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Old 12-21-2012, 11:26 AM
 
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East Cobb seems rock solid to me. Why would it go downhill?
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Old 12-25-2012, 07:13 AM
 
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East Cobb certainly doesn't appear "doomed" to me. I have been an East Cobb resident for 17 years, and the main concern I have is traffic, especially in the Merchant Walk area. The traffic on both Johnson Ferry and Roswell road, leading into the intersection of both roads, has continued to get worse. That is due, of course, to the continued building of new stores like Whole Foods, which is good overall for the area, but it's starting to resemble the Barrett Parkway area of Kennesaw. In any event, the schools (Walton, Pope, Lassister) continue to get high marks as far as public schools go, and, as stated, the addition of more retail space makes it a very good place to live. The East Cobb Park was a great addition, and I-75 is close by and an easy way to downtown or out of town. It's still lacking some of the better restaurants and shopping you'll find in Atlanta, but it's as good an area to live in the Atlanta suburbs as anywhere, in my opinion.
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Old 12-25-2012, 08:04 AM
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East Cobb seems rock solid to me. Why would it go downhill?
'Rock Solid' is the same term that came to my mind. You can't underestimate the popularity of this community. My friends that live there wouldn't live any where else.
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Old 12-25-2012, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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If you had to list the areas that are LEAST likely to go through a downward spiral, East Cobb would top my list.
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Old 12-26-2012, 06:12 AM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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'Rock Solid' is the same term that came to my mind. You can't underestimate the popularity of this community. My friends that live there wouldn't live any where else.
Of course, many of them probably don't know much about anywhere else. Nothing wrong with that, of course...
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Old 12-26-2012, 10:07 AM
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Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Of course, many of them probably don't know much about anywhere else. Nothing wrong with that, of course...
Well, off the top of my head, the people I know there were former residents of:
Sandy Springs
Dunwoody
Decatur
Buckhead
San Francisco
Boca Raton
So they do have some basis for comparison.
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Old 12-27-2012, 09:31 AM
 
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Predictions of the death of the suburbs are highly exaggerated. Statistics do show more people moving into the city, but honestly it isn't enough to wipe out areas of the N. Atlanta suburbs that have been nice for multiple generations now. You have to remember these "death of the suburb" claims (if they are even true at all) apply to areas much further out than East Cobb or Dunwoody. In addition, despite the claims that in town schools are "improving", most still lag behind quite a bit. Obviously there are exceptions to this (as I'm sure someone will chime in to prove me wrong). But I'm not sending my kids to an "improving" school to be the guinea pigs.

Even still, some people just like the burbs and don't mind driving a bit to get to a good restaurant a few times per month. If you have 3+ kids, private school is pretty expensive and being able to get an appropriate house in a good school district like East Cobb for 300-400K starts to look pretty appealing.
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Old 12-27-2012, 10:05 AM
 
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But I'm not sending my kids to an "improving" school to be the guinea pigs.
Sending your kids to an "improving" school doesn't equate to making them guinea pigs.

However, I agree that claims about the "death of suburbia" are ridiculous. East Cobb is a great area and I can't see why it won't continue to be.
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Old 12-27-2012, 11:16 AM
 
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Moreover...

Why do so many have to think "either or..."...???

It is better for society and our communities if we think "both and..."


We can have vibrant, livable, healthy city-centers and vibrant, livable, healthy suburbs. In this way, we all get better living options. Both areas can improve and both areas have a lot to learn from each other.

We should not want to see the "demise" of the suburbs now--just like it was no good for anyone to want to see the "demise" of the cities during the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's.

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