Atlanta neighborhood classification question
I'm looking for some benchmarks for figuring out how different areas in intown and near OP Atlanta are classified (A, B, C, D areas). I bought my personal residence 'across the tracks' in the City of Decatur 20 years ago (in the crack-house era), stay away from Buckhead as much as possible, and invest in Belvedere/East Lake, so my comfort-zone might be a bit skewed off average. I can't figure out what's B, C, & D, or how to imagine those areas in other cities I might want to invest in.
So, how would you classify Oakhurst/Winnona Park? B? C+? @Rick Baggenstoss -- what's Midway Woods now? What was it 7 years ago? @Todd Whiddon -- how about the Northlake neighborhoods?
How is an area like Garden Hills or Peachtree Hills in Buckhead classified? Are they A areas? Is there even a classification concept for the MacChateaux on Riverside Drive, or Mt. Paran Rd?
What about Belvedere Park? I'd live there in a minute, but I'm not everybody. My plumber said he was nervous about the area, which made me really start to wonder! Are we in C or D territory here?
And West End/Adair Park? How about the areas west of GA Tech but south of the newly trendy Westside. It's so spotty now, but I still don't have a feel for how they compare to "war zones."
Any rules of thumb for figuring this out on my own? Does it translate from city to city? Thanks!!