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Alpharetta named one of ‘The South’s Friendliest Cities’

Downtown Alpharetta has worked to create a destination district of restaurants, shops and services that has drawn developers ready to build homes for buyers who want to be close by.
Downtown Alpharetta has worked to create a destination district of restaurants, shops and services that has drawn developers ready to build homes for buyers who want to be close by.
By Ben Brasch
March 28, 2018

You know all those nods and waves and hellos you get in Alpharetta? Well, it seems Southern Living has taken notice.

The magazine has named the North Fulton city as the 14th friendliest spot in the South.

Savannah, the only other Georgia city named, came in at No. 2.


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Apparently, it asked readers to send in suggestions, but it gave no scientific methodology as to how it created its list of "The South's Friendliest Cities 2018."

Whatever, just take the win and run with it.


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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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