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9/20/2012 8:13am
Hello all...
Would love to pick your brains if I may... I have a job opportunity in ATL and I currently live in Temecula, Ca. Life is getting pretty damn expensive out here and being recently laid off isn't helping much.
Will a "So Cal" family make it out there in Atlanta or will we hate it? We're not much in the rat race nor do we really give a shit about what people think of us. Schools, safety and a good up-bringing for my kids is what's most important to me.
Thoughts? I can handle the truth.
thx.
tonyd.
Would love to pick your brains if I may... I have a job opportunity in ATL and I currently live in Temecula, Ca. Life is getting pretty damn expensive out here and being recently laid off isn't helping much.
Will a "So Cal" family make it out there in Atlanta or will we hate it? We're not much in the rat race nor do we really give a shit about what people think of us. Schools, safety and a good up-bringing for my kids is what's most important to me.
Thoughts? I can handle the truth.
thx.
tonyd.
Strangely, one of the big differences for me is that there are no hills or mountains there. Sounds weird, but I really missed the So Cal terrain.
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Alsoi, I have no idea what dude is talking about when he says that there are no hills or mountains there. You are only a couple of hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Riding there is really good. Lots of places within a 2 hour drive of ATL both off road and MX
I say go fot it!
Seriously, take the Atlanta perimeter (I-285) then make a 30 mile radius outside of it. Live anywhere but inside that circle and you'll be fine.
I for one really don't care for it much here but maybe I would appreciate it more after living somewhere else. Just so many damn trees. Lot of black people also. I don't mean that to sound racist but there just really is a lot of black people that live here. You kind of feel like a minority if your white. Like I said, not being racist but it's different.
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The only areas I would live is the Kennesaw/Acworth area or the Buford/Dacula area. The riding is ok. There is a really good track called Amp Mx on the border of GA/AL but its a hour and 45 minute drive. One cool thing, you about 7-8 drive from many things: Florida to Ohio.
Atlanta is ok - the changes in the weather is nice. Today it is about 70 and sunny. The leaves are changing and the air is starting to get crisp at night.
1) Friends. I have lifelong friends that I missed more than anything. Riding buddies too. You can meet new friends, but you can never replace ones you met when you were 5, 13, or 18.
2) Family. See above.
3) Mexican food. It was tough to find a good taco shop in Phoenix! I know it sounds crazy, but trust me, it was nothing like San Diego or Temecula. If PHX isn't going to cut it, you know ATL won't!!
4) Weather. Phoenix is "holy crap" hot. Atlanta in the summer has got to be "holy f*%king mother of God" hot.
5) Industry/ schools/ opportunities. Phoenix seemed so much more.... undeveloped. Maybe "undevelopable" is a better word. I have no idea what GA is like, but consider that angle too.
Don't let me or anyone else talk you out of it, but if you like living here, it's going to be hard to like anywhere else on the planet.
There are so also so many suburbs. Just everywhere. There is a grocery store and Walmart everywhere. It's like there are little cities everywhere. I can drive 5 miles down the street and have a totally different vibe with it's own publix and kroger, it's own cvs and walgreens, etc. Then you drive 5 miles and have the same stores all over again because there are just so many people.
It's very developed here since the olympics. Was like a major boom. There were 100 neighborhoods and new communities every week. Since the economy tanked there is pretty much no new development though.
That's one thing about CA, is if your liberal minded, you will always be in your element. Out here, it's about 50/50 around the big cities, so that creates tension.
The schools there are excellent. There is scenery (Buford has Lake Lanier, Calhoun has the mountain areas and Bremen is sitting on the bottom foothill of the Appalachian Mountains "highest point between Atlanta and Birmingham Alabama at almost 2000 ft) in each city. Calhoun is obviously the most distant of the three places mentioned from downtown Atlanta. Bremen is just far enough out of the "metro" area where you can breathe and enjoy your privacy yet be close enough to get to downtown Atlanta in 25 minutes. Its a lot easier coming in from interstate 20 to Atlanta from the west than any other direction or interstate that runs into Atlanta.
Bremen has a supercross/motorcross track as well. At one time Calhoun did have one..not sure if its still there? The school system in Bremen is superb and if you like high school football, youll love it in that area as 9 high schools populate the area, but would definitely suggest Bremen or Carrollton for the education. Now, ill be the first to admit, Bremen really has suffered a downturn when it comes to local jobs/industry.
If you like seeing hills, 15 minutes north of Bremen is Cedartown, Ga and thats where the foothills really get going. Beyond that, the place is ideal for living as climate means milder winters/ sometimes hot summers but there are "typically" no issues with earthquakes, santa ana wind driven forest fires, and other normal things that seem to be part of California living. Tornadoes happen, but are rare compared to surrounding states and that may be because of the elevated windshear storms experience when they hit the Alabama/Georgia line near Bremen and the foothills. Hurricanes could be a threat but rarely come through here.
I believe there are four or five top notch motorcross tracks in a 2 to three hour radius of Bremen as well.
Just dont move into Douglas County. lol The city/county government is the most ignorant/infighting system that I have ever seen.
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