| The word is out. Atlanta is the place to be. | | | | communities around Atlanta include luxury gated |
| According to statistics gathered from various | | | | master-planned communities with integral golf |
| sources, Atlanta has ranked first in the nation for | | | | courses, waterways, hiking trails and full-fledged |
| new home starts for the past thirteen years. It | | | | community centers. Residents can avail |
| ranks third in the nation for number of Fortune | | | | themselves of fitness facilities that include tennis |
| 500 companies that call the Southern city home - | | | | courts and swimming pools, indoor exercise spas |
| only New York City and Houston boast more | | | | and tracks. Outdoor activities might include |
| Fortune 500 companies. The economy is strong | | | | marked hiking trails through the lush surroundings |
| and growing stronger. The weather is sublime | | | | of mountain forests and walking paths through |
| year round, and outdoor activities abound in the | | | | nature preserves designed to spotlight the most |
| greater Atlanta Metro area. It is the largest and | | | | beautiful features of the community's |
| fastest growing metro area in the South and | | | | environment. |
| ranks high among cities throughout the entire | | | | The beauty of the natural landscape and the |
| nation. | | | | luxury of the homes available may be why CNN |
| On the reverse side of the coin, the Greater | | | | named Atlanta one of its Top 10 Cities to Work |
| Atlanta metro area also offers some of the most | | | | from Home in 1997. CNN Money speculates that it |
| beautiful scenic land in the country. It is still | | | | was the 1996 Olympics that sparked the trend |
| renowned for its Old South gentility and for the | | | | for telecommuters in Atlanta, and it may have |
| unhurried pace of everyday life. A new home | | | | been. Whatever the original impetus, Atlanta |
| buyer would be hard pressed to find a more | | | | companies have been quick to adopt |
| scenic place to live than along the Blue Ridge | | | | work-from-home as part of the culture. Nearly all |
| Parkway and its surrounding mountains and towns. | | | | of Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs and metro |
| The new developments and communities in and | | | | area are wired for cable and high speed internet |
| around Cherokee County are counted among the | | | | access, a must for many of today's new home |
| top homes for sale in Atlanta. | | | | buyers. |
| Gated and other master planned communities | | | | Atlanta is also rated seventh on Sperling's Ten |
| make up the majority of new housing starts in | | | | Best Places to Live, the largest city to make the |
| the Greater Atlanta area, following a trend that | | | | list. Sperling's cites Atlanta's low cost of living and |
| has also become popular in other fast growing | | | | high per capita income as major reasons for the |
| areas of the country. Master planned communities | | | | city's popularity with young people who are |
| offer many advantages to homeowners and their | | | | concerned with value. The climate - generally |
| families - as well as to the overall community. | | | | warm and pleasant as opposed to steamy in the |
| Because they take into account the needs of a | | | | summer - is a major draw for active older adults |
| new community from the very start, they tend | | | | who enjoy the social and recreational opportunities |
| to meet those needs very early in the | | | | that Atlanta living offers. Black Enterprise |
| development process. The top homes for sale in | | | | magazine, which annually publishes a list of Top |
| Atlanta include communities and developments | | | | Ten Cities for African Americans has listed |
| that cater to everyone's desire to live a high | | | | Atlanta in its top three for years. They cite |
| quality of life. They provide recreational | | | | Atlanta's low median home prices and buying |
| opportunities of many kinds and offer a leisurely, | | | | power as major reasons for Atlanta's high rating. |
| relaxed lifestyle that is less than an hour removed | | | | The median home price for the Atlanta area is |
| from the amenities and realities of the big city. | | | | $177,000 - on the low side of the scale for major |
| Atlanta has been billed as "where the mountain | | | | metropolitan areas. |
| meets the metro", and that slogan is embodied | | | | Atlanta is a growing city - growing in size, growing |
| by list of top homes for sale in Atlanta. These | | | | in income and growing in opportunity. It's no |
| neighborhoods are often built around central | | | | wonder that Atlanta regularly makes the Top Ten |
| amenities and recreational features - but offer the | | | | lists of best places in the country to live and |
| privacy and serenity of living on a mountain lake. | | | | work. |
| The most sought after neighborhoods and | | | | |