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Smyrna, GA
Worst place to live around Atlanta -
12/16/2012Smyrna, 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.