California girl asking about Georgia

[Snapaholics]

can you name a few real good smaller periphery areas right near athens where one might find it a tad rural?

i am assuming that because it's a college town you will find more diversity and will maybe find more acceptance of our interracial family.

steph

[lilmusket]

Originally Posted by Snapaholics

can you name a few real good smaller periphery areas right near athens where one might find it a tad rural?

i am assuming that because it's a college town you will find more diversity and will maybe find more acceptance of our interracial family.

steph

Winterville... cute little town just outside Athens proper.

[Chadro77]

Originally Posted by Snapaholics

can you name a few real good smaller periphery areas right near athens where one might find it a tad rural?

i am assuming that because it's a college town you will find more diversity and will maybe find more acceptance of our interracial family.

steph

I'd stay out of the real rural towns, it'll be hit or miss with acceptance. If you want to live around Athens, just live in it.

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by Snapaholics

so give me an example of what a small house might be in rent? is it nice living near that big lake? i surely don't live in LA or anything so i am not interested in the fast paced life, it's just me an my daughter, i just want her in a good school, doing girl scouts, i don't want any problems with our being an interracial family, i mean i sound like georgia is mars or something LOL but i have never even been to the east coast, much less the south.

i have some adoption friends who have kids from my daughter's orphanage, and it would be so neat to live near them. one is in lawrenceville and one near athens.

is it nice there?

steph

Lake Lanier has generally very expensive homes on it...some are into the multi-millions. It is an extremely popular vacation destination with Atlantans. There have been major issues with the lake's depleted water level due to drought over the last couple of years, but the situation seems to be slowly correcting itself.
Athens is a charming college town, easily accessible to Atlanta (1 hr).
Lawrenceville is suburban Atlanta; it has good and bad neighborhoods, a nice downtown area, and is becoming increasingly multicultural.

[georgia woman]

We have a house for sale and it is about 15 minutes N.W. of Gainesville. If you might be interested shoot me a post. Price is 259,900. or lease purchase for 1,800. a month. The house is only 5 yrs. old and has been very well taken care of. You would love it!

[gamrgrl72]

We moved here from San Mateo, it's about 20 min south of San Francisco. It's way way way cheaper. We live in Marietta we have a 5 br house that the mortgage is the same price as our 2br apartment rent was. Everything is cheaper, gas, food, dinner, etc. Some have said you get paid less, I guess that depends on what you do. My husband makes about the same amount of money he made in CA.
I like it here better than CA, people are nicer, I was surprised how aloof people were in the bay area. It's prettier here, there were pretty parts in CA ( half moon bay ) but here, everything is just prettier, more trees, more grass, bigger yards. You really have to look around because every town is different, I recommend renting an apartment and just taking some time to see which town best fits you. Some are laid back, some are conservative, some are ecclectic. We rented for 6 months in Decatur and just asked around, drove around and figured out which town fit our needs the most.