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Dekalb County

Dekalb is Atlanta’s fourth most populous County. County seat is Decatur. Dekalb is home to Stone Mountain, the thriving international food scene on Buford Highway and the most International City in the South - Clarkston. The County voted 80.8% for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and 83.1% for Joe Biden in 2020.

Avondale Estates Avondale Estates

Avondale Estates is known for its mock Tudor village of storefronts along College Avenue, the city’s main drag. Veer off College towards Lake Avondale park, and you’ve left Shakespeare’s England and turned into a bucolic scene from a Norman Rockwell painting, all of it inspired when George Francis W... | more...

Belvedere Park Belvedere Park

Belvedere Park is a neighborhood within Dekalb County, GA. It was one of the first suburbs of Atlanta with commerce centered around Belvedere Plaza. | more...

Buford Highway Buford Highway

In 1974, the Atlanta Rhythm Section sang the virtues of Doraville with the line, “A touch of country in the city.” Today, you might wonder, “Which country?” as you drive along Buford Highway on either side of the Doraville line and read the billboards and shop signs in Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, a... | more...

Candler-McAfee Candler-McAfee

Candler-McAfee is a neighborhood outside of Decatur, GA. The East Lake Golf Club touches the neighborhood as well as East Lake Commons. | more...

Chamblee/Doraville Chamblee/Doraville

Chamblee offers affordable housing inside the Perimeter, is practically adjacent to the Buford Highway corridor of ethnic restaurants, and lies just a few miles from Buckhead’s shopping districts. Once a heavily industrialized area with little to offer in the way of dining and recreation, massive re... | more...

Clarkston, GA Clarkston

If you’re passing through on East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Clarkston feels like Anytown, USA. But stop for a minute, and you’ll find a quaint borough that harbors a whole lot of ethnic diversity. Strategically positioned close to the Atlanta office of the International Rescue Committee, which helps ref... | more...

Decatur/Oakhurst, GA Decatur/Oakhurst

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta down Ponce de Leon Avenue sits what’s arguably metro Atlanta’s most desired suburb - a progressive enclave of quaint homes, solid restaurants, a walkable downtown, and tight-knit neighborhoods that are very protective of the community they’ve created. And with ... | more...

Dunwoody, GA Dunwoody

One of Atlanta’s original suburbs - home to good schools, lots of corporate offices and Perimeter Mall - the City of Dunwoody is now almost considered urban living. | more...

Lithonia-Stonecrest, GA Lithonia/Stonecrest

Lithonia is roughly 18 miles east of the center of Atlanta and near Stone Mountain. Lithonia has a Lithonia Historic District that dates back to 1845 and calls itself the City of Granite due to its proximity to Stone Mountain and to Arabia Mountain. Stonecrest is the adjacent town to Lithonia. | more...

Thomson200, Wikipedia North Decatur Road, North Decatur, Georgia March 2017

North Decatur North Decatur

The North Decatur neighborhood runs along the Lavista corridor in Dekalb County and includes North Dekalb Mall and other shopping areas. | more...

Panthersville Panthersville

Panthersville is the neighborhood that has South Dekalb Mall, now renamed to Gallery at Souoth Dekalb. | more...

Scottdale Scottdale

Neighborhood adjacent to Decatur and Avondale Estates and the City of Clarkston. Scottdale’s most famous landmark is Your Dekalb Farmer’s Market but also has a nice commerical district along East Ponce de Leon Avenue. | more...

Stone Mountain, GA Stone Mountain

Yes, Stone Mountain Park has its merits — bike paths and hiking trails and treks to the top of the largest exposed granite dome in America. Aside from the park, Stone Mountain offers affordable housing centered around a quaint, historic downtown that attracts a modest tourist trade. | more...

Toco Hills/Sage Hill Toco Hills/Sage Hill

Centered around the huge, eponymous shopping center near the busy nexus of Clairmont, LaVista and North Druid Hills roads, Toco Hills is an older neighborhood composed largely of ranch houses on sleepy, winding subdivision streets. Boasting a sizable Jewish population, the neighborhood is also home ... | more...

Tucker, GA Tucker

Decent dive bars and hidden-gem restaurants. Tucker lies at the crossroads of urban Atlanta and suburban sprawl. With some decent dive bars and hidden-gem restaurants, there’s plenty of character branching off Lawrenceville Highway. | more...

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