tell me about your area. Im thinking of making Ga my home...Ive only been to Atlanta a few times...only long enough to see some of downtown (traveling through...but I always make sure to roam around a bit) and I just love the energy there. I think the scenery is beautiful, the weather is mild, and the people seem nice. But I dont know much about it and I really would like to know a little more. Ga seems like a pretty laid back place. I guess I need a better look around. Any insight would be great
Yeah I love ATL very much. I like the N.GA mountains as well but ATL is where my heart is. The rest of GA can bite me really but yeah I live about 45 mins. south of ATL but I pretty much grew up there and I'm always rolling up there to visit friends and family and am about 10 seconds from moving back up there. So anyway: I say yes! Move to ATL! Alot of bands say that ATL is they're favorite stop on the tour cuz the crowd in ATL has the most energy. The Dead said ATL is they're new favorite stop. What up bitches? Atlanta Georgia is the bomb!
Hey elle I was born and raised in GA. Atlanta is pretty cool, but it's still the east coast. There are some pretty laid back places to live, like little five points, east Atlanta and decatur. However, once you get outside of atlanta city limits it's scary!! Very very conservative. If your really looking for a laid back place I would go to California. If you do end up moving here though, go to the places I listed and you will find many cool, fun and laid back people! Sprout is right about the mountains! If you like camping, climbing. skinny dipping, and hiking you should check out the mountains in Ga. The mountains around here are good for a quick escape form the city!
I love ATL. been going there since i was itty bitty! i might be a weirdo but my favorite part of doing the ATL tourist thing is driving around and lookin at SEVER'S work with the spray can LOL... however I have never stayed there for longer than 4 or 5 days so i woldnt know what it is like to live there...............................
Thanks guys. Im looking more toward the Marietta area. That's just north of Atl, right? So besides the places mentioned would you say that the rest of the state is made up of small conservative country towns? Also, any idea on how expensive the different areas are to live? Thanks for the replys
Hey! I'm new and I stay in Atlanta. I'm actually looking for some Atlanta people to chill with. These are actually 2 pisc that I snpped in lil 5 a few weeks ago.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/Nicole102084/HATE.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/Nicole102084/420.jpg I'm really new to this forum, so please, feel free to talk to me.
Yeah man, if u move to ATL, move to the north/west side where all the rich ppl, not the east/south where all the poor ppl are(me)
Moving to Jeffersonville soon!!! http://yonderfamily.org that's where i'll be staying, with my husband and 3 kids!!!
check out our photos on our web page,, we be 100 miles north of atlanta on the tenn an nc state lines.. luv n lite..
Ok.. so this is about 2 years too late but whatever. I live almost right next door to Marietta. That's basically the heart of conservative, suburban America right there. Extremely expensive and crowded. I live in Cumming which is about 30 minutes north of Atlanta (depending on traffic) and it's nice other than the oppressive religious right frenzy going on. The people are nice enough though and it's still relatively rural in parts, but getting more developed. I've lived here for about 16 years and it used to be extremely rural. It's a nice balance though between the mountains and the city. Either is a pretty short drive.
Savannah is a good place---enough diversity that no one gives a shit what you are up to...I like it that way. LoL
you couldnt make it from cumming to the airport in 30 minutes ever,.. now adays yah lookin at at a hour easy just to 285 for 12 hours a day.. been here workin since afore ya was born sister.. its a damn shame what forsyth county has become,,.. hell i remember well when hosea marched there,,both times,,.. we were skeared to come outta the mountains ,an support hosea,on account ,, well as much as they didnt like black folk in cumming, they liked hippies less.. wow an you think its changed?? luvin you..
You can make it in 30 minutes at 4AM on a Saturday with my dad driving. But when I think 30 minutes, I think of the midtown area down 400. Plus I'm in south Forsyth.. almost Alpharetta, so it takes less time. It's changed a lot from my point of view, in good and bad ways. Long ago was the time where the KKK burned a cross on my lawn for being Jewish. Try explaining that one to a 5 year old. And some of my best friends are Asian, black, and Arabic. I remember when the one of the first black families moved here and no one would talk to her except for me and a few others. That was as late as 1996. It's kind of funny now because the best Chinese food in the area is in Dawsonville. Who would have thought? But as a tradeoff, all the trees are gone and there are empty strip malls littering the entire place. When I moved here, there was nothing. I think there was maybe 2 supermarkets in the entire county. Now there is at least 30... maybe even closer to 40. Gross.
I live in Macon, in central GA. Its about an hour and half south of metro atlanta, just a couple hours to savannah or athens, and not too far from milledgeville. Small antebellum sections, growing downtown, and home of Capricorn records, the Allman Brothers, and Little Richard. Really nice town, good herbs if you know where to find em.
i was born and raised in marietta, and currently live less than ten minutes from the heart of marietta. i completely agree with your statement.
i live in macon 80 miles south of atlanta. Been here all 24 yrs of my life.macon in itself isnt the best place, but there are nicer placed in the area. Im planning on moving to savannah with my job in a few yrs. North ga is a real nice place too.
Umm as far as Marietta and the North Side of Atlanta goes... I couldn't imagine a better place to live (within the state). I'm from Woodstock, the next stop just north of Marietta and I would suggest Canton as the place to settle down. Unless you absolutely have to work in the city proper and then Marietta is a good choice. Not trying to sell you on moving but I really love it here and being far enough removed from the city we have fewer problems than the city proper and aren't south GA (thank god). Drop me a line if you have any more questions... I have lived here my whole life. peace me
