The two most essential acronyms here related to realty areas are "ITP" and "OTP" and they refer to the locations either inside or outside of Interstate 285 which runs in a circle around the city. Another Point of View inside the boundary "ITP" consist of Buckhead, Decatur, Virginia-Highland, Brookhaven, Ansley Park, East Lake amongst lots of others and some of the more popular outside the border "OTP" locations consist of Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Cumming, Marietta, and Suwanee.
The eastern continental divide runs right through downtown Atlanta. Atlanta is the highest major city east of the Mississippi River at 1,010 feet and Suntrust Park, therefore, we have the baseball stadium with the highest elevation east of the Mississippi too! Atlanta was originally developed in 1830 as a railway junction.