Hilarious for Locals

The city-data.com forums are great if you want unvarnished information about any geographic area. Of course, mixed in with that, you will also get unvarnished racism and unvarnished stupidity.

SouthernExplorer
Junior Member
Looking for majority white areas of the Metro
I am from New Orleans, and my wife is from Memphis. After we got married, we tried living in New Orleans. It was ok until Katrina hit, and it became too ghetto and distressed. We then moved to Memphis, and we just did not like being white minorities. We want to stay in the south, close to Memphis and NOLA but want a big city feel. Atlanta fits the bill.

We just want to be in an area with our own kind. Moderator cut: Please no stereotyping individual races.

So, as we look to move to Atlanta, we want a majority white area. Ill be working in Midtown, and my wife is getting a job in Sandy Springs. Our price range is a maximum of $550,000. I do not mind a long commute. Thanks!

gt6974a
Senior Member
1 post huh? In that case, I'd say the Bankhead area b/t 285 and downtown. Most of the affluent live there.

SouthernExplorer
Junior Member
Great, thanks so much for your reply. Do you know the name of some of the subdivisions in that area that would be in our price range?

skipcromer
Senior Member
I second! Bankhead would be perfect.

Bankhead is.... not a serious recommendation.  But the poster did end up getting a lot of really serious recommendations. This  great explanation was given for complying with his request:

RoslynHolcomb
Senior Member
Personally I'm delighted to help these type people find that which they seek. Goodness knows I don't want them living anywhere near me or mine.

The poster is so archetypal of the plight of the Southern upper-middle-class white flighter.  Can't live in the country because they loathe lower-class white people.  The Southern cities are full of black people.  Can't move out of the South because the Yankees might look down on them.  And nowadays... can't live in the dying exurbs because they're filling up with Latinos and other immigrants.

He will eventually retire to South Carolina.  But even there, he will die frustrated.