Atlanta Neighborhood Survey

I am currently in my 8^th year of living in Atlanta, and I thought I knew the city pretty well. I went to college at Emory, lived in Druid Hills, read Creative Loafing, attended openings at Beep Beep, bought all my presents at Young Blood and never, ever drank Pepsi. Yes, I knew all there was to know about Atlanta. Then my boyfriend decided he might buy a house, and I decided to help him look.

I had no idea. For example, did you know that there are things on the west side of 75/85? Other than Georgia Tech? And to the south – there’s like a whole other city down there! A laundry list of neighborhoods I had never heard of, let alone been to.  In theory, I understood that there were things outside the snug comfort of my lower northeast enclave, but I never really considered it. Now I have begun to wonder – what are people up to over there? How can I have no clue what 3/4^ths of Atlanta is like and still be a good Atlanta citizen, let alone a good Atlanta architect?

This will be a regularly occurring column where I take the opportunity to educate myself and anyone else who might be interested on Atlanta neighborhoods that I don’t already know about. Which is apparently a lot. Every other week I will investigate and profile a different Atlanta neighborhood. Midtown will not be one of them. Or will it?

Next issue: Vine City