To: SubVet72
We looked at moving to Alpharetta, GA in 1998. I had a job offer from Nortel Networks and they paid for the whole family to come out.
The realtor was showing us houses and I asked were the downtown area of Alpharetta was (I was looking for a quaint little country village). She replied “It was burned in the war.”
“The war.” I’ve only heard WW II called that and her remark really took me aback.
We didn’t move there.
33 posted on
09/24/2020 2:07:10 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Alpharetta didn’t have a downtown then.
It sorta does now. A reasonably cool area around the new courthouse with a small pile of decent restaurants and such. You could have done a lot worse.
34 posted on
09/24/2020 2:11:17 PM PDT by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The realtor was showing us houses and I asked were the downtown area of Alpharetta was (I was looking for a quaint little country village). She replied “It was burned in the war.”The population of Alpharetta was 261 people in 1860. I doubt there was much of a downtown to burn. In fact, it wasn't until the 1960 census that it broke 1000 people.
47 posted on
09/24/2020 3:02:23 PM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The realtor was showing us houses and I asked were the downtown area of Alpharetta was (I was looking for a quaint little country village). She replied “It was burned in the war.”The population of Alpharetta was 261 people in 1860. I doubt there was much of a downtown to burn. In fact, it wasn't until the 1960 census that it broke 1000 people.
52 posted on
09/24/2020 3:16:09 PM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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