Photo by Banks Design Associates, LTD & Simply Home – via Houzz
- To-Dos: Your July Home Checklist [Houzz]
- Atlanta Real Estate Market Snapshot – May 2017 [ARA]
- Atlanta is Top 10 Market for Homeowners Chained to Starter Homes [Curbed]
- What Percent of Income are Buyers Spending on Mortgages [Inman]
- Music, Heirlooms Inspire Decatur Craftsman’s Decor [AJC]
- Here’s How Long it Takes Atlanta Homeowners to Break Even [Atlanta Agent Magazine]
- Atlanta’s Tight Housing Housing Supply Creates Intense Market for Buyers [ABC]
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Thanks Michelle. As always, interesting articles. And I like the house at the top of the page, especially the flag (Not sure but I think the flag code disapproves of this kind of display) I see this home style in Decatur but more often in the Northlake area where there’s a little more land to build such a rambling house. Wouldn’t want to paint it though.
I enjoyed reading “Top Ten Chained To Starter Homes”. Not to argue with the author’s point but there are plenty of opportunities for moving up, to Smoke Rise (Tucker) and Stone Mountain. Buyers may be hesitant because of race, schools or traffic but you can buy a nicer home.
The article ends with a promotion of cheaper homes in Sandtown near Six Flags. Sandtown and Buzzards Roost were Creek towns back in the day and “the old Sandtown Road (Cascade Road today) was originally an Indian trail that ran to Decatur. I believe the plaque on the south side of the old courthouse shows an Indian trail in Decatur called the Sandtown Trail.
Most of Decatur’s Indian heritage disappeared long ago but there are still old timers living in neighborhoods just south of I-20 who remember that as children, you could pick up arrow heads in freshly plowed fields.
The Old Sandtown Trail, arrow heads and the Soapstone Ridge quarry are forgotten history to many today but not that long ago, these were important historical sites for Decatur residents.
Keep up the good work Michelle!
Happy Independence Day Decatur!
We display the flag in the same manner at our home, after checking the Flag Code. Here is the excerpt from Section 175 of the Flag Code:
(i) When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag’s own right, that is, to the observer’s left. When displayed in a window, the flag should be displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
When I read Chris’ comments I inferred that his issue related to Section 176(b): The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
Happy Fourth of July to everyone!
Since the bottom of the flag is not visible from behind the bushes, maybe it’s not touching the ground or anything else.
As little kids, my brothers and I used to play “funeral” with our grandfather’s Boy Scout and military flags in his basement. (The littlest one always had to play the corpse in a “casket”.) I suspect that we did not do this according to Section 175 of the Flag Code. But I’ll bet my grandfather folded the flags properly when we were done.
Thanks Dave. Good to hear from you.
My real point was to connect those on the square this evening with Decatur’s historical monuments. Old Decatur was originally a major intersection of Indian trails. Hopefully parents will point out this plaque and others (including the Soapstone carving) to their children. The cannons are not just a cool place for kids to play but a connection to World War I and Andrew Jackson’s presidency. And the Confederate Monument contains the famous line from the Declaration of Independence: “… they mutually pledged to each other their lives, fortunes and sacred honor”.
Some would say this is what Independence Day is all about. Happy Fourth! Good Bless America.