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In marked contrast to the funky, developing neighborhoods of urban renewal in the general vicinity of downtown, this trendy area has reinvented itself over past few years to become a rather enviable and affluent address. Sitting proudly at the far northwest corner of the city, just touching on Cobb County, the Vinings is largely home to folks who want to live in the city but really don't.
Condominiums, apartments, and plush home sites are going up at a remarkable rate, almost keeping pace with the soaring prices. Still, the four miles that separate this pleasant area from Buckhead are enough to keep expenses a bit more practical. New hotels are being built as well, but for the most part, visitors are still relegated to the luxury accommodations around nearby Cumberland Mall and the big-business hotels of Smyrna and Marietta.
Following the money, great new restaurants like Canoe are gaining widespread praise as they take their place alongside such reinvented local favorites as the Vinings Inn. Shopping, however, still draws the majority of traffic, mostly to Cumberland Mall at I-75 and Windy Hill Road, but also to the Vinings Jubilee center, a collection of shops and boutiques developed to resemble a town square.
You don't really club here. You may work here, shop here, and more and more, eat here. But the Vinings will always be more suburban than city, in both appearance and attitude, which, it seems, is pretty much what they've been shooting for.
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