West end Westview or Cascade Rd (Heights) near Stabucks areas (Atlanta: homes, neighborhoods)

[Jerry3]

What's best place of these to live?

[cqholt]

Starbucks in those areas? There is a DD and Krispy Kreme on RDA in West End.

[OuiOui]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Starbucks in those areas? There is a DD and Krispy Kreme on RDA in West End.

I think he's asking what's the best place between:


1. West End
2. Westview
3. Cascade Rd near Starbucks


I'm very interesting in seeing the responses! I've got my eye on all these areas.

[Jerry3]

Too many factors to give a straight answer

My ranking

West End and Cascade Heights are on par one though is 90 percent African American and the other is fast gentrifying and closer to downtown

Westview brings up the rear

[Larry X]

Originally Posted by Jerry3

Too many factors to give a straight answer

My ranking

West End and Cascade Heights are on par one though is 90 percent African American and the other is fast gentrifying and closer to downtown

Westview brings up the rear

West End/Westview not 90+% black?

[Larry X]

Depends on what type of person you are. I currently live on Fairburn Rd near Starbucks on Cascade and in transition moving to Westwood near Westview.
From my perspective the people who live near Starbucks on Cascade are more of the middle class black professional Church going bougie type. The people in Westview seem to be your poorer ghetto type, the people in West End are the black conscious type, vegan, Pan African, Nation of Islam, Hebrew Israelites types. Of course all these areas have each type of people innermixed too. IMO can't go wrong in any of these areas just depends on the type of crowd you prefer.

[Atlwarrior]

Housing pricing is significantly less or more in certain areas. You question is to general.

[OuiOui]

Originally Posted by Larry X

Depends on what type of person you are. I currently live on Fairburn Rd near Starbucks on Cascade and in transition moving to Westwood near Westview.
From my perspective the people who live near Starbucks on Cascade are more of the middle class black professional Church going bougie type. The people in Westview seem to be your poorer ghetto type, the people in West End are the black conscious type, vegan, Pan African, Nation of Islam, Hebrew Israelites types. Of course all these areas have each type of people innermixed too. IMO can't go wrong in any of these areas just depends on the type of crowd you prefer.

I love the cultural diversity that currently exists in the West End with the various black conscious folks. I hope that this culture is not lost with the influx of new residents. I definitely lean toward holistic/spiritual/afrocentric/hippy and enjoy the vibe in certain West End spots (Tassili's!). Some of this culture spills over onto Cascade Rd too (Yeye's Botanica).


But really, you can live in Westview or down along Cascade and still be a short ride to the cultural scene in the West End. I don't need to live in West End proper (although I'd like to!), I just want to be close by. I've noticed that you can get larger lots as you go west down the Cascade corridor.


Also, I think public schools matter, even if you don't plan on using them. It's a reflection of your neighbors. Cascade Elementary near Adams Park has decent ratings. West Manor Elementary closer to 285 has good ratings.

[Larry X]

Originally Posted by OuiOui

I love the cultural diversity that currently exists in the West End with the various black conscious folks. I hope that this culture is not lost with the influx of new residents. I definitely lean toward holistic/spiritual/afrocentric/hippy and enjoy the vibe in certain West End spots (Tassili's!). Some of this culture spills over onto Cascade Rd too (Yeye's Botanica).


But really, you can live in Westview or down along Cascade and still be a short ride to the cultural scene in the West End. I don't need to live in West End proper (although I'd like to!), I just want to be close by. I've noticed that you can get larger lots as you go west down the Cascade corridor.


Also, I think public schools matter, even if you don't plan on using them. It's a reflection of your neighbors. Cascade Elementary near Adams Park has decent ratings. West Manor Elementary closer to 285 has good ratings.

True, did you attend the Malcolm X Festival this weekend? I went both days, my favorite ATL Festival.

[residinghere2007]

On the three neighborhoods, I also think it depends on the perspective and what you are looking for.

I think that both West End and Westview are similar, which the comment below kind of made me giggle:

Originally Posted by Larry X

Depends on what type of person you are. I currently live on Fairburn Rd near Starbucks on Cascade and in transition moving to Westwood near Westview.
From my perspective the people who live near Starbucks on Cascade are more of the middle class black professional Church going bougie type. The people in Westview seem to be your poorer ghetto type, the people in West End are the black conscious type, vegan, Pan African, Nation of Islam, Hebrew Israelites types. Of course all these areas have each type of people innermixed too. IMO can't go wrong in any of these areas just depends on the type of crowd you prefer.

I know quite a few people who live in Westview who fit the description of both the West End folks and Cascade folks above.

And FWIW, many of the people described as living in West End actually are kind of poor (black conscious types, Hebrew Israelites, NOI, Pan African, etc.).

I think you find all those types of people all over Atlanta.

Also, I know that West End is not 90% black, I'd say about 75-80% black but not 90% just as a guesstimate.

In regards to my own view of each of the areas described.

West End - close to a train station, has a decent commercial area that is developing. Has lots of parks for young families and is easy for commuting to downtown if you work down town or in the vicinity

West View - not as close to a train station ( a negative IMO). Usually has some cheaper homes versus West End with similar architectural interest. Is close to West End. Is more of a residential area versus a mix IMO of residential and commercial, though there is some commercial on RDA but not as much as West End.

Cascade Heights - as mentioned above, has better schools so IMO would be a better place to buy due to resale being better for families. Also is more of a residential area and is like a suburb in the city IMO. As stated above, more Christian/family types. IMO Cascade probably is 90% (or close) black. Has larger yards than West End/Westview. No close transit options other than the bus (a negative IMO). Has more larger commercial outlets that people frequent more often (grocery stores, Walmart, Home Depot, Starbucks, as mentioned)

If I were looking for a home in Atlanta, I'd personally look toward Westview first because it is cheaper and IMO is basically an extension of West End. Mostly because I always worked downtown and needed to be closer to downtown.

If locations weren't an big deal, I'd go with Cascade due to the natural beauty of the area, close to the nature preserve and there are some small lakes in some of the neighborhoods (Niskey Lake comes to mind). There are also some nicer subdivisions that are newer if I wanted newer construction.

West End was actually my preferred neighborhood when I was looking for a home nearly 10 years ago, but that was back when too many sellers were trying to be too sheisty so I had to look outside the area. At that time, I was a student and could walk to the AUC from West End, which is the primary reason we wanted to buy there. Plus I knew quite a few people in the area.