Intown Atlanta (or as an adjective, "intown") is a loosely-defined term used by the residents of

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

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, in the United States. It is most frequently used in

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to designate an area containing parts of the City of Atlanta and bordering communities. The definition of "intown" varies significantly:

Strictest definition

According to "Intown Elite Real Estate Services" the strictest definition of "intown" includes only

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...

and

Midtown Atlanta Midtown Atlanta, or Midtown, is a high-density commercial and residential neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. The exact geographical extent of the area is ill-defined due to differing definitions used by the city, residents, and local business ...

and the surrounding, mostly pre-World War II

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that contain unique destinations that draw customers from across metro Atlanta. * Examples of such neighborhoods include: ** Grant Park with the

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** Virginia-Highland and

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with their concentrations of shops and restaurants, or ** Midtown West, Cabbagetown and

Reynoldstown Reynoldstown is a historic district and intown neighborhood on the near east side of Atlanta, Georgia, located two miles from downtown. The neighborhood is gentrifying and attracting new families, empty-nesters, Atlantans opposed to long comm ...

with their industrial architectural heritage, hip coffee shops and galleries * However,

Buckhead Buckhead is the uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city. Buckhead is the third largest business district within the Atlanta city limits, behind Downt ...

is excluded from this definition of "intown", considered a separate area due to its size and physical distance from Downtown Atlanta * Decatur is included in this definition * West End was referred to as an Intown Neighborhood as early as 1982. * Central neighborhoods such as

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and Mechanicsville which do not have attractions, or shops and restaurants that attract significant numbers of outsiders are usually not included * Sources using this definition include Where Magazine, Intown Elite. and Intown Drew. * A Google Maps search for businesses that include the word "Intown" returns results that conform closely to this definition.

Including Buckhead

Similar to the above definition, but including Buckhead. Sources using this definition include Intown Atlanta Guide & Maps, INtown Atlanta and Atlanta Intown Real Estate Services.

Common definition

Intown is more commonly used to describe any neighborhood officially within the city limits of Atlanta.

Everything inside the perimeter

Finally, Intown may refer to all of Atlanta and surrounding areas of

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, and Cobb counties inside I-285 ("the Perimeter"). This definition includes, for example, the airport, cities like

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and

Hapeville Hapeville is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States, that is 2.5 square miles wide. Hapeville is located inside I-285 between the city of Atlanta to its North and the Atlanta International Airport to its south. The population was 6,553 ...

, unincorporated communities in DeKalb county like North Atlanta and

North Druid Hills North Druid Hills, also known as Briarcliff or Toco Hills, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (North Druid Hills CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 18,947 at the 2010 census. The commercial cen ...

, and all of Southwest and Southeast Atlanta. It covers the same territory as the term "ITP" ("inside the Perimeter").

References

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