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Like I said before, Beverly Hills and Palm Beach are indeed an enclave for the rich, complete with a relatively small and walkable high-end retail district. A better comparison for Buckhead would be Bellevue, WA or Tyson's Corner, VA...a rather dense business district surrounded by high end neighborhoods.
Ok. I concur. In my home town of Charlotte, I would put Southpark in that same category. I think the Uptown Houston is the same from what I hear.
Palm Beach is the only thing even remotely close to Beverly Hills in the entire Southeast. The old money there is ridiculous. I used to work in Buckhead and have been all over that area...it's nice, but not on Palm Beach's level.
Palm Beach is the only thing even remotely close to Beverly Hills in the entire Southeast. The old money there is ridiculous. I used to work in Buckhead and have been all over that area...it's nice, but not on Palm Beach's level.
How so? Buckhead has a nice amount of high profiled celebrity citizens and has many high fashion retailers.
How so? Buckhead has a nice amount of high profiled celebrity citizens and has many high fashion retailers.
Buckhead is very nice, but go walk down Worth Ave or drive along A1A and you will find out what truly wealthy is really about. Celebrities, or "new money" cannot even compete with the level of wealth we are talking about...though there is old money in Buckhead. Still, the areas don't compare, shopping or residential. Most any young professional can afford to live in Buckhead. That is simply not the case in Palm Beach...it is extremely exclusive. West Palm Beach is another story. Different city, different people.
Buckhead is very nice, but go walk down Worth Ave or drive along A1A and you will find out what truly wealthy is really about. Celebrities, or "new money" cannot even compete with the level of wealth we are talking about...though there is old money in Buckhead. Still, the areas don't compare, shopping or residential. Most any young professional can afford to live in Buckhead. That is simply not the case in Palm Beach...it is extremely exclusive. West Palm Beach is another story. Different city, different people.
I think I see what you're saying. The criteria for Beverly Hills is that it consist of old money and extremely exclusive type of lifestyle more than just shopping. I find it interesting that until this thread, I had thought I knew what Beverly Hills was about but I am severely mistaken.
Ever heard of Worth Avenue? That street is longer and has more stores than Rodeo Drive...
Um.. let me think... have I heard of Worth Avenue? Uh, do you really want me to answer that question? Worth Avenue is absolutely beautiful but regardless of which street is longer, Buckhead has the highest concentration of upscale stores in this county. The NCAA indirectly capitalized on this fact a few years ago while in Atlanta (I know, how funny is that?). Then beyond Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza is an extremely diverse array of shopping, both upscale and bargin. This is why I said that said that the shopping is better. I won't even bring up the Streets of Buckhead. When I actually take the time to comment on these debates, I'm pulling from both personal experience and factual information. The whole time I was in Miami, I never once heard of anyone refer to Palm Beach as the "Beverly Hills of the South." If you just take the time to google that quote, Buckhead is the word you'll find in nearly all of the links. Another supporter of Palm Beach talked about the amount of "old money" down there. Yes, this may be the case BUT both Buckhead, North Fulton County, East Cobb and the western edge of Gwinnett County are booming affluent areas. By booming I mean they easily surpass the $100,000 per year barrier in terms of household income AND they keep on growing. As a matter of fact, last time I checked-- according to a study done in 2005, West Buckhead (30327) is sole zip code in the American Southeast to rank among the 50 wealthiest zip codes in the nation. Wait, make that in the American South period. Forbes Magazine backed up this claim when they released the 10 most affluent zip codes in the nation. Once again, only one southern zip code made the list and I don't even have to tell you which one. Have you even taken the time to drive West Paces Ferry, Tuxedo, Habersham, Northside, Mount Paran, or really any of the roads in that region? Yes, the biggest estates I've personally seen in Palm Beach are bigger than the biggest estates that I've seen in Buckhead, I give you that. When you're in Buckhead, you can run right out of Buckhead into Sandy Springs and not even know it. Thats the kind of wealth in that region. It just keeps going and going and going. I'll even give a nod in your favor and say that Palm Beach looks more like Southern California in terms of vegetation than does the Piedmont. Like i've said before, Atlanta is the most hated city in America. We all ban together to defend the South from the Northeast but Jesus when that war is over! We just retool and fight amongst each other. I could sit here and spit facts all day and ask for proofs of these retarded claims that people on here make like "young professionals can afford to live in Buckhead but not Palm Beach" when it is a fact that Buckhead has a higher average income than Palm Beach, but in the end it doesn't matter because its Atlanta and for that reason, it gets no credit. Point blank.
Oh, and to the smart aleck that asked if I've ever been to Florida. You ever heard of Tallahassee? Born and raised. To you, maybe thats the real reason why I'm in favor of Buckhead.
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Um.. let me think... have I heard of Worth Avenue? Uh, do you really want me to answer that question?
Worth Avenue is absolutely beautiful but regardless of which street is longer, Buckhead has the highest concentration of upscale stores in this county. The NCAA indirectly capitalized on this fact a few years ago while in Atlanta (I know, how funny is that?). Then beyond Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza is an extremely diverse array of shopping, both upscale and bargin. This is why I said that said that the shopping is better. I won't even bring up the Streets of Buckhead. When I actually take the time to comment on these debates, I'm pulling from both personal experience and factual information. The whole time I was in Miami, I never once heard of anyone refer to Palm Beach as the "Beverly Hills of the South." If you just take the time to google that quote, Buckhead is the word you'll find in nearly all of the links. Another supporter of Palm Beach talked about the amount of "old money" down there. Yes, this may be the case BUT both Buckhead, North Fulton County, East Cobb and the western edge of Gwinnett County are booming affluent areas. By booming I mean they easily surpass the $100,000 per year barrier in terms of household income AND they keep on growing. As a matter of fact, last time I checked-- according to a study done in 2005, West Buckhead (30327) is sole zip code in the American Southeast to rank among the 50 wealthiest zip codes in the nation. Wait, make that in the American South period. Forbes Magazine backed up this claim when they released the 10 most affluent zip codes in the nation. Once again, only one southern zip code made the list and I don't even have to tell you which one. Have you even taken the time to drive West Paces Ferry, Tuxedo, Habersham, Northside, Mount Paran, or really any of the roads in that region? Yes, the biggest estates I've personally seen in Palm Beach are bigger than the biggest estates that I've seen in Buckhead, I give you that. When you're in Buckhead, you can run right out of Buckhead into Sandy Springs and not even know it. Thats the kind of wealth in that region. It just keeps going and going and going. I'll even give a nod in your favor and say that Palm Beach looks more like Southern California in terms of vegetation than does the Piedmont. Like i've said before, Atlanta is the most hated city in America. We all ban together to defend the South from the Northeast but Jesus when that war is over! We just retool and fight amongst each other.
