Buckhead (Atlanta, Boston: apartments, condos, crime)

[E. E.]

Hi! I would really appreciate if people who live in Atlanta could answer my following questions about Buckhead.

What's the demographics?

Nightlife, restaurants, and shopping?

How's the crime rate?

How would you sum up the people who live in that area?

How's the quality of life in the area?

What's the average lifestyle?

What's the atmosphere like?

And any other information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[bostonbaby]

Great thread!
We are relocating to Buckhead as well, I found cool the website from the city itselt.
Buckhead.com

It tells you all the shopping restaurants and stuff.
Read my postings as well, you may find them productive. Seems a nice place, we are relocating with kids so it does have life and good schools.
hope this helps

[xxman777]

Buckhead is a huge area so some of this stuff can vary greatly from one part to another. Buckhead is known as a the upper class, conservative part of town. There is a lot of shopping there (two very classy malls, lots of strip malls), lots of bars and restaurants. There has been a a lot of crime in the past but the local interests as well as the City of Atlanta has been doing a lot to fix up its image. There isn't much of a crime problem anymore relative to similar areas in other major cities. There are lots of massive mansions and high price condos in the area but there are also run down apartments which are filled with service workers. Residential can really range from one part to another so it depends on where you are talking about. I think Buckhead feels kind of stuck up and prefer other parts of the city but a lot of people like it so it depends on your preferences. There are many recent threads on Buckhead so do a search on Buckhead for more info.

Check this for recent threads on Buckhead: http://www.city-data.com/forum/searc...archid=1128801

[lastminutemom]

Buckhead is not a city, but is part of the City of ATlanta (just to claify)

[E. E.]

^^ I know. Thanks to everyone who gave me information!

[bostonbaby]

I've researched a lot.. to me this is the place we've found closest to our Bostonian life, lots of things to do and nightlife.