In the Deep South, residents of an upscale suburb fight to secede from their neighbors

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - When Vikki Consiglio exits her subdivision next to the Eagle's Landing Country Club, leaving behind a neighborhood of neatly manicured lawns, circular driveways and golf fairways, she cannot help feeling a wave of disappointment

"I see the Waffle Houses and the McDonald's, the Walmart and the dollar stores," she said. "I'm thinking, 'Is this all I can have?' There's no fresh farm-to-table, no parks, no entertainment."

In what she says is a bid to attract more upscale amenities to this rapidly developing suburb about 20 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta, Consiglio has come up with a controversial plan: to form a new city, Eagle's Landing, by combining unincorporated pockets of the county with the most affluent parts of the existing city of Stockbridge.

The proposal to form a city, up for a vote on Tuesday, has roiled Henry County, raising tense debate about racial and economic disparity and voting