Lithia Springs?

cptlo

cptlo

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It's been a few years since I lived in Powder Springs so I'm not as familiar with the area as much. How is the Lithia Springs area (specifically the area close to I-20 off the Lee Road exit)? Asking for friend thinking of buying a house there.

Thanks!
 
Tell them to make sure they don't hear banjo music.

Actually, I'm only mildly familiar with it. I do know it's growing though.
 
What about the Austell area just to the east of Thornton Road and north of I-20? BTW, the friend I'm asking for is me....I'm considering going back to a house and selling my condo.

Thanks!
 
cptlo306 said:
What about the Austell area just to the east of Thornton Road and north of I-20? BTW, the friend I'm asking for is me....I'm considering going back to a house and selling my condo.

Thanks!
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Parts of that area have gotten pretty rough, so I would be careful.

Come on out here to Paulding. Maybe you can move near pubby.
 
Austell and Lithia Springs are pretty much blighted. High concentrations of lower income. Lots of rentals. Most new sales are lower income and minorities. My mom lives in a very old 1960's subdivision in LS she has been there since 1978. Most of her neighbors are older and as soon as they have to sale it is either HUD or rental folks that are moving in. Hiram is catching up and will be the next to change demographics. It is getting there fast. The urban flight of the 60's and 70's have reversed and the nicer neighborhoods are in town with the burbs quality of life declining. There is a ridiculous value on the in town properties also.
 
Gotta watch the location of the home to the creek there as well. My PIL lived near SCHS, and though the water didn't get near the house, the damage in the area was enough to smash the house prices along with the real estate crash.

Not a large home, but a brick ranch on 1/2 acre and they ended up selling for $45K to a landlord that rents it now.
 
There are parts of Austell (near Six Flags) that the county has really tried to clean up. Condemning runned down apartments and bulldozing them. Then building newer ones. Code Enforcement and Police are all over that area. But generally, most of south Cobb is blighted.

There are a couple of quiet areas off Lee Road, one more exit down from Thornton Rd, but the demographics have already shifted in this part of Douglas County too.
 
Guard Dad said:
Good parts and very bad. The good side will cost you

Have you looked at Kennesaw?
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Nope, going up/down 75 from work is horrible. I went up that way after work many times to visit my mom and it would frequently take over 1.5 hours to get to 120.
 
Guard Dad said:
There isn't much around the perimeter that will be nice.
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Yeah....very true. I did find one a bit ago in Powder Springs (not quite as far as where I lived before) that looks pretty good. The commute would be less than ideal but not as bad as from the prior house.
 
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