Sterling on the Lake by Newland — Local services in Buford

The most awesome part of living in Sterling on the Lake is that you get a free pass from the local authorities to tailgate the car in front of you as close as possible all the way down Blackjack or Spout Springs. You're a Sterling resident...you're IMPORTANT, and you don't have time for being stuck behind any of the other redneck trash that permeates the area surrounding your 'community'. You can literally flash your high beams and lay on the horn behind anyone going the speed limit and no one will bat an eye. They're in your way and it is your duty to let them know. If you do it correctly, people that are in the way will feel guilty because they held you up from whatever kind of planned activity is happening in the greatest gated community to not have actual gates in the entire western hemisphere. You get an extra special pass if you're driving a BMW. For these reasons and more, you should aspire to move to Sterling as soon as possible....

Sterling started out reasonable but has grown to a behemoth that has hurt the quality of life in our area. Traffic on Capitola and now the Spout Springs road widening project. To many houses and to much density in this subdivision along with poor planning by Flowery Branch and Hall county government. They have approved every expansion request to pack in even more houses,...

Fantastic master planned community. They have tons of amenities, a lake, multiple pools, tennis courts, huge tree house, a massive library etc. They have a full time social planner on staff, planning tons of great events throughout the year. It's 45m from Atl. Very close to shopping and Buford....