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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Do you envy Suwanee?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because the amenities were better on the other side.
Like a 92,000 square foot sports academy where you can train like an Olympic athlete. Or a biking/jogging/walking trail called the greenway that is lush with wonderful vegetation. Or a two-year-old library with every possible periodical you could think about reading. And a high school where SAT scores symbolize high academic achievement.
All these amenities are found in Suwanee, Ga., Lawrenceville’s neighbor.
Is Suwanee the better half of Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road or is it that Suwanee is just newer?
Lately I had heard all I could stand about Lawrenceville’s youngest neighbor. The new Suwanee fountain, the farmers market, the new developments merged into existing historical locations. The “live … work … play” motto that’s tossed into all of Suwanee’s press releases and propaganda.
“Is this cookie-cutter living?” I wondered while envisioning a “Stepford Wives” kind of neighborhood.
But now I’ve got a bad case of Suwanee envy thanks to spending last Saturday at their Suwanee Day Festival.
I drank birch beer from a giant tin can and had a really good meal from a vendor specializing in grilling. My youngest son spun upside down longer on one ride there than a half-day’s worth of Six Flags attractions.
This was good, clean, wholesome family fun, perfectly suburban. Not so much Stepford, as more like a living, breathing, new millennium Norman Rockwell painting.
So now I like Suwanee’s newness and oldness and wonder why Lawrenceville can’t seem to capture that same ultra-suburban feeling.
Lawrenceville has more than 100 years of development over Suwanee and a larger population. But don’t forget Suwanee’s well-publicized live, work, play plan for land development makes it seem like a better real estate investment.
Is the grass truly greener on the other side of town? Or underneath it all is Suwanee only good for visiting, not living?
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