I’ve lived north of Atlanta my whole life. (Except for that decade or so that I was in the military). I grew up in East Cobb and the wife and I lived in East Cobb for about 10 years before recently moving to Canton. The area we were out just got to be too busy. Every square inch of real estate was developed beyond its capacity. Traffic was getting to be too much and the noise never stopped. We lived in an older neighborhood with larger (1/2 acre) lots and when we were in our backyard it was never quite. Constant mowers/blowers of the yard crews and traffic from the nearby roads.

We were nervous about leaving the top tier schools we were used to but have been truly surprised at the quality of schools we’re currently in. Our kids were even dreading the move but have actually thanked us bc they’re so much happier.

The Canton area was very rural when I was growing up but it is getting developed. There’s still lots of pasture land but there are also a few big neighborhoods. It seems that the area is also getting pretty affluent. Lots of houses that are between $750k and $1.5mil and any that are being built are in that range.

Currently we’re about 15-20 minutes from Alpharetta and Roswell, 20 minutes to the Marietta Square, Milton is only about 10 minutes away. And even downtown Canton is having some great new places open. Hundreds of excellent restaurants available very close.

Traffic to the airport is way overblown. I’m 55 miles to the employee lot and it takes about 50 minutes normally. The worst I’ve had is about 1:20. But if you leave at the wrong time it could be really bad. You just have to put a little bit of thought into it. I sit short call in my pool without worry. I’ve had them call at 4:00pm on a Friday for an immediate assignment and I just did my normal thing and never heard a peep about it.