What do you like and dislike about Atlanta's suburbs (Acworth: houses, landscaping)

[demonta4]

Just want to know what y'all think about the suburbs. For this discussion we'll consider the suburbs anything OTP that's close to the city. Basically Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton, North and South Fulton. This is just a discussion about the suburbs and should not compare the city and the suburbs.

Me personally I wish more of the suburbs we're denser. We really don't have any dense suburbs, just mid to low density. This is a example of what I'm talking about. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mi...5966db!6m1!1e1
The street grid even looks somewhat like Atlanta so I know I can be done.

[red92s]

Oh yes, this is sure to be a productive exercise.

[Gulch]

Makes some popcorn...

[TUMF]

Having once lived in Atlanta (Vinings, Gwinnett, Stone Mountain, Woodstock, Acworth) for 20+ years, one of my biggest pet peeves is the fact that one road can have SEVERAL names...

As an example:
South Harriston Road turns into North Harriston Road, going north... makes sense.
Then it turns into Mountain Industrial Blvd.
Then it turns into Jimmy Carter Blvd.
Then it turns into Holcomb Bridge Rd.
Then it turns into Highway 140
Then it turns into Highway 92
Then it turns into Cowan Rd. where it dead ends into S. Main Street.

Talk about confusing!

And I didn't even mention the 27+/- Peachtree somethings that are in Atlanta....
The city/county designers apparently never talked anything over with each other... they just randomly selected a street name for whatever section they had and ran with it....
(Dang GA Tech engineers...)

GO DAWGS!

[AnsleyPark]

My suburb.

Pros: It is very clean. Drivers drive slowly. Kids play in the parks and community pool. The tennis courts are very nice and I can walk to them. The landscaping is about the prettiest you'll find. It is very diverse. We are close to all of the amenities you could ask for - parks, walking trails, good restaurants nearby. The community orchestra is really good and healthcare is abundant.

Cons: I wish I were closer to Piedmont Park and the Botanical Gardens. I miss seeing the Atlanta skyline. I miss the vibrancy of living in the city (but as I get older I find that becoming less important).

[hautemomma]

My main issue is that the suburbs are not connected. This Metro would be well-served by an outer perimeter in addition to transit that connects the main metro counties.

[TUMF]

Originally Posted by demonta4

Just want to know what y'all think about the suburbs. For this discussion we'll consider the suburbs anything OTP that's close to the city. Basically Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton, North and South Fulton. This is just a discussion about the suburbs and should not compare the city and the suburbs.

Me personally I wish more of the suburbs we're denser. We really don't have any dense suburbs, just mid to low density. This is a example of what I'm talking about. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mi...5966db!6m1!1e1
The street grid even looks somewhat like Atlanta so I know I can be done.

Oh sure.. we need to have each houses residence have the availability to pass the salt shaker thru the window of their next door neighbor... By the time you start your lawn mower, 5 minutes into cutting the grass and you're done. And, with more dense population, air quality goes horribly worse - parking will be a thing of the past - school classrooms will have even higher populated classrooms (with the same amount of teachers so up goes the 'Little Johnny has ADD and needs to be put on meds, discussions) - resulting in even dumber 'graduating' students - who can't get a job (because they didn't get an education) - resulting in more crime, more baby's momma's sitting at home on the couch, watching Jerry Springer eating bon-bon's and collecting government checks....

yeah. Count me out of THAT dense of a city please...

(how'd I do? lol)

[ATLTJL]

The whole point of a suburb is to get away from density.

If you want density, then go live in the city.

That's really the primary defining characteristic between the two. You may as well go live in a city and complain that it's too dense...

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

The whole point of a suburb is to get away from density.

If you want density, then go live in the city.

That's really the primary defining characteristic between the two. You may as well go live in a city and complain that it's too dense...

Tell that to every other major city in the world. I'm not the metro should be non-stop density, but that it should have more options. (Why can't I live in dense walkable neighborhood and have a yard, quiet street, good schools and Applebee's)

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by demonta4

Tell that to every other major city in the world. I'm not the metro should be non-stop density, but that it should have more options. (Why can't I live in dense walkable neighborhood and have a yard, quiet street, good schools and Applebee's)

I lived in Ansley Park for years. We had a dense walkable neighborhood and a yard, quiet streets, good schools, Chick-fil-A, Moe's and a plethora of other chain restaurants.

Oh, just like the burbs.