Intown Atlanta

Intown Atlanta neighborhoods (definition #1, without Decatur)

Intown Atlanta (or as an adjective, "intown") is a term very frequently used in metro Atlanta to designate an area containing parts of the City of Atlanta and bordering communities. The definition of "intown" varies significantly:

Strictest definition

According to "Intown Elite Real Estate Services" the strictest definition of "intown" includes only Downtown and Midtown Atlanta and the surrounding, mostly pre-WWII neighborhoods that contain unique destinations that draw customers from across metro Atlanta.

• Examples of such neighborhoods include:
  • Grant Park with the zoo and Cyclorama
  • Virginia-Highland and Edgewood with their concentrations of shops and restaurants, or
  • Midtown West, Cabbagetown and Reynoldstown with their industrial architectural heritage, hip coffee shops and galleries
• However, Buckhead is excluded from this definition of "intown", considered a separate area due to its size, importance and physical distance from Downtown Atlanta
• Decatur may or may not be included in this definition
• Central neighborhoods such as Pittsburgh and Mechanicsville which do not have attractions, or shops and restaurants that attract significant numbers of outsiders are usually not included
• Sources using this definition include Where Magazine^[1] and Intown Elite.^[2]
• A Google Maps search for businesses that include the word "Intown" returns results that conform closely to this definition.^[3]

Including Buckhead

Similar to the above definition, but including Buckhead. Sources using this definition include INtown Atlanta^[4] and Atlanta Intown Real Estate Services.^[5]

Everything inside the Perimeter

Finally, Intown may refer to all of Atlanta and surrounding areas of Fulton and DeKalb counties inside I-285 ("the Perimeter"). This definition includes, for example, the airport, cities like East Point and Hapeville, unincorporated communities in DeKalb county like North Atlanta and North Druid Hills, and all of Southwest and Southeast Atlanta. It covers the same territory as the term "ITP" ("inside the Perimeter").

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