Apartment Review for Alta West - Atlanta, GA

I'm a new resident and moved in during the change in management [it's now run by Archstone Properties]. Generally, this place gets a thumb's up in my book. It is fantastic if you work anywhere in Midtown; I do, and it only takes me 5 or 10 minutes -- sometimes less -- to get to work or get home at night. There are awesome restaurants down the street, and Compound is fun. The management team greets me by name every time they see me, and my requests are handled promptly. I can't address the safety issues before I got here, but there is a security officer or two walking the grounds at night, and on several occasions they have come up to me and asked who I was and where I lived in the complex, so they're at least making an effort. (More than I can say for other Midtown locations.) On the noise issue: I can't hear my neighbors at all, period. The random noises, the nearby club or other stuff that happens around the complex at night -- hey, that's called city life. If you can't handle that, look for a place out in Roswell or Newnan, seriously. (Ditto for having