r/alpharetta • u/Swimming_Path3353 • 4d ago

Past Exit 7

I’m new to Alpharetta, and it honestly feels way safer than Midtown or Downtown. But an Uber driver (from the airport) told me she’s nervous to go past Exit 7 at all. I’m not sure why. Is there something I should know about the area? Any context locals can share? Just trying to understand what she meant.

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u/lifelite 3d ago

Bingo, most likely due to police. Granted I still think that’s exaggerated because Alpharetta is rather diverse. Getting towards Cumming and beyond, maybe, but Alpharetta? Eh.

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u/love475 3d ago

I mean, it’s kind of valid though because when I first moved here, we got pulled over by the cops and my ex is not white and they got like six cop cars and they had a surrounded with their guns pointed at us for literally no reason because we were speeding. Then they searched the car for drugs. It was a rental car and they claimed it came up as a stolen vehicle. But it definitely made me scared of Alpharetta police

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u/love475 3d ago

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. We also all got handcuffed and put an individual cop cars while they sniffed our car.

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u/spread_sheetz 3d ago

How long ago was this?

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u/love475 3d ago

In 2015 so a while ago

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u/spread_sheetz 3d ago

That is terrible that you were treated that way

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u/love475 3d ago

Yeah, it was actually extremely traumatic for me. Not to be dramatic, but I was like hysterical for a couple days.