Review of Smyr,


Worst place to live around Atlanta
Star Rating - 12/16/2012
Smyrna, Ga is the worst place to live because it is low income with a 10% unemployment rate. Large retailers have left the area with the exception of Walmart. The housing market took the biggest hit in Smyrna because the homes were that of blue collar manual laborers. The foreclosures are extremely distressed and sell for around $20,000 to $60,000. If you buy a house in Smyrna to be close to the airport, downtown and Buckhead consider that you will be traveling back to those places for your entertainment as well. There is nothing to do in Smyrna. Do you want to drive 20 to 30 minutes for cheap housing? The nearest whole foods is in Marietta. The nearest bookstore is by Cumberland mall in Atlanta. I bought a house in Smyrna in 1999 and put $50,000 worth of upgrades including a salt water inground pool and hot tub and it appraised and just sold for what I bought it for in 1999. I am told that I must consider myself lucky because at least I am not in an upside down mortgage and I was able to sell and get out of this area. I have a child now and the schools are horrible with gang violence, poor academic curriculums (crct prep only to pass a test - no projects, no field trips, just teachers yelling at children and telling them they don't get paid enough to teach.) the demographics of Smyrna are majority black, hispanic and the rest old, fixed income, empty nesters, whites. Do not waste your time or money on this area.
Jenny | Smyrna, GA
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Wow! What crawled up into Jenny's a$$? She must have lived in the worst part of Smyrna possible, because I've lived in Smyrna for 17 years and have never seen the place she describes! Oh, and Cumberland Mall is closer to my house than Lenox is to the Governor's Mansion, too close, frankly. And on bookstores, have you noticed that Barnes and Noble, the store you refer to, is the only real bookstore around these days? They are in a perfect spot, practically in Smyrna. It does not make economic sense to have another one in Market Village! I like my convenience to all the great shopping, dining, and entertainment, without the traffic and crime. As a realtor and CPA, whatever made you dream that your property value would go up by adding a swimming pool? We usually knock off a few grand for those! As far as not much going on in Smyrna, how about a Braves game. Betcha won't be able to do that in Buckhead any time soon. And that 10 minute drive to Vinings...gruesome (sarcasm). I kind of like the Atlanta Home Show and others at the Galleria, too. If you don't like the schools, take your kids out of government schools. I guarantee they're just as bad most other locations, i.e., school district is not what's wrong with the schools! Finally, last time I checked, I'm not even an "old, fixed income, empty nester"! Have a nice life, Jenny, and please don't come back to Smyrna, or any place else I might be living in the future.
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