Most coveted parts of town

[George Chong]

Just look at the median home price according to C-D:

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007 for zip code 30327: $837,298

30327: $837,298 Georgia: $164,500

Buckhead received it's name because hunters use to display their hunting prize, a buck's head in the area known as Buckhead. At one time, West Paces Ferry Road was just a few plantations. You can still see the graciousness of the properties as you drive West Paces.

It is where the old money of Atlanta reside.

Buckhead - Atlanta, Georgia - 2300 Peachtree Road

[Shagbark Hickory]

That's where the money is.

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by Hotlanta2

I've heard that Buckhead is really something! I'm not sure what, but that's what I've heard!

Picture the nicest parts of West L.A., but with much larger lots and a hardwood forest canopy that feels like you're in a National Park.

Now add in adjacent retail that happens to be the best in this region of the country, along with a thriving restaurant and upscale hotel scene.

Wala - Buckhead!

[Hotlanta2]

Originally Posted by johnatl

Picture the nicest parts of West L.A., but with much larger lots and a hardwood forest canopy that feels like you're in a National Park.

Now add in adjacent retail that happens to be the best in this region of the country, along with a thriving restaurant and upscale hotel scene.

Wala - Buckhead!

Jesus that sounds great. Not that I can afford it, but it sounds fantastic.

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by Hotlanta2

Jesus that sounds great. Not that I can afford it, but it sounds fantastic.

I've been in some of the most expensive suburbs of the U.S.; IMO Buckhead can hold it's own against any of them. I find that it has a very similar feel in places to Greenwich and Darien, CT, Lake Forest and Winnetka, IL.

[masonbarge]

Just a few random thoughts:

Buckhead is quite large and includes a variety of actual neighborhoods. In general, though, it's where 1) the older "native" white middle-class Atlantans tend to live, and 2) higher end retail stores are located. "Southern gentry" from other towns/cities also tend to congregate in the area.

The poshest "old Atlanta" section lies on both sides of West Paces Ferry Road, Tuxedo Park to the north and the Andrews Drive part of Haynes Manor area to the south. This is where you find intown houses over $10 million. There are also a couple of nice condos along Peachtree where older folks and celebrities (Elton John for instance) live.

Brookhaven, although it has a different name, is just a designation for the northern part of this enclave.

Brookhaven, Haynes Manor, Brookwood Hills and (to a degree) Ansley Park get the old Atlanta upper middle class. There is also a fairly large area of houses in the $1.5-$4 million range with large wooded lots that would probably just be called "Buckhead". It's a large area and includes a few locator names like "Chastain". You'll also find some little enclaves of very private $10M + homes in the northwest.

There are some areas north of town that are quite posh. A lot of athletes and other "new rich" live up that way -- I know the Country Club of the South, running in the $3-4M range, is popular with the Braves. Dunwoody and parts of Sandy Springs tend to attract newer residents in the $1M-$2.5M range.

I don't mean to state or imply that you won't find any transplanted New Yorkers on Peachtree Battle Ave. or any conservative old Atlantans in Ansley, but I think overall my characterizations are correct.

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by masonbarge

Just a few random thoughts:

Buckhead is quite large and includes a variety of actual neighborhoods. In general, though, it's where 1) the older "native" white middle-class Atlantans tend to live, and 2) higher end retail stores are located. "Southern gentry" from other towns/cities also tend to congregate in the area.

The poshest "old Atlanta" section lies on both sides of West Paces Ferry Road, Tuxedo Park to the north and the Andrews Drive part of Haynes Manor area to the south. This is where you find intown houses over $10 million. There are also a couple of nice condos along Peachtree where older folks and celebrities (Elton John for instance) live.

Brookhaven, although it has a different name, is just a designation for the northern part of this enclave.

Brookhaven, Haynes Manor, Brookwood Hills and (to a degree) Ansley Park get the old Atlanta upper middle class. There is also a fairly large area of houses in the $1.5-$4 million range with large wooded lots that would probably just be called "Buckhead". It's a large area and includes a few locator names like "Chastain". You'll also find some little enclaves of very private $10M + homes in the northwest.

There are some areas north of town that are quite posh. A lot of athletes and other "new rich" live up that way -- I know the Country Club of the South, running in the $3-4M range, is popular with the Braves. Dunwoody and parts of Sandy Springs tend to attract newer residents in the $1M-$2.5M range.

I don't mean to state or imply that you won't find any transplanted New Yorkers on Peachtree Battle Ave. or any conservative old Atlantans in Ansley, but I think overall my characterizations are correct.

I think that they are, too. I would assert, however, that Ansley Park was largely abandoned by the old money for a period of time (mainly the 40's, 50's and 60's) when Midtown in general went into decline. I think the average AP resident would be characterized as a new generation of money and not someone that grew up there. Buckhead residents, out of any neighborhood in this city, would tend to have residents that are multigenerational.

[masonbarge]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

I think that they are, too. I would assert, however, that Ansley Park was largely abandoned by the old money for a period of time (mainly the 40's, 50's and 60's) when Midtown in general went into decline. I think the average AP resident would be characterized as a new generation of money and not someone that grew up there. Buckhead residents, out of any neighborhood in this city, would tend to have residents that are multigenerational.

Oh, no argument about it. The first rich people suburb was Inman Park. The second, Ansley Park, started when Rhodes built Rhodes Hall. (Midtown was a middle to upper-middle class suburb -- my grandfather, who grew up in West End, built a house there in 1912.)

All of these became extremely blighted by the 1950's. The mansions of Ansley Park were by and large subdivided into boarding houses. Midtown and Inman Park did much worse, becoming hangouts for drug dealers and prostitutes. Ansley started turning around in the late 60's. Inman Park was trying in the 70's but it was a long process.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by johnatl

Picture the nicest parts of West L.A., but with much larger lots and a hardwood forest canopy that feels like you're in a National Park.

Now add in adjacent retail that happens to be the best in this region of the country, along with a thriving restaurant and upscale hotel scene.

Wala - Buckhead!

Described perfectly...


And Buckhead has a beautiful, high-rise skyline right next to the bucolic, forested neighborhoods.