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03-25-2009, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by neil0311
Given that I chose to live in Cobb....Cobb. Here are some of the reasons in no specific order:
- Well run and managed county with competent and responsive political leaders
- Good schools in most parts of the county
- Housing stock that met requirements
- lower taxes than just about any of the metro counties
- relatively low crime or very low crime in most parts of the county
- variety of retail and commercial business and balanced economy
- Good mix of long time residents and new comers
- Great parks and recreational resources
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Yep, what he said. |
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03-25-2009, 02:55 PM
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Location: Atlanta,Ga
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Obama voter here who would rather live in East Cobb then Dekalb.
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03-25-2009, 03:38 PM
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Still learning all the areas...what exactly is in the NW quarter of DeKalb?
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Originally Posted by LovinDecatur
I love the NW quarter of DeKalb...it's one of my favorite areas of the metro (and where I grew up). However, if I were starting out with a new family today, I would choose east Cobb county. Good schools, better administration, lower crime, more bang for the tax buck.
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03-25-2009, 03:46 PM
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Professional Bit Twiddler
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb)
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Originally Posted by blondandfun
If you love huge SUV's with overweight people and McCain stickers you'll love Cobb.
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Not so many McCain stickers in central and south Cobb.  Let the conservative elements of the county live in their northeastern sanctuary...
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Cobb=stuck in civil war past... literally, go to the Cobb county courthouse and it looks like you stepped back in time 40 years... LOL, gaudy interior decorations with civil war paintings adorn the walls...Cobb county's central city, Marietta, is a slum-town full of washed up old lawyers and street corners filled with illegal aliens begging for work. Go to downtown Decatur in Dekalb and it feels like you travelled ahead in time 50 years... I"M NOT KIDDING!
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Marietta is one of the several towns in Cobb, and it has the Big Chicken. What else could one want? 
The Big Chicken, Marietta, Georgia
Big Chicken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smyrna is a wonderful town, Vinings 30339 is one of the hottest ZIP codes in the Atlanta metro area for housing, Kennesaw Mountain is in the middle of the county with all of its historic significance, and there are at least two nice theatres (the Mable House Amphitheatre and the Cobb Energy Center) where one can watch all sorts of events w/o having to drive into Atlanta proper. There are other nice areas, too. East Cobb claims to be nice, for example. 
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03-25-2009, 03:47 PM
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Dreamin' of the Rare White ATL Christmasl'. Yes.
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Location: NE ATL
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Originally Posted by noah
Still learning all the areas...what exactly is in the NW quarter of DeKalb?
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Dunwoody/Perimeter Mall/Brookhaven |
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03-25-2009, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by noah
Still learning all the areas...what exactly is in the NW quarter of DeKalb?
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Pretty much Decatur City, Druid Hills, Emory, North Decatur, North Druid Hills, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Oak Grove, Toco Hill, Northlake, Embry Hills, etc.
Pretty much - I may have missed a few. |
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03-25-2009, 03:56 PM
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Location: Decatur and St Simons Island, GA
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Originally Posted by johnatl
Pretty much Decatur City, Druid Hills, Emory, North Decatur, North Druid Hills, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Oak Grove, Toco Hill, Northlake, Embry Hills, etc.
Pretty much - I may have missed a few.
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Yep, pretty much...although I think Northlake and Embry Hills are more NE DeKalb. |
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03-25-2009, 03:59 PM
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^Yep, I was just imagining a map, and that seems correct.
86 Northlake and Embry Hills!
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03-25-2009, 04:02 PM
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Dreamin' of the Rare White ATL Christmasl'. Yes.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NE ATL
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LOL---on my special map Buford Hwy divides NE/NW.
j/k
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03-25-2009, 04:07 PM
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Location: Atlanta
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Originally Posted by TakeAhike
LOL---on my special map Buford Hwy divides NE/NW.
j/k
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LOL! I would LOVE to have a peek at this "special map!" |
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