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No bars or clubs nearby. A few restaurants, but most are very pricey or fast food. Except for O.K. Cafe, it's an Atlanta landmark and has decent homestyle southern food for average prices.

The highway is right outside my window, but most of the people who live on this street live in the expensive mansions up the street from the highway.

There is a MARTA bus stop within walking distance that serves two train stations. This is good because I don't have a car. Without a car, there is no place to go for a drink, a movie, shopping, or anything else resembling entertainment. However there is a bank and a grocery stre within walking distance. If you have a car, the proximity to the highway is a huge plus. You are always within 30 minutes of anywhere in Atlanta-Metro.

The upside is that there is a flower seller who always stands on the corner of W. Paces and Northside selling bouquets and directing traffic. It's a little bit of local flavor that you would normally have to go into Midtown or Downtown to find. Also, the neighborhood is very upscale (like I said, mansions) with nice houses and plenty of trees and manicured lawns and hedges. Once you get away from the highway, it is easy to forget you are in the middle of Atlanta.

My rent is resonable, but I shudder to think what kinds of mortgages most of these people have. they must be in debt up to the neck.

There have never been any serious crime or safety issues, just a few car break-ins at the apartment parking garage.

There is excellent cell coverage including all kinds of extended network and high-speed data access. We also get cable or DSL internet. I don't watch TV so I don't know how available it is, but I can only guess you can get whatever TV you like.