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Atlanta is the Seventh Snobbiest City in Georgia

But if Atlanta isn't the snootiest in the state, who is?

According to a new listing by RoadSnacks, Atlanta is the seventh snobbiest city in Georgia.

“Atlanta snobby? Say it ain’t so,” the survey said. “You won’t find a higher concentration of theaters and art galleries per person anywhere else in the entire south. Atlanta is one of the few cities in the U.S. with permanent, professional resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre.

“Broadway shows come here all the time, and there are art galleries up the wazoo.

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“So yes, Atlanta is snobby as hell.”

The website ranked Georgia’s cities in terms of median home price (higher is snobbier); median household income (higher is snobbier); percent of population with a college degree (higher is snobbier); private schools per capita (higher is snobbier); theaters per capita (higher is snobbier); and art galleries per capita (higher is snobbier).

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Decatur was No. 1 in the survey.

With a population of 425,394, Atlanta’s median household income is $46,146, with a median home price of $219,000.

Here’s the list of Georgia’s 10 snobbiest:

  1. Decatur
  2. St. Simons
  3. Milton
  4. Alpharetta
  5. Johns Creek
  6. Peachtree City
  7. Atlanta
  8. Duluth
  9. Roswell
  10. Druid Hills

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