ATTN: Atlanta residents

[bakerzDLite]

May be visiting Dunwoody, GA...is it a safe city? How many miles to Atlanta? Hotel & restaurant suggestions.
Any must-see places? Thanks bunches.

 

[Lounatik]

Dumpwoody is an upper middle class area about thirty minutes(without traffic) from ATL. You would take I-85N to GA 400 North and get off of either the Dunwoody exit or you can go to the Northridge Rd exit and go in from there. It really is a nice place,with a whole lotta high dollar homes. Check out some of the restaurants on Hwy 9 between Abernathy and Dunwoody Club Dr. I think there are a few good eateries over there. As for sights, Dunwoody is bordered by the Chattahoochee River and off of Northridge you can get to the state park that runs by the river. Veddy nice. Also you an go north on Roswell Rd. and turn left just after you cross the river and follow it around to a nature conservancy. Along the river there is a nice park and also the Atlanta Rowing Club has a bunch of skulls there. Pretty neat to check that out.

If you need hotels, I believe that there are several right off of I285 and 400 which is about a stones throw from Dunwoody. I dont know them offhand. Sorry.

As for nightlife, just head south on Hwy 9,aka Roswell Rd ( from Abernathy Rd) and there are a bunch of bars on either side of the road just before you get to 285. If you were to keep on going south on Roswell, you will eventually come into the Buckhead district(about 5-6 miles from 285). Lots of bars and clubs to keep you busy.

I do most of my work around there, so if you have any other questions, maybe I can help ya out.

Edit: You asked if it was safe. Yeah, its about as safe as you can get. No troubles at all going out at night or anything unseemly.

Peace


Lounatik

 

[bakerzDLite]

Lounatik - tried to PM ya my thanks. definitely know what to do now...nor will i get lost with your descriptions!

 

[acemcmac]

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[AndrewR]

One of the focal points for Dunwoody is Perimeter Mall, just east of GA 400 on I-285. Right there is a really nice Crowne Plaza if you want to spend some money on a nice hotel. It'll put you in a good location to visit the restaurants in the area plus you're well situated for a short ride to Buckhead for the bars down there.

Restaurants at Perimeter are legion: Cheesecake Factory, Maggiano's, P.F. Chang's, Il Fornaio (sp?), a couple Southwest/Mexican places, some fern bar-type places, Chili's, a really good seafood place whose name escapes me (other side of the mall from the Crowne Plaza on the south side), etc. You can't go hungry there.

Another hotel option is the Staybridge Suites which is down the street from the P.F. Chang's. Corporate headquarters for Holiday Inn/Crowne Plaza/Staybridge/InterContinental is actually located right behind the Crowne Plaza (worked there for 2.5 years). That Staybridge is very nice because it's the first and their flagship. Opened in '99 or '00.

My info is dated from 2001 because that's the last time I lived there. Went to Texas for a year before moving here to Japan. Atlanta is pretty cool but too much damn traffic.

 

[FoBoT]

i had a college dorm roommate from dunwoody
he was very stuck up, thought i was a redneck scumbag. i didn't like him much either

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i had a college dorm roommate from dunwoody
he was very stuck up, thought i was a redneck scumbag. i didn't like him much either

Helpful as usual, I see.

 

[FoBoT]

well they already told him where it was

 

[Mill]

Very safe, and just north of Atlanta. Keep in mine GA 400 = Parking Lot.

 

[bakerzDLite]

thanks for all the replies! i'm already dreading the traffic...it'll remind me of cali!