We lived in East Cobb until a little over 7 years ago, SC coast now. I actually grew up in E. Cobb from the time I was 14. Our daughter went to Mt. Bethel elementary, Dickerson middle and Walton high and I attended Walton.
Very good schools, some of the best in the ATL area. Transitioning from Walton to college was no issue for our daughter, she was well prepared both scholastically and in workload management.
Yes the traffic can be a PITA, but doing it once a week is tolerable. My wife had to drive to Coke HQ every day and that was another matter.

As someone who went to those PTC schools, they are hard to beat. Of course I need two hands to count the amount of current Delta pilots from my graduating class.

The only schools that could compete with us academically and in sports were some Cobb schools and whatever private one was up north.

Right now Buford and Forsyth counties place above Fayette county in school district rankings. Nobody is saying PTC has bad schools by any means. You just don't have a monopoly on all the good schools in the ATL area.

As an ATL local I don't get why Peachtree mafia is so fanatical about defending the greatness of their school district. Gotta somehow justify moving to the most meh area around the city I guess?

20 years ago Buford and Forsyth were the boonies. Hell, PTC was the boonies when I first moved there but the schools were the best.

Just like it’s the favorite APC thing to bash PTC, it was (and still is) a nice, safe place to raise a family. Raging around in golf carts as a teenager before they starting registering them was quite nice too.

I left GA years ago and no chance I’m moving back.

You can’t hold Minny ? 🙃

Currently I commute out of the South Florida to the Northeast. So an hour commute wouldn’t be a concern. One of the concerns would be while on Short Call Reserve to be close enough to make it to ATL for the report time. That’s a consideration factor of where to live.

There is no preference over North or South Atlanta. Both my wife and I are unfamiliar with the area except for College Park is where they chop cars.

We enjoy the outdoors, running on trails, cycling (Road and Gravel), fishing, and playgrounds for kids. Schools are important, but we also want to live somewhere where there are activities to do, restaurants, stores and is an enjoyable place to live.

I’d say come up for a weekend in the Spring (if you can. Spend a day in PTC, and spend a day in some of the Northern suburbs. See which you vibe with more.

there really is a spot for everyone within short call range. And if you ever get a wild hair to do Cp, Duty Pilot, SLI, Tech Pilot, etc… you can as a local. 👍

There are plenty of good school districts in the burbs, north and south.

I agree with the above. Come visit. We did a lot of research and picked two areas we thought we would like Drove around them and neither was for us. Turns out research was good but no substitute for walking the ground.

Good hunting, driving to work turns a good job into a fantastic one

Signed--a guy who doesnt play golf but owns a pretty nice golf cart

PTC is literally a "bubble" that exists south of ATL. It has a lot to offer including great schools, but it's distinctly separated from ATL proper. Kind of it's own thing.

North side is more ATL suburb (unless you go REAL north.) Not saying that this is a bad thing, at all. Just that PTC is a bit more "detached" from the metropolis that is ATL.

SC is "Promptly Available" in "Normal Traffic"

So if you can be at the airport in 2-ish hours driving the speed limit with whatver time you need to get out of the house, you are legal.

I've taken 3-4 hours to parking lot (and another 30 to gate) for SC assignments that are "get here ASAP". Not my fault they called to the furthest airport (granted that's not an ATL thing) at peak rush hour in a snowstorm. I'll get there when I safely can. Under 100 miles is easily defensible. 120 if you are right off the interstate might be.