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re: Has any county changed as much as Clayton County, GA
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:29 pm to Paul Allen
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:29 pm to Paul Allen
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I lived briefly in East Cobb in 2005. It was awesome. I know that’s 21 years ago. Last time I was there was 2016. It looked pretty much the same, but that was 10 years ago. Is this still the case nowadays or is it not as nice as it once was?
By 2005, East Cobb was pretty much built out, and the malignant sprawl moved to West Cobb, my homeland.
Today East Cobb is still "nice" demographically, compared to many other places around ATL metro. I have always thought East Cobb felt plastic to me. Like cheap and fake and nothing of character.
Now the problem is that you aren't on the fringe of ATL anymore. It used to be 25 minutes to downtown, and 25 minutes from "country". Now that "country" is completely and fully developed and you're boxed in. A "can't get there from here" scenario.
This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 12:31 pm
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:40 pm to SquatchDawg
I grew up in Griffin and Clayton County/Morrow area was where we went to go somewhere nice. Ha ha Southlake mall and steak and ale was the shite. Hell I ask my wife to marry me at the red lobster near Southlake Mall. 
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:41 pm to deeprig9
*cracks knuckles*
what would you guys like to know about the demographic shifts of the south metro
what would you guys like to know about the demographic shifts of the south metro
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:42 pm to LanierSpots
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I grew up in Griffin and Clayton County/Morrow area was where we went to go somewhere nice. Ha ha Southlake mall and steak and ale was the shite. Hell I ask my wife to marry me at the red lobster near Southlake Mall.
We used to drive 45 minutes to go buy CDs at Best Buy.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:43 pm to deeprig9
East Cobb - like core East Cobb, works because it is boring. There is nothing there to draw people who want luxury things.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:44 pm to deeprig9
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By 2005, East Cobb was pretty much built out, and the malignant sprawl moved to West Cobb, my homeland.
Today East Cobb is still "nice" demographically, compared to many other places around ATL metro. I have always thought East Cobb felt plastic to me. Like cheap and fake and nothing of character.
Grew up in East Cobb from the early 90s to the mid-00s, it's probably "nicer" now then 20 years ago, with more Asians moved in to take advantage of the Walton district. That being said, it's still a sprawl-burb (and we didn't consider looking there when buying our house a few years ago).
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:45 pm to yaboidarrell
Dallas County, AL has seen a similar demographic shift.
Selma looks like Baghdad with weeds. Boarded up dilapidated building everywhere. Historic homes rotting away. It looks like the set for dystopian future movie where they visit a ghost town now occupied by various warlords and their factions of criminals. It was once the jewel of the Black Belt
Selma looks like Baghdad with weeds. Boarded up dilapidated building everywhere. Historic homes rotting away. It looks like the set for dystopian future movie where they visit a ghost town now occupied by various warlords and their factions of criminals. It was once the jewel of the Black Belt
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:46 pm to Pettifogger
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East Cobb - like core East Cobb, works because it is boring. There is nothing there to draw people who want luxury things.
It's the kind of place you'd want to raise a boy to be a disaffected disassociative teenager with a pentagram Rush T-shirt, a riding cap, and an assistant moderatorship on r/Libertarians.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:47 pm to Pettifogger
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core East Cobb
What's core East Cobb to you?
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:50 pm to Wally Sparks
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What's core East Cobb to you?
Whole Foods on the corner of Roswell Rd and Johnson Ferry. That is the center of the East Cobb Universe.
It's a fact. Black Science Guy triangulated it.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:51 pm to Wally Sparks
I would say probably Walton to Indian Hills/Paper Mill area. But, admittedly, I've never lived there and didn't grow up there. But I'm contrasting it with say, Post Oak Tritt area.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:51 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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Dallas County, AL has seen a similar demographic shift.
No it hasn’t. It looks just like it has been since the 1850s
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:53 pm to yaboidarrell
Back in the 70's, when I was a kid, we used to visit my aunt and uncle who lived, at that time, outside Conyers, in Rockdale County. It seemed like a really nice middle class suburban community back then.
Drove through there a few years ago and it appeared to have changed a lot and not for the better.
Drove through there a few years ago and it appeared to have changed a lot and not for the better.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:55 pm to yaboidarrell
Was still a great place to live in the mid to late 90's. It has changed drastically. I lived there until roughly 3 years ago. The only area decent is Lake Spivey. That area was special and is still thriving.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:57 pm to Pettifogger
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I would say probably Walton to Indian Hills/Paper Mill area. But, admittedly, I've never lived there and didn't grow up there. But I'm contrasting it with say, Post Oak Tritt area.
I'd consider it pretty much everything east of Old Canton Road/Holly Springs Road.
This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:57 pm to Paul Allen
quote:I believe there is a large concentration of Karen’s that live there.
East Cobb
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:57 pm to PacoPicopiedra
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Back in the 70's, when I was a kid, we used to visit my aunt and uncle who lived, at that time, outside Conyers, in Rockdale County. It seemed like a really nice middle class suburban community back then.
Drove through there a few years ago and it appeared to have changed a lot and not for the better.
Michael Stipe knows not to go back to Rockdale.
The song title is "Rockville" but if you listen closely to the lyrics, he is saying "RockDale" which is about an hour from Athens.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 12:58 pm to deeprig9
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Whole Foods on the corner of Roswell Rd and Johnson Ferry. That is the center of the East Cobb Universe.
It's a fact. Black Science Guy triangulated it.
In my day it was the Starbucks on the north side of Roswell (Walton hangout central
)Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:01 pm to TIGERHOLD
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No it hasn’t. It looks just like it has been since the 1850s
Well that's just false.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:02 pm to TIGERHOLD
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crummy, kind of like Kenner
Which Sonic you want to meet at?
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