Fayetteville, GA (Atlanta, White: neighborhoods, high school, prices)

[Gobucks96]

All,


My family and I (4 small children) will be moving to the Atlanta area in the middle of May. After looking at housing prices and schools, Fayetteville is one of our best options (from an outsider's perspective). My question revolves around North of 54 v South of 54. I have heard that you want to be S of 54. For the locals, is this accurate and why? Is the concern for N of 54 overblown? It is telling that housing prices North of 54 are much cheaper than South but just want to confirm with someone that actually knows what they are talking about.....


Thanks,


Adam

[Newsboy]

This is a complicated issue. In the simplest way I know how to explain this ... Hwy 54 (which is known as Lanier Avenue in Fayetteville and bisects the city east-west) is seen as the dividing line between black and white, even though what's defined as "black and white" in Fayette County is NOT same as other places.

BASICALLY ... The two high school clusters in NORTH FAYETTE (Fayette County High and Sandy Creek High) are about 50 percent black and thus majority-minority, while the two high school clusters in SOUTH FAYETTE (Whitewater and Starr's Mill) are overwhelmingly white. This is NOT a reflection of the economics or academics of any of the schools -- it's just an unfortunate reality about the way the attendance lines are drawn.

There are no bad schools -- and thus no bad neighborhoods -- in Fayette County, IMO.

My family has been in Fayette County since the 1820s (8 generations) and it's a wonderful community.