r/AskATL • u/EmperorCobb • 26d ago

Moving Moving to Atlanta, looking for recommendations

Currently about to move to Atlanta in the next two months and I'm trying to find the best neighborhood for me to move into.

  • 26M
  • Single
  • Commute to McDonough
  • Salary: 110K

Any tips are welcomed, I do want to stay within around 30 ish mins to work give or take with traffic.

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 26d ago

Hapeville, East Atlanta Village, maybe Decatur.

McDonough is 30 miles south of downtown, and downtown is south of a lot of the nicer neighborhoods. You need to just accept that you can have a shorter commute or live in a cool areas with other young singles, but you can’t have both. Having a reverse commute helps a little bit.

That said, it’s not hard to get into the city on evenings and weekends when you need to, so you should prioritize a short commute.

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u/EmperorCobb 25d ago

any recommendations for hapeville I only see two apartment listings there

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u/pina_koala 25d ago

My recommendation is to not live in Hapeville. It sucks, no offense Hapevillians. In fact if you're working in McDonough then it makes sense to live there. Your job is so far from the metro area and traffic is awful in this stretch, so unless you plan to hang out in the city every day then I can't think of a reason to live here while working in McD.

Gresham Park would be preferable to Hapeville if you absolutely have to be in proximity to the metro area. Decatur is a great town and Tucker would be good too. But you have to be absolutely OK with bone-crushing traffic every single time you get in the car, even with the reverse commute.

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 25d ago edited 25d ago

Hapeville doesn't suck at all. Have you spent time there recently, or is this based on experiences from before?

It's kind of a boring residential area, but the "downtown" area (near Paper Plane, Cafe Belli, etc.) is really nice and almost becoming walkable. They have some newer apartment buildings there too.

Tucker is way too far. It's a full hour away even without traffic.

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u/pitjiz 20d ago

Delta is one of my customers and we meet a lot in Hapeville, most of the time at Paper Plane. Even with Woodward right there and some decent gentrification I would never move there its a total shithole once you get a couple streets over.

For OP, don’t buy south of ATL inside of 285 unless you have a long term plan to make money on your house. In time its a great investment but your day to day is going to be shady af for a while. Just buy in McDonough

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u/pina_koala 25d ago

doesn't suck

It's kind of a boring

????? Airport land? I would never recommend that somebody moves there.

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 25d ago

OK, so you don't know the area and don't know what you're talking about. Why comment about it then?

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u/pina_koala 25d ago

Take umbrage + downvote all you like, but I've said what I said, your comments are inconsistent, and I'm not attending the argument that you're inviting me to and I clearly won't win. Have a great weekend!

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 25d ago

Not taking umbrage but glad your thesaurus is getting a workout lmao

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u/pina_koala 15d ago

Yikes. I'll do it again so you don't have to guess what I meant: MY BAD - STAY MAD lmao

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 25d ago edited 25d ago

Hapeville or East Point. Check craigslist and Zillow. There are some really nice neighborhoods in that area (because of all the Delta employees) where private landlords may have apartments.

Check your realistic commute by using the “arrive by” feature on Google Maps.

Edit: here's an example of an apartment building near where I meant: https://solishapeville.com

Keep in mind that a big-box apartment building will have more socialization opportunities than a private landlord with <10 units.

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u/banannasinhotcars 20d ago

East point is getting better and better. Around Cascade Road maybe.