Upper Westside and West Midtown is quickly filling in. (Atlanta: 2015, garden)

[primaltech]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

I see places like blandtown as sub section of the west side like downtown, midtown and buckhead have neighborhoods with in.

So I don't see the conflict both names can be kept one is tradition and specific the other a broader area.

I guess if they want to, but I don't really see the point for Blandtown.

What you said definitely applies to the Howell Station neighborhood. It's also part of the Westside.

[primaltech]

On this subject, I think the Underwood Hills, Berkeley Park, and Loring Heights neighborhoods (legit, active neighborhoods), should be considered part of the larger Westside area/district. Sub-neighborhoods, like Howell Station.

Instead of all that just being lazily called 'Buckhead'. Buckhead is an overly huge district. If you want to talk about an area that would benefit with more local neighborhood identity, it's Buckhead, which just gets all lumped together. When those areas all have individual character. Brookwood is way different than Chastain Park, but it's all just called Buckhead. Never liked that.

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by primaltech

I doubt there are many long-term residents are of this area, if ANY at all:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bl...!4d-84.4251439

There aren't even any houses SFH neighborhoods that I can see. This area was a warehouse district for a long time, industrial wasteland, until the last decade when new apartments and gentrification came. I bet the majority of the residents of Blandtown don't know they live in Blandtown, have never even heard of Blandtown.

What it used to be a long time ago is irrelevant. What it is now is the Westside. (Personally I like Westside better than West Midtown, but I guess they're the same)

I don't like West Midtown either but Westside refers to the entire area west of Downtown. It can't be used as a neighborhood name.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by primaltech

On this subject, I think the Underwood Hills, Berkeley Park, and Loring Heights neighborhoods (legit, active neighborhoods), should be considered part of the larger Westside area/district. Sub-neighborhoods, like Howell Station.

Instead of all that just being lazily called 'Buckhead'. Buckhead is an overly huge district. If you want to talk about an area that would benefit with more local neighborhood identity, it's Buckhead, which just gets all lumped together. When those areas all have individual character. Brookwood is way different than Chastain Park, but it's all just called Buckhead. Never liked that.

As a former resident of the first two neighborhoods (UH & BP), I've never heard those places ever be considered part of Buckhead.

[tikigod311]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

I see places like blandtown as sub section of the west side like downtown, midtown and buckhead have neighborhoods with in.

So I don't see the conflict both names can be kept one is tradition and specific the other a broader area.

I have to agree with this. I don't want to erase history or let developers define our city. But as a resident of Berkley Park, it's so much easier to say West Midtown (I'm in a weird part of Berkley Park). Everyone knows where that is.

Looking at a map of Atlanta, what I would call Buckhead has 10+ neighborhoods in it. It makes sense to have a name for a larg section of town, then drill down to the neighborhood

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by demonta4

I don't like West Midtown either but Westside refers to the entire area west of Downtown. It can't be used as a neighborhood name.

Yeah...when I hear people refer to "Westside" on this forum, they seem to almost always be referring to areas like Capitol View and West End up to Bankhead and Grove Park. Add in the areas up to Underwood Hills, Bolton, and Riverside, and the area becomes massive. But, breaking everything down to three-block wide neighborhoods is a little too detailed for general conversation. I live in "Upper Westside" and couldn't name half the apparent neighborhoods around me, as most of them have no real identity. I could not have told you where Loring Heights was before tonight, and it's just down the road from me.

Originally Posted by Gulch

As a former resident of the first two neighborhoods (UH & BP), I've never heard those places ever be considered part of Buckhead.

People have listed their houses in my neighborhood, off Marietta Blvd. as being in Buckhead. Hell no, we aren't in Buckhead.

[primaltech]

Google Maps (often wrong) says Buckhead includes Underwood Hills and Brookwood, but not BP or LH:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bu...!4d-84.4067574

And oddly enough, not Cross Creek which is very Buckhead-y and is in 30327.

Wikipedia says Underwood Hills is in Buckhead:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwood_Hills,_Atlanta

And that Loring Heights is in Buckhead:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring_Heights,_Atlanta

But for some reason not Berkeley Park? That can't be right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Park

And I believe all of the areas feed to Buckhead schools, and the city officially considers it all Buckhead? Not sure.

Armour is also considered Buckhead, but has no road connections to Buckhead. Silly.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by tikigod311

I have to agree with this. I don't want to erase history or let developers define our city. But as a resident of Berkley Park, it's so much easier to say West Midtown (I'm in a weird part of Berkley Park). Everyone knows where that is.

In the past I had to do similar for Kirkwood, I had to say East Atlanta or Candler Park. The more you use Berkeley Park the more you are spreading the name and location. Stay Strong!

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by primaltech

Google Maps (often wrong) says Buckhead includes Underwood Hills and Brookwood, but not BP or LH:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bu...!4d-84.4067574

And oddly enough, not Cross Creek which is very Buckhead-y and is in 30327.

Wikipedia says Underwood Hills is in Buckhead:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwood_Hills,_Atlanta

And that Loring Heights is in Buckhead:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring_Heights,_Atlanta

But for some reason not Berkeley Park? That can't be right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Park

And I believe all of the areas feed to Buckhead schools, and the city officially considers it all Buckhead? Not sure.

Armour is also considered Buckhead, but has no road connections to Buckhead. Silly.

All this back and forth, the official City of Atlanta neighborhood map: http://gis.atlantaga.gov/docs/Neighborhoods.pdf

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by cqholt

All this back and forth, the official City of Atlanta neighborhood map: http://gis.atlantaga.gov/docs/Neighborhoods.pdf

I'm in a no-name outlined area. I guess we have no history. Therefore, insofar, ipso facto, wherefore, and thusly, the name "Upper Westside" can be applied.