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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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XP: Question for you Atlanta ladies... (relocation?)
I mostly post on TTGP and 3T, but thought I'd stop here for some firsthand opinions. MH and I currently live in San Jose, CA (just south of San Francisco), and HATE it. We moved here for my job, and are now looking for some place to relocate where we can settle long term and actually afford to buy a home some day. So, my question for you ladies is, what do you like about Atlanta? dislike? what are your thoughts for someone considering a cross-country relocation? TIA!
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Re: XP: Question for you Atlanta ladies... (relocation?)
Hi there! The board has been a little dead recently, so bear with us...
I live outside of Atlanta now, but I grew in town. Atlanta has a lot of good things about it that I love: a great restaurant scene, different neighborhoods scattered across the city with different cultures and different types of people, fun sports teams, relatively affordable housing/living costs. We get all four seasons here, but it's on the warmer side most of the time. Depending on what neighborhood you live in, there are places where you can just blend into the crowd and places where everyone knows you and it's a really close-knit community. There are lots of festivals and concerts and shows - it seems like there is always something fun to do.
On the other hand, it has its drawbacks. Atlanta is crazy hot and humid in the summer (for example, today where I live the high is 106). Traffic is NUTS, and our public transportation sucks, so you pretty much have to drive everywhere. I used to drive 2.5 hrs each way from where I am where I am into downtown for work. Without traffic it's 45 minutes. Needless to say, I don't do that anymore! Most young adults who live in Atlanta aren't "from" here, so the social culture is sort of a mixed bag - which is a good thing and a bad thing, I guess!
Others will probably chime in, too, but that's my. $0.02. I know it might be expensive, but I'd plan on spending some time here and in any other city you're seriously considering before taking the plunge.
GL with your decision and with TTC!
No worries! Thanks for the input. I really appreciate it.
I have lived in many different areas as a military wife. I like Atlanta the most. There is so much to do, it's a melting pot of relocation but with it's own history. You can choose to live in the Urban areas or in the smaller suburbs and still easily get into the city. I feel it's a safe place to raise a family and there are many great public school areas. The only thing I dislike is rush hour traffic, but again, you can avoid it by where you live and work.
Jackie Dyer-REALTOR and Relocation Specialist