/5 people are transplants and they live all over the metro area.

The Northern suburbs seem to attract the corporate people--management/executives with famililies.

Buford Highway from N. Druid Hills to Buford--more ethnic and I guess that is also considered--'Transplant'.

Where to find the Natives, that is the question. North GA, I imagine. There is a steady migration to the mountains and lakes--away from the 5,000,000/4,000,000+ transplants driving like maniacs in the city.

jmo

TakeAhike

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by matt8325

It seems like most transplants move to the northern suburbs, despite the fact that traffic is so horrible there.

Traffic is horrible at some places and times, and almost nonexistant at other places and times. You can't legitimately generalize half of the metro area with such a broad brush.

My 7+ mile commute each way on the E/W Connector is a breeze, and we almost never encounter traffic issues in the southern half of Cobb county on weekends or in the evenings.

[matt8325]

I don't really consider southern cobb to be the northern suburbs. That's really the western suburbs.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by matt8325

I don't really consider southern cobb to be the northern suburbs. That's really the western suburbs.

Fair enough.

I will say that my brief experience with peak rush-hour traffic on Ashford-Dunwoody near the Perimeter Mall has probably scarred me for life. About five new southbound lanes north of 285 would do that area a lot of good...

[ramblinwreck17]

I don't think there is a particular area for transplants

[Scraper Enthusiast]

Originally Posted by TakeAhike

Really and truly--since the late 50's Atlanta has had more people from 'Elsewhere' than natives.

If we were to poll this forum you would quickly see that 4/5 people are transplants and they live all over the metro area.

The Northern suburbs seem to attract the corporate people--management/executives with famililies.

Buford Highway from N. Druid Hills to Buford--more ethnic and I guess that is also considered--'Transplant'.

Where to find the Natives, that is the question. North GA, I imagine. There is a steady migration to the mountains and lakes--away from the 5,000,000/4,000,000+ transplants driving like maniacs in the city.

jmo

TakeAhike

Trust me, there are plenty of natives. I'd still argue that there is still a majority southern population in metro Atlanta. As far as native Metro Atlantans, probably about forty percent. It's higher in some places than others.

My own opinion:

Area/% of native Metro Atlantans

NE Cobb: 35%
S Cobb: 55%
W Cobb: 45%
S. Cherokee: 50%
C. Cherokee: 55%
E. Cherokee: 30%
E. Douglas: 55%
C. Douglas: 60%
W. Douglas: 60%
N. Fulton: 25%
C. Fulton: 30%
S. Fulton: 45%
Paulding: 70%
Henry: 50%
Coweta: 60%
W. Fayette: 40%
E. Fayette: 60%

[kaday]

I live in East Cobb and I have only met one family in my subdivision of 100 homes that is from Georgia. Everyone is from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Chicago. Our elementary school is pretty much the same. I have many friends is Roswell as well who are transplants from the NE.