Ron, the area at the intersection of E/W and South Cobb Drive being District 007, not 006. It is almost connected to District 007 and more closely effects District 007. Whereas this area is far away from 006. Not many people live there (Lois Point and a couple others), so I don't think it would shake things up population-wise.

I live in an neighborhood off Camp Highland and don't want to lose our influence over that area when it impacts us so greatly.

I thought all the naysayers were screaming that the city shouldn't be buying those aparment complexes? Also, the city has had a moritorium for several years on apartment construction.

My child just started at Nickajack and most parents seem pretty involved and from affluent households. So don't generalize. I'm not sure what school you are talking about.

I don't agree. You can't have a "one size fits all" approach to the city.

Let's use Belmont and Jonquil village. Belmont Hills and Jonquil Village are two completely different areas. Jonquil is in a much more centrally located residential area whereas Belmont is closer to the fringes of the city.

Furthermore, Belmont Hills is keeping much more with its original design, whereas Jonquil was attempted to be re-designed as a strip mall with an apartment next to it. That's hardly mixed-use.

Additionally, Belmont Hills plans to use an experienced company to manage the apartments.

So I don't think any investor can make a "well you let them do it" argument for most cases.

FUD makes way for clearer thinking, at least when you actually think clearly.

I'm not aware of anything switching from 7 to 6. Do you mean 7 to 4?

And what are the rankings of the PUBLIC schools in Buckhead Roswell Sandy Springs and Dunwoody?

30080, that's rankings in terms of test scores. Not rankings.

I'm not sure where you get your information. :-) Why is your name 30080 if you know so little about Smyrna?

Plus your idea of Smyrna and places like Forsyth is skewed. Smyrna is a middle-class city with pockets of working class areas and pockets of upper-class area. You can't compare Smyrna to some place like Forsyth county which was built in the last 10 years since Forsyth doesn't have any of the poor pockets. Smyrna is a city and has a mix of wealthy and poor areas. However, the land value in Forsyth county is very low, and it is just more suburban. It isn't more affluent or the land value would be higher. But it's not.

Plus, you're wrong on the # of schools. There are ranks of 1-1189. However, many schools are tied for #1 in terms of test scores.

As far as rankings, test scores are not a good way to rank schools. In fact, it can even be a sign that a school is too focused on test scores and not enough on academics
Additionally, to show why test scores are not the best indicator, King Springs is ranked higher in test score even though demographically it is nearly identical to Nickajack in the same school system with the same curriculum. There really isn't much of a difference between the education you get at Nickajack and King Springs or for that matter throughout most of Cobb County.

Additionally, on tests, Kings Springs scored higher than some East Cobb schools. Obviously, the Kings Springs is more affluent than those East Cobb schools.

I'm looking at the crime map, and Dunwoody has a LOT more crime than Smyrna (ignoring Perimeter Center, which is off the charts). I'm not sure how you can say it's more affluent. You seem to be very biased and focus on some factors and not others.

There's an Aldi's on Spring Rd. Aldi owns Trader Joe's. It's not likely Aldi is going to compete with itself. They rarely do that.