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Have you felt safe in that town since? I understand it’s heavily suburbanized now

scarface_74 3y ago
This is Cumming in Forsyth county https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming,_Georgia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming,_Georgia Since around 2013, builders have started moving in and building houses in Forsyth county overwhelming the inner, older core of Cumming. People started migrating from other parts of Atlanta and other states because of the cheap new houses. We had our 3100 five bed/3.5 bath built here for $335K in 2016. While we are very much a minority, the people who are moving in are somewhat more socially liberal. What I call “Romney Republicans”. They just care about low taxes, their guns and good schools. They could care less about the “war on woke” and are more worried about ChatGPT taking their jobs than “illegal immigrants”. As far as feeling safe, it’s a mixed bag. My very big intimidating looking stepson who is a big teddy bear grew up in the burbs all of his life. His friendship circle is what we call the Rainbow Coalition and we have never had a problem with the parents of his (White) girlfriends. But you can see the generational divide. We were at the movies and he saw a classmate - a White girl - he hadn’t seen awhile. He walked up to her and she jumped up and hugged him. Her mom hugged him. Her dad shook his hand. But her grand parents were obviously nervous at first. But shockingly not as nervous when their mutual friend who was White saw her first. He wanted to walk to the local Waffle House after a game at night with one of his Black friends. We said he could only go if their White friend was going to walk with him (all three are roommates now and are inseparable). We were more worried about the police stopping them than anything else. But as far as how my wife and I are treated. We are short and old and wear glasses. No one sees us a threat.

This is Cumming in Forsyth county https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming,_Georgia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming,_Georgia Since around 2013, builders have started moving in and building houses in Forsyth county overwhelming the inner, older core of Cumming. People started migrating from other parts of Atlanta and other states because of the cheap new houses. We had our 3100 five bed/3.5 bath built here for $335K in 2016. While we are very much a minority, the people who are moving in are somewhat more socially liberal. What I call “Romney Republicans”. They just care about low taxes, their guns and good schools. They could care less about the “war on woke” and are more worried about ChatGPT taking their jobs than “illegal immigrants”. As far as feeling safe, it’s a mixed bag. My very big intimidating looking stepson who is a big teddy bear grew up in the burbs all of his life. His friendship circle is what we call the Rainbow Coalition and we have never had a problem with the parents of his (White) girlfriends. But you can see the generational divide. We were at the movies and he saw a classmate - a White girl - he hadn’t seen awhile. He walked up to her and she jumped up and hugged him. Her mom hugged him. Her dad shook his hand. But her grand parents were obviously nervous at first. But shockingly not as nervous when their mutual friend who was White saw her first. He wanted to walk to the local Waffle House after a game at night with one of his Black friends. We said he could only go if their White friend was going to walk with him (all three are roommates now and are inseparable). We were more worried about the police stopping them than anything else. But as far as how my wife and I are treated. We are short and old and wear glasses. No one sees us a threat.