Re: [OT] Sandy Springs, "private" community


"Miss Elaine Eos" <Misc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Let's hope Sandy Springs becomes a model for the rest of the nation.


Googled the place.
First hit was wikipedia, according to which "the City of Sandy Springs is
home to several Fortune 500 companies, including UPS, Mirant, Beazer Homes,
and Newell Rubbermaid. Spectrum Brands, the Fortune 1000 company that
manufactures Rayovac and Remington brand batteries and personal grooming
products, is also based in the city. Due to its position as a large business
base, the population of the city can swell to 125,000 during peak business
hours, when several thousand workers commute into the city.
The city's largest business district is the Roswell Road corridor and the
Perimeter Center (although Perimeter Mall itself resides in adjacent DeKalb
County). Perimeter Center includes many high-rise buildings, including the
570-foot Concourse Towers (a.k.a. "the King and Queen towers"). Just south
of this business district, across I-285, is a major medical center, anchored
by Northside Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Saint Joseph's
Hospital. Sandy Springs is one of metro Atlanta's most affluent residential
communities. The city, and the area surrounding the city, is experiencing
rapid residential development. Particularly, the trend of luxury high-rise
condominium development has expanded past Atlanta's Midtown, Buckhead, and
Olympic Park neighborhoods and is now in Sandy Springs."

Also see the demographics section further down -- the place is richer,
whiter and more Jewish than America as a whole.

In other words, it's about as far from a fair and representative
cross-section of America as you can get.


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