Originally Posted by andy171773

Marietta, is a midsized satellite city that has quite a few nice parts, about a 30 minute drive. Nicest part near ATL is Buckhead, you'll find that up off 85 near PDK airport. 'spensive though. about a 25 minute drive. (Mind you traffic in this city rivals LA..so 25 minutes is a conservative guess)

Also Vinings, GA is really nice. Definitely look north, stay away from west/southwest and south atlanta. There are some nice parts east, in Decatur (mostly near Emory University). But Atlanta is a VERY VERY hit or miss city, literally it can be really nice one block, but the next can be the ghetto. (Never seen anything like it in any city i've ever lived in).

If you have kids, and schools are important, Cobb county is one of the fastest growing and best funded school systems in the country, Paulding county is also exploding (north of Cobb...a little further out up 75)

N.E. Atlanta is somewhat of a mystery to me, I know stone mountain has some not so nice parts around it..but as I said, this city is very hit or miss and generally speaking N of the city is fine.

PM me if you need anything else buddy, g'luck!