Jasper, GA (Atlanta, Marietta, Canton: houses, schools, gated community)

[NeedAChangeFromFL]

Been there, but never stopped in Jasper - don't remember much about it.

Any opinions on Jasper?

[City Fanatic]

Jasper is known as "Georgia's First Mountain City", as it is the first town you come to on GA 515 that has mountains surrounding it.

Jasper, along with Pickens County, is known as the Marble Capital of Georgia, relating to marble that is harvested in the county, particularly out toward Marble Hill in the eastern part of the county.

Jasper is a relatively small town. However, it has seen a lot of development relative to its size over the past ten years. A number of people from counties in the more immediate metro area (for some odd reason: commuting patterns, Pickens is listed as being a part of metro Atlanta) have come to live in Pickens County. The population of the county is about 45,000, whereas it was only anywhere from 20,000-30,000 just ten to fifteen years ago.

The area has some upper-end master planned communities in Big Canoe and Big Tree.

[NeedAChangeFromFL]

Is it a reasonable drive into Marietta? I assume Marietta is the closet city with major-name stores?

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by NeedAChangeFromFL

Is it a reasonable drive into Marietta? I assume Marietta is the closet city with major-name stores?

Not really. Canton has a lot of the popular big box stores in a huge new regional power center, and just about anything you would need for day to day living.

For a major mall, Town Center at Cobb in Kennessaw would be your closest. This is right at the I-75/I-575 split in Northern Cobb County.

Not sure of driving times, but it's a straight shot to both areas on 515/I-575.

[NeedAChangeFromFL]

What about Pickens county schools? We have 4 kids all elementary age and younger...hubby got a job offer up in Jasper, I am just not familiar enough with Jasper to just say OK...know what I mean?

[red neck]

we just bought in sharp mountain perserve in jasper i hope it is not to close to atlanta as we are trying to get away from the heavy traffic. looked like a nice neighbor hood & good deals on foerclosed houses we got ours for 60% less than apprasial..

[johnatl]

^LOL! You will not have to worry about Atlanta traffic up there.

[COUNTRYFRIED]

Originally Posted by red neck

we just bought in sharp mountain perserve in jasper i hope it is not to close to atlanta as we are trying to get away from the heavy traffic. looked like a nice neighbor hood & good deals on foerclosed houses we got ours for 60% less than apprasial..

Yep nothing like getting deals are forclosed homes. With half the state of Florida invading North Georgia hopefully the traffic will keep on getting worse. But at least you moved into a gated community so you probally just got a deal of another Floridian who built another awful subdivision in the Mountains.

[johnnyboy2008]

north point mall in alpharetta is 20 miles away

the big canoe community is very nice but i hear their fees are high

[jam 5]

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