5 best and 5 worst places to live in GA? (Atlanta, Columbus: cul-de-sac, elementary schools)
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Worst in Georgia: 1. Atlanta 2. Near Atlanta 3. Around Atlanta 4. Atlanta area 5. Anywhere close to Atlanta, all because of high violent crime rate, terrible traffic, rude drivers, no personality and half of the residents do not speak recognizable english.
Try the Lake Blackshear area which is 20 miles north if you can handle that commute. Lake Blackshear Plantation is a golf community, tons of homes on the lake and many lower priced homes on smaller acreages. Also, Leesburg is becoming a bedroom community to Albany, cute little nothing of a town, but if you're working in Albany, you can sleep in peace northward. Good luck.
If you want to live in an area of low crime, low housing costs, and lots of outdoor activities, consider Catoosa County in NW Georgia...in the metro Chattanooga, Tn area. Fresh air and friendly people in Fort Oglethorpe,Ga, Ringgold, Ga, and Chattanooga area.
Moved here (Ringgold, Ga) from Tampa Bay and we love it. Plenty to do with Hiking(Lookout Mountain), Rock City, hang-gliding, caves (Ruby Falls), riverboats, Incline Railway, IMAX theatre, a Huge Waterfront (Tennessee River) Aquarium (puts the Tampa, Fl aquarium to shame), Bluff Art District, Walnut street Bridge (pedestrian bridge over Tn River), Trail of Tears exposition, Science museum, Univ of Tenn @ Chattanooga, Semi Pro baseball, Warehouse Row, Hamilton Place Mall, and one more time....Lots of Friendly People. Light traffic, good shopping, beautiful mountain views....a nice modern (but small) airport, I-75, I-24, and I-59 all accessible. White water rafting 1.5-2.0 hrs away.
If you want to live in an area of low crime, low housing costs, and lots of outdoor activities, consider Catoosa County in NW Georgia...in the metro Chattanooga, Tn area. Fresh air and friendly people in Fort Oglethorpe,Ga, Ringgold, Ga, and Chattanooga area.
Moved here (Ringgold, Ga) from Tampa Bay and we love it. Plenty to do with Hiking(Lookout Mountain), Rock City, hang-gliding, caves (Ruby Falls), riverboats, Incline Railway, IMAX theatre, a Huge Waterfront (Tennessee River) Aquarium (puts the Tampa, Fl aquarium to shame), Bluff Art District, Walnut street Bridge (pedestrian bridge over Tn River), Trail of Tears exposition, Science museum, Univ of Tenn @ Chattanooga, Semi Pro baseball, Warehouse Row, Hamilton Place Mall, and one more time....Lots of Friendly People. Light traffic, good shopping, beautiful mountain views....a nice modern (but small) airport, I-75, I-24, and I-59 all accessible. White water rafting 1.5-2.0 hrs away.
Been to that area, and this poster is 100% right. BEAUTIFUL. Total contrast to southern Georgia.
Romeo...for all the reasons you listed above is exactly why we will be pulling in with our moving van in just 2 short weeks. We absolutely cannot wait. I have heard so many folks say how wonderful the TN Aquarium is. That will be one of our first outings, followed closely by biking thru Chickamauga Battlefield Park. We are very excited to be making the extreme NW GA corner our home!!!!
I am also looking to move to GA and have been considering DUblin and Perry. I see you have Dublin as your first on best places to live. May I ask why? I am a single Mom with 4 children and I am needing to rent a house as well as have good schools and daycare for my children as well as find a job down there before I get my own business off the ground. Any assistance you can give me I would appreciate. I have heard that Macon is very rough and I want my kids in a safe place when we move. Thanks!
RJ4,
I would like to learn more about Perry from you. I am a single mom of 4 from MN looking at moving to GA in August and Perry is one of the towns that I have been considering moving to. I have 3 school age children in middle and elemantry school and a child I would need day care for. Are there good day care providers in the area? Also, what is the job market like in Perry? Thanks!
Romeo...for all the reasons you listed above is exactly why we will be pulling in with our moving van in just 2 short weeks. We absolutely cannot wait. I have heard so many folks say how wonderful the TN Aquarium is. That will be one of our first outings, followed closely by biking thru Chickamauga Battlefield Park. We are very excited to be making the extreme NW GA corner our home!!!!
Oh, the Chattanooga area is FANTASTIC! I hope you'll be happy there; we have thoroughly enjoyed every trip there, and we say often that we'd like to end up in that area. You need to read Cherie Priest's Eden Moore novels, set in and around Chattanooga; she describes Chickamauga, Signal Mountain, the Pickle Barrel, Lookout Mountain, and so on. The paranormal stuff may not be to your liking, but it's so fun to read about somewhere and know exactly what she's talking about.
It may be fun to visit for the "historical monuments" and pro-military rightwings night clubs. However, beyond that, it sucks.
The city is plagued by a number of very serious problems. Those being:
RACISM & HIGH CRIME & Poverty
Savannah likes to believe that it is some sort of "art center" of the World. However, if paintings of lighthouses and suitcases filled with garbage are your idea of "high art" then maybe this is the place for you. Their little college is very poorly rated in true art World circuits. Given that the best art colleges have always existed in the northeast. This Savannah art college place owns most of the city and brags often about being featured in Newsweek. I was unaware that newsweek was a resource for college searches anyway.
So much that they print signs about it around the city ??? while most ofthe city starves, the rich enjoy free highways built directly to their communities. They own the local news media and city government. anyway, back to the point. Savannah's crime is not just an issue of murders and those types of crimes. But there is widespread poverty there. Rampant improper use of city funds. Tax evasion and other crimes that have affected the quality of life i n the city. Though most citizens there are oblivious to these issues. There are many minority tokens in Savannah who accept being thrown out of their homes. However, the effect of these issues can not be ignored by most intelligent people. True liberals would find Savannah a difficult place to live in. Racism is rampant, if you are not white or Asian or don't agree with the military/rightwing/fox news/GWB stay away. Externally Savannah appears like a place "on the move". However, after closer inspection, you will find most of the realestate there is empty there, no matter how new it may be. its just made to look nice. many of those "historical homes" are in ruins on the inside.
short fact: Savannah is ringed by several military bases. Savannah is very military minded. (again, 'true' (= as in not phoney, cute looking, closet racists,...etc) liberals, stay away)
Also, if you are a single male, forget it. There are many, many single men here who have no one. Meeting people is very difficult and those few you do meet will either have a 1st grade education, look like a scarecrow or be david duke's daughter with money. However, she will attempt to look "hip" by Savannah standards. And only by Savannah standards. Absolutely nothing impresses women in savannah. I don't care if you drive a gold plated Astin Martin. You come here and you will never get married or find a decent mate. The women have very nasty attitudes and are at the bottom of the barrel as they say. It is pretty segregated too. Few true interracial couples in the city. There is also a giant chemical paper plant hanging over the city that pumps out cancer and other illnesses each day. There is also a nuclear weapons plant up river that every now and then likes to dump its toxic waste into the river. (again true liberals would most likely not like living in Savannah) Savannah is also home to some of the highest heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure rates in nations. Thus the high number of competing hospitals in the Savannah area. So if you are in the medical comumunity then this may be the place for you. However, savannah also boosts some of the highest malpractice rates in the country. Obeisety is rampant, just like Savannah's racism. One word (depression) I wonder why? But they say that hings are "great in Savannah". They certainly don't look it. Starting to get the picture?
Recently lots of trash from some of the worse places are moving there along with other like minded people from similar historically racist/segregated/rightwing/phoney liberal/poverty stricken communities. Just look at the most recent tags on cars.
DC, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, N. California, New Jersey, Louisiana, St Paul, Boston, St Louis, Colorado ....See my point? Imagine what you will be dealing with in the long term. that along with a very, very low rated public and private school system.
When you arrive here, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There is this feeling of darkness that hangs over the city. It is just a dark depressing place. Despite not having a 'goth' large community. Savannah just sucks, when the fame ends, the lady and brats cooking show ratings go under, when "the book" is forgotton, when SCAM college gets busted by the feds for tax fraud/mafia involvment, when the local blacks riot for their ill treatment, when America falls economically from war and new Orleans opens back up vegas style and the ocean tide rises and storms brew, this place is going to go down hard. Do you really want to be here?
'nuff said
Savannah will change. It's a promise from the LORD!!!
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Obeisety is rampant, just like Savannah's racism. One word (depression) I wonder why? But they say that hings are "great in Savannah". They certainly don't look it. Starting to get the picture?
