Roswell is the 7th largest city in the state of Georgia, while and Sandy Springs is the 6th. Both of them are very fast-growing suburbs of Atlanta, as is Alpharetta GA, named the Best Place to Move for Work in America by Forbes.com in 2009. Among the 25 top cities on this Forbes.com list, Alpharetta is Number 1, Roswell is Number 10, and Sandy Springs is Number 15.

All three of these top cities are located in Fulton County and as they continue to grow in population, new business enterprises, and land annexations, they may expand to the extent that they will physically meet Atlanta. Already, they are coming near the point of functioning with Atlanta as a metroplex, a larger metropolitan area made up of several cities. In this case, Atlanta and Gainesville GA already form a larger metro area. This can be called a Metroplex, or a Megaopolis as well.

Jobs listed on Indeed.com and Simplyhired.com, which collect available jobs everywhere extant through Internet resources, have increased in number faster in Sandy Springs than in Roswell. At the same time, there are usually more jobs available in and around Roswell than Sandy Springs, though both metro areas offer large numbers of listings. However, jobs in both areas' jobs listings are in the majority, higher salaries of $50K - 110K+ per year.

Job tiles and occupatioons luisters estimated to provide themost kob openings in the county to 2014 are in the following list. Bold type indicates job openings actually listed in Rowell and Sandy Springs.:

1. Food Preparation and Service
2. Healthcare Practitioners and Techs
3. Computer and Mathematics Jobs
4. Managers
5. Education, Training, and Library related jobs
6. Business and Financial Operations Occupations
7. Sales
8. Office and Administrative Support
9. Personal Care and Service
10. Transportation and Materiel
11. Customer Service Representatives (CSRs)
12. Registered Nurses (RNs)
13. Building and Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance
14. Healthcare Support
15. Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Sandy Springs, just east of the Chattahoochee River, was not incorporated until the end of 2005. With a population of 98,000 people, Sandy Springs is named specifically for the sandy springs in the surrounding area and in the city, which make up nationally protected historic areas.

The spring never runs dry and is preserved at the Sandy Springs Historic Site. In the 1800s, Creek Nation members and settlers watered their horses here on their way south to Atlanta each spring. A Methodist church built a camp at the point where various trails met at the sandy springs and held summer Camp Meeting each year for many years. Gold brought settlers beginning in 1828 and thereafter, and a town grew. Cherokee Nation had had a cilvilized government with its own constitution and capital city nearby and its members could read and write. However, when gold was discovered on their land, they were moved off by the US Federal Government. Plantation cotton and textiles became the source for the local economy for many years, replaced by services and other manufacturing ventures today.

As a part of the revitalization that began the spring before the incorporation of Sandy Springs, the Town Turtles of Sandy Springs, was instituted as a public art and fundraising project by the Sandy Springs Society. Rolled out in the Turtle Trot Parade 75 turtles sculptures painted by local professional and amateur artists were set into place around town. any cities host such projects - Columbus, Ohio presented innovatively painted ears of corn around the city and now has OSU's sports mascot Brutus Buckye in all sorts of costumes around the university campus and NW Columbus. Cincinnati displays decorated pigs all around town. Some cities have horses and others have cows. It's great fun. See all 75 Town Turtles at the Town Turtles of Sandy Springs.

The MARTA light rail system in Sandy Springs and the larger Atlanta metro area is a driving force for growth, because it promotes easy, fast transporation all the way from North Springs, north of Sandy Springs, down through Atlanta to the airport just north of the I-285 outerbelt, as well as in the east-west direction.

Within 10 miles of Sandy Springs, job listings include about 13,000 opeings, and within 25 miles, over 44,000 job listings are found. The top job titles most frequently advertised for the 10-mile radious around Sandy Sprngs include:

1. Registered Nurses (RNs)
2. Physical Therapists
3. Post-Doc Fellows - Unversities and colleges.
4. Sales Representatives
5. Occupational Therapists
6. Nurse Practitioners
7. Senior Accountants
8. Assistant Professors in Medicine
9. Dental Assistants
10. Web Developers
11. Project Managers
12. Java Developers
13. Account Executives
14. Patient Services Technician Specialists
15. Research Specialists

Also in high demand are Business Analysts, Controllers, and Sales Associates or Salespersons.

Roswell, Georgia is a little less than 10 miles northeast of Sandy Springs. Roswell was incorporated in 1854, named for the settler Roswell King, and early mining investor in the area. Discovering the Chattahoochee River, he built a cotton mill powered by the moving water. His Roswell Manufacturing Co. and Roswell Mill were the backbone of the local economy for many years.

In 2009, Roswell is home to over 85,000 people and its metro area is home to over 101,000 individuals. Healthcare, Tourism, Education, Information Technology and Manufacturing make up much of the local economy. Economic development plans for further growth are in place for several years, through 2020.

Martha Bulloch Roosevelt lived in Roswell. She was Theodore Roosevelt's mother and Eleanor Roosevelt's grandmother. Bulloch Hall, pictured above and perserved in Roswell today, was her family home. Many other celebrities and historical personages have graced Roswell and their homes and other installations can be found on tours listed in the links, above right.

Within a 10-mile radius of Roswell GA, about 7,000 job openings exit in the following leading high demand jobs listings:

1. Business Analysts
2. Physical Therapists
3. Sales Representatives
4. Java Developers
5. Dental Assistants
6. Project Managers
7. Occupational Therapist
8. Business Analysis/Mgmt
9. Software Engineer
10. Sales Associate/Salespersons
11. Insurance Sales
12. Architects
13. Patient Services Technician Specialists
14. Web Developers
15. Senior Accountants

Many additional jobs in hgih demand job titles include those of Account Executives, Oracle Dba professional, Software Developers, Executive Assistants, and Registered Nurses (RNs). 

A large number of colleges, Universities and career training academies are located in the Roswell-Sandy Springs area, with some found in nearby Atlanta. These institutions include:

• Argosy University
• Art Institute of Atlanta
• Brown Mackie College-Atlanta
• Chattahoochee Technical College
• Devry Institute of Technology & Keller Graduate School
• Emory University
• Georgia Institute Of Technology
• Georgia Perimeter College - Link leads to a city review and college description. 
• Georgia State University
• Gwinnett College - Sandy Springs
• Life University
• Reinhardt - North Fulton Campus
• Southern Polytechnic State University
• Strayer University
• Rising Spirit Institute of Natural Health