
The Buckhead cityhood debate is as old as the wealthy area's annexation into Atlanta decades ago
CNN
For now, the effort to carve a new city out of Atlanta is dead, after Republican leaders recently said that they oppose the initiative and want to give the new mayor, Andre Dickens, time to prove his mettle in office.
For now, the effort to carve a new city out of Atlanta is dead, after Republican leaders recently said that they oppose the initiative and want to give the new mayor, Andre Dickens, time to prove his mettle in office.
The movement to separate über-wealthy Buckhead from Atlanta had been percolating for years, but it gained an unprecedented amount of momentum in 2020 and 2021, when calls for incorporation grew louder amid a spike in crime in cities across the US.

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