White Working Class Areas of Atlanta?

[equinox63]

Originally Posted by arjay57

It's an interesting question but sort of hard to answer without a more specific definition of working class. Are you talking about factory/mill workers, or are you defining it as an income group?

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This definition is fine. But I'd prefer your definition of working class. We all know most people work, but I wouldn't consider a lawyer, doctor, or banker from Ansley Park (for example) working class, nor would I consider a homeless panhandler. Would you?

To clarify, while Lithonia is an area where working class families are interspersed with middle class and affluent black people, I'd consider Candler-McAfee a predominantly black working class area of metro Atlanta...

[arjay57]

If you're thinking of "working class" as sort of middle income folks, they are scattered all over the metro area. I don't know that they are in specific enclaves, although you can look at housing prices.

One way for evaluating this would we to use one of the demographic mapping tools. If you plug in household income of $35-75K (probably a fair definition of "working class") you'll get the following:

[flamadiddle]

Lawrenceville?

[AnsleyPark]

I thought this statement from the cited Wikipedia entry sums up my conception of working class: "It thus includes knowledge workers and white collar workers who work for a salary." Elsewhere, it excludes the owner of the business for whom the "working class" works. So, I don't think that the term is necessarily indicative of economic standing, and, seems to me, to be a very outdated term. If what we are really talking about are low or even middle income earners, let's agree on that. I believe those terms are more relevant in today's society.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

I thought this statement from the cited Wikipedia entry sums up my conception of working class: "It thus includes knowledge workers and white collar workers who work for a salary." Elsewhere, it excludes the owner of the business for whom the "working class" works. So, I don't think that the term is necessarily indicative of economic standing, and, seems to me, to be a very outdated term. If what we are really talking about are low or even middle income earners, let's agree on that. I believe those terms are more relevant in today's society.

I agree--> Today (in the US), it is probably better to say "lower-middle class" or something like that instead of working class.

[krazieriot]

Peachtree City, Newnan and, Senoia are working class to upper class (Fayetteville is nice too, it has a great blend of country,suburb and, city). They are all decently safe and quiet areas. They provide great places to live and visit. If you are a Walking Dead fan you will love Senoia. When people say South Atlanta they mostly mention Riverdale and Jonesboro, there is so much more to S Atlanta. Drive 20 minutes further you will not regret it.