Blue Ridge, GA - Progressive? (Atlanta, Decatur: movies, tax, to live)

[gaduchman]

Originally Posted by BlueRidge?...No

If you do choose to come to Blue Ridge, Georgia, we did the same move nearly three years ago from Naples, Florida and have been trying to move out for one year now. The isolation from the rest of the world was nice for awhile, but then it became sickening. Driving at least an hour every time you want to go to a decent store or restaurant gets old quick. There are a few art shows each year and some people from Florida come up here to vacation, but not nearly enough are actually moving here full time. We built a fairly large house in Mountain Tops of Blue Ridge where there are many residents from Florida and other parts of Georgia. Most people in Blue Ridge, however, are "locals" or "long time residents" who can't afford and who simple do not want a large, upscale home. If you do come to Blue Ridge, please do it soon and look into Mountain Tops Subdivision (I'm sure you can afford it because you aren't an original Blue Ridge resident). I am ready to leave the isolated countryside surrounded by "old southerners" and move on with my life.

Typical of Floridians - The next place you move to - try blending in. These people are what we call "half-backs". They move to Fla to avoid paying income tax, for the good weather and golf or fishing. After ten or 15 years of making their Fla home cities like it was back home, they discover the grass wasn't greener, but now can't afford to move all the way back. So they find someplace like GA, NC, SC, TN which is still warm, but has lower priced land and taxes. They still build their mini-mansions but aren't satisfied because they can't make it like it was back home - the locals won't let them. So, now they're stuck.

My advice is to buck up and deal with the situation at home before moving to our beautiful state and mucking it up. We are proud of the rural heritage, the atmosphere and the way things are!

[neil0311]

Originally Posted by gaduchman

My advice is to buck up and deal with the situation at home before moving to our beautiful state and mucking it up. We are proud of the rural heritage, the atmosphere and the way things are!

So much for "southern hospitality"...huh?

[MCFF26]

no its called we here in the rural parts of the north georgia are sick and d*** tired of all these flippin yankees/city-slickers/floridians moving in and trying to take over the place

we like being an hour from everything..... its so peaceful to be able to see a completely dark night sky or listening to the slow chant of the crickets/frogs well into the morning without sirens, traffic, and general city noises

yeah keep building those million dollar houses on the side of the mountain, its gonna look real good on TV when a brushfire comes sweeping up the side of the mountain and the fire department is unable to get their equipment up there because you had to have your home on the side of the mountain so you could feel a little more country (look at california, all those ignorant yuppies building houses in the most God awful places and yet everyone acts surprised when the fire comes rolling through and torches whole neighborhoods)... can i get a here's your sign award?

[neil0311]

Originally Posted by MCFF26

no its called we here in the rural parts of the north georgia are sick and d*** tired of all these flippin yankees/city-slickers/floridians moving in and trying to take over the place

we like being an hour from everything..... its so peaceful to be able to see a completely dark night sky or listening to the slow chant of the crickets/frogs well into the morning without sirens, traffic, and general city noises

yeah keep building those million dollar houses on the side of the mountain, its gonna look real good on TV when a brushfire comes sweeping up the side of the mountain and the fire department is unable to get their equipment up there because you had to have your home on the side of the mountain so you could feel a little more country (look at california, all those ignorant yuppies building houses in the most God awful places and yet everyone acts surprised when the fire comes rolling through and torches whole neighborhoods)... can i get a here's your sign award?

Wow...and I thought movies like Deliverance were just Hollywood folklore.

[mtlogger]

Hey, the short time I lived in Floreeda it was the way Alf described it. They'd come like fire-flies down every winter, until they bought a home and changed their plates, avoiding PA, NJ, NY, MA income taxes. Then they got themselves appointed or elected and made changes to the various city and county boards that was how it was "back home". Trouble was back home wasn't all that bad and if enough of them had banded together they could have changed it there and not created a ruckus elsewhere. The Native Floridians were Spanish and Seminoles so it was easy to push them around. Not happening anymore - the Spanish, read Cubans have re-taken their turf. And, well the Seminoles are making $$$ on blackjack!

Now, you wanna talk about invasion - that's what it's like in MT, ID, WA & WY right now - everyone wants their freedom but won't fight for it back home.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by gaduchman

Typical of Floridians - The next place you move to - try blending in.

Please don't judge all Floridians, the northern 1/3 of the state hasn't been ruined yet and we face the same problems as you do.

Check out the FL forum sometime and you'll see the same types of questions..."is Pensacola diverse?", "is the panhandle redneck like I hear?", "is there KKK in north Florida?", etc.

[gaduchman]

Originally Posted by MCFF26

yeah keep building those million dollar houses on the side of the mountain, its gonna look real good on TV when a brushfire comes sweeping up the side of the mountain and the fire department is unable to get their equipment up there because you had to have your home on the side of the mountain so you could feel a little more country (look at california, all those ignorant yuppies building houses in the most God awful places and yet everyone acts surprised when the fire comes rolling through and torches whole neighborhoods)... can i get a here's your sign award?

Sorry you can't fix stupid.

[gaduchman]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

Please don't judge all Floridians, the northern 1/3 of the state hasn't been ruined yet and we face the same problems as you do.

I sincerely DOUBT you face the same problems. I don't remember seeing mini-mansions in Milton lately.

[COUNTRYFRIED]

Originally Posted by gaduchman

Typical of Floridians - The next place you move to - try blending in. These people are what we call "half-backs". They move to Fla to avoid paying income tax, for the good weather and golf or fishing. After ten or 15 years of making their Fla home cities like it was back home, they discover the grass wasn't greener, but now can't afford to move all the way back. So they find someplace like GA, NC, SC, TN which is still warm, but has lower priced land and taxes. They still build their mini-mansions but aren't satisfied because they can't make it like it was back home - the locals won't let them. So, now they're stuck.

My advice is to buck up and deal with the situation at home before moving to our beautiful state and mucking it up. We are proud of the rural heritage, the atmosphere and the way things are!

Couldn't agree more its a shame what the Floridians are doing to the small Appalachian towns.

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by neil0311

So much for "southern hospitality"...huh?

Take your cheap shot at Southerners if you want, but I've heard the same sentiments expressed by the residents of mountain communities in Vermont, New Hampshire, Washington state...