SperlingViews - Smyrna, Georgia

Smyrna/Vinings area is a short commute to downtown, the airport and close to shopping & venues. Wide variety of homes and price ranges. The city has a walking trail system that extends through several counties. The Vinings area is trendy and nouveau. Smyrna proper has invested in redevelopment to create several work, live & play neighborhoods. Though Cobb county schools are highly rated, the high schools in Smyrna are not. The HS are Title I schools mainly because the district rezoned the attendance areas and are now feeding students in from other areas to conform to the No Child Left Behind Act. Many parents enroll their children in the variety of highly rated private schools. It is definitely an attractive & convenient are of town if you can afford private schools for children in the upper grades. [read more...]

on my stay in atl, smyrna, vinings,, those are the most polite and patient people i have every seen,,, I was really impressed...[read more...]

Smyrna is a suburb of Atlanta, about 17 miles north of the city. It is rapidly developing as one of the best places for the dollar with a reasonable commute into Atlanta. [read more...]

Chicago to Atlanta was an enlightening experience. The facts of life: When you have money and resources, you can make a great home and life for yourself in any city when others cannot do so because the resources will not permit, period. You do get to choose the climate in which you will live with and without money. Or, if you cannot, then prepare for Atlanta's wet, rainy, dreary days on end without sun. This ain't no Denver, Colorado or San Diego, California. Adjust to days without sun. People are very friendly here. I think customer service is great here comparatively speaking. Far better than Chicago's very poor customer service mentality. Bad customer service here is still better than good service in Chicago. Atlanta Metro, Sandy Springs, the North Suburbs and Smyrna areas are just wonder areas to live. I enjoy Cobb County. Law enforcement is on task. The housing options range for all kinds of income levels. Heart of Atlanta and the south, east and west areas of Atlanta, areas near the airport are not attractive to me personally. Even if there are beautiful affordable housing in the nearby beautiful enclaves. I am looking to buy neighborhood and community social activities, not just housing and nearby malls. That's Qualtiy of life for me. Highway traffic is the most efficient way to travel in Atlanta Metro frustrating as it may be. However, traveling thru the city, you are well advised to get maps, Garmins and other navigational devices if you are avoiding the highways. The downside to Atlanta travel is not the traffic - like most city during rush hour - its that the metro area is not on a gridiron. So leaving and entering a new metro area city or county can take place in the blink of an eye that's confusing and disorienting. Secondly, when you leave the Highways 285, 75, or 85, you don't have a straight shot to anywhere. The street patterns in Atlanta Metro area is very convoluted. Now that's frustrating at first. Got to get used to that. Get the navigational devices in every one of your cars, hand-held device is necessary. This financial crisis has hit everywhere if you are mid-income. Atlanta just does appear to be suffering. That's refreshing coming out of Chicago. An Atlanta Fan [read more...]

I agree with some of the other postings... If you're not Baptist, you may not want to publicize it that much... I grew up in a northern suburb of the city, and remember all-to-well, being told I was "going to hell" because I was Catholic. Atlanta is a strong religious community (very appealing to some), but also very opinionated, and not shy about sharing it (in the most "christian way" of course).[read more...]

The public transportation system in and around Atlanta is terrible. They need to step it up to cities like Chicago and New York.[read more...]