ATLANTA OVERVIEW

When the azaleas are blooming in Atlanta's Buckhead or Ansley Park neighborhoods, and the filtered sunlight is shining through the live oaks onto lush green lawns, romantic images of an earlier time can easily drift into your mind. But if those images are exclusively of a leisure class passing lazy afternoons in Old South comfort, you may be surprised by the cultural offerings of the progressive city as well as the options available in the Atlanta luxury home market.

Atlanta achieved its standing as the capital of the New South on the strength of commerce and industry, not nostalgia. It is, and always has been, a working city - proud of its history, but just as concerned with its present and future. And the present and future are an obvious draw to the steady stream of talented, energetic people who choose to make this fast-paced city their home. Attracted by the challenge of professional opportunity, and by the city's impressive and diverse offerings of culture, sports, shopping, dining, and luxury homes, they discover the gracious luxury lifestyle available to them here as they proudly become Atlantans themselves.

Those lured by the promises of an Atlanta way of life have nearly doubled the population of the metro area in the past decade and helped transform the city into one that influences not only the region, but the international community as well. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest in the world, serving as a gateway to numerous domestic and foreign cities, while also welcoming the growing population back home.

Newly arriving and longtime Atlanta residents have several choices of luxury homes for sale. Older in-town neighborhoods - like Buckhead and Druid Hills - feature their share of beautiful Atlanta luxury homes from the 1930s and even earlier. But farther out in surrounding areas, newer construction is generally the rule, with the ample space and luxury amenities that define upscale modern living and entertaining.