North Decatur Rd, Druid Hills

North Decatur Road runs through the Emory Community. Emory University is located on the right of the road as you travel to Altanta. Emory University is one of the top Universities in the world. Emory village, a struggling little village has had a come back recently as residents and college students have fought developers from pulling the shopping area down in order to create a more generic shopping area. Housing in the area is a mix of temporary college housing and well established families. It is an afluent area in the greater Altanta area.

North Decatur Road starts at Briarcliff Road. In this neighborhood, North Decatur is a residential street with nice homes and not much going on. There's a tiny traffic circle at Lullwater with signs warning that the yield signs are enforced by camera, but I've never spotted the cameras or figured out how on earth you'd trigger them. Most of the traffic is east-west here anyway, so there's rarely a need to yield.

East of that roundabout, you'll find a few restaurants (I highly recommend Doc Chey's Asian Kitchen for zingy stirfries and savory spinach salads with buckwheat noodles) and shops, and then Emory University. Emory dominates the feel of North Decatur Road here; on the south side of the road, across from campus, most of the housing is student-oriented.

Beyond Emory University, North Decatur Road turns into a residential main drag leading to the corner of Clairmont, with a shopping center including Publix, Blockbuster Video, Fedex Kinko's, and dozens of small restaurants. Beyond that, you're no longer in Atlanta proper.