Is decatur,Ga is it a good place to live and go to school or bad place tell me why?

Decatur is a mostly white by a large margin. Cynthia McKinney, while a great representative of our district lost to Denise Majette several elections ago and has since quit the Democratic Party and joined the Green Party and was their presidential nominee last time around. Currently our representative is Hank Johnson. The town of Decatur is surrounded by unincorporated parts of DeKalb county and both are referred to as Decatur. Downtown Decatur has a wonderful life. Each year we have a beach party where they bring in tons of sand so that the kids can play in it in the square. they charge $5 for it, and they buy fireworks for Independence Day. We have a wonderful arts festival, music in the square, a world renown book festival, an excellent October Beer Festival, great restaurants and bars that don't allow smoking. (I went to a bar in Atlanta recently, and wow I had forgotten how smelly you get). And its really safe there. The police are a wonderful bunch of guys and gals. Lots of churches in Decatur, and (which is good and bad. they don't pay taxes, so it's a pain). Quakers, Christian Scientists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Baptists. A mosque and synagogue are not in town, but near by. There are even lot of Mormons and Wiccans, Hindus and Buddhists. Decatur is largely quite liberal compared to the rest of the Atlanta area. We get involved in politics, and its not unusual to see a peace rally downtown. We are home to a large number of Lesbians and Gay Men, and we are proud of that kind of diversity. I think it is a wonderful place to be. I compare it to Asheville NC, Burlington VT, and Austin TX. My wife and I don't have children, but we are glad to pay taxes to have good schools for your children. You are welcome to come to our town and call it yours. We hope you are as diverse in your views as we are.

im from the decatur and u got ur good and bad parts, but thats all over atlanta. if u live near the city of decatur that area is really nice and clean, i mean everytime i go to the city the cop are out and rolling. But everything is right there , the marta station is there, all kind of great food spot are there, u would love the city of decatur,but outside that u got malls and flea markets but its some good people with dreams and faith all over decatur just like anywhere else in the US!!! JUST COME VISIT FIRST dont just come down off what the people on here are saying!!!

There are some very nice affluent areas in Decatur. It is one of the nicest intown neighborhoods close to the city of Atlanta. But it also has some of the worst sections in the metro area for run down neoighborhoods, crime and gangs. In other words, it's no different than any other city. The average household income in Decatur is over $82,000 (US average is $66.6K) 75% of the adult residents have above a HS education. 21 % of the population is under age 18 Dekalb County public schools aren't the best in the metro area but you will find some of the best private schools and universities close to Decatur.

its in a mostly black community

Decatur sucks. It is in Dekalb county which is very corrupt, high crime and murder rates. Worst of all, it is in Cynthia McKinneys district which explains the aforementioned.