[hurricanes]

I just wanted to offer my personal experiences with anyone thinking about moving to Atlanta from Florida. After 2 years I'm ready to move back. Too much crime and boring. I realized that I miss the beaches, city life, the ethnic diversity and my Dolphins even if they stunk last year.

[compelled to reply]

Ugh, the vicious malcontent cycle will repeat itself again. Florida (you are coloring the whole state and comparing it to Atlanta) has plenty of crime (more than GA actually) and not really all that much city life. Some parts of Florida really aren't that diverse either. Atlanta is not my cup of tea and may not have the beaches and the Dolphins, but it does have plenty of ethnic diversity and city life if you look hard enough, in fact probably more city life than most Florida cities.

Now granted if you moved from say Coral Springs or Lake Mary to College Park, you might be right. On the other hand if you moved from Alpharetta to Pinellas Park or the northside of Jacksonville, than you would probably have a similar shock.

[surfer boy]

Crime, traffic... in ATL? No......... choose wisely of coming back, some of our FL cities arent any different (Miami, Orlando, Tampa).

[compelled to reply]

Truthfully you haven't seen traffic can do to a perfectly sane person until you have spent a month in Atlanta. I was literally banging my head against the steering wheel, borderline to tears. The only Florida city that comes close is Orlando and it still won't do that to you. Even in Miami the traffic opens up outside of rush hour at least.

When did the poster even mention traffic anyway?

[Alphaman]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

Truthfully you haven't seen traffic can do to a perfectly sane person until you have spent a month in Atlanta. The only Florida city that comes close is Orlando. Even in Miami the traffic opens up outside of rush hour at least.

When did the poster even mention traffic anyway?

The traffic is not bad nights and weekends here in Orlando I think you are exaggerating just a tad.

[compelled to reply]

That's my point. I didn't say Orlando was just as bad, I just said that it can even come close and it still isn't as bad. There are random jam-ups out of nowhere on I-4 but they are usually done with in 5-10 minutes. Still one of the worst traffic cities though, just not worse than Atlanta. The only worse traffic I have lived through is DC, NY and LA. I would rank Orlando around probably 10th place, Miami maybe 14th and Tampa wouldn't even be on my top 20.

[Alphaman]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

That's my point. I didn't say Orlando was just as bad, I just said that it can even come close.

they just opened up a new I-4 ramp on 408 and boy it is so much better now in the morning rush no more line waiting to get on I-4

[8.00 per hour]

Originally Posted by hurricanes

I just wanted to offer my personal experiences with anyone thinking about moving to Atlanta from Florida. After 2 years I'm ready to move back. Too much crime and boring. I realized that I miss the beaches, city life, the ethnic diversity and my Dolphins even if they stunk last year.

Atlanta is boring

[hurricanes]

Who said I was comparing the whole state of Florida to Atlanta? I said if anyone from Florida is moving to Atlanta. If you want to compare the two states than ok Florida easy as a whole is nicer than Georgia. The whole southern hospitality thing is a bunch of bologna. It's more like home of the racists oh and if you don't have a southern accent you're labeled a yankee. Yes there's still inbred country hillbillies around and the thugs that are on the news for killing someone just about every other day. Grant it all states have crime but I've never had to buy a gun or a home alarm system in my whole 33 years in Broward County until I came to Atlanta. And traffic is worse here than Miami. My bro lives in Gwinnett county and he's thought about moving back and he bumped into a lady at a gas station recently from Tampa and she's moving back. I'm sure some people like it but it's not for me.

[Cane Fan]

Originally Posted by 8.00 per hour

Atlanta is boring

I go used to go to Atlanta frequently as my older brother went to school at Georgia Tech ... and yes there are some real nice areas such as Buckhead , Mid Town and the Northen suburbs such as Alpharetta ... but I have to agree with 8:00 per hour that for the most part it is boring .. the natives like think of the city as the New York of the South ... no way not even close ... you have a growing illegal immigration problem like in South Florida , racial tensions , poor air quality and the worst traffic I have seen anywhere !!