re: Buckhead pushing to split off from the declining city of Atlanta

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Except the people I'm talking about are rooting for the collapse thinking that it's happening in a vacuum and wouldn't affect surrounding jurisdictions. If the city of Atlanta went down the toilet and crime skyrocketed even more, what's to stop the POSes from going into "Buckhead City," Brookhaven, Vinings, etc. and causing problems there? None of those areas could build a reverse Berlin Wall.

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It's a reasonable point. But I'd argue Buckhead is the attractive nuisance. Siphoning off Buckhead and making it inhospitable might work, and having your own police force and the like could be a major factor (see places like Peachtree City or Sandy Springs where the PD reputations help a lot).

Of course, that's never going to happen. It would require Buckhead to tone down all the luxury/lounge/high end shite, or at least turn the entire area into one big Bacchanalia that has very little baller appeal.