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Old 07-22-2008, 01:21 AM
 
Location: Central Florida
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Can anybody tell me anything good about Thomasville? We have 7 children and it isn't looking like a good place for us. We live in an area of FL largely populated by retirees, which we hate. A job is being offered in GA, but looking at the city's website it will be ANOTHER retirement community! Anything for the kids?
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Old 07-23-2008, 09:33 PM
 
Location: Central Florida
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Nobody? Nothing at all to tell me? There MUST be children in this town!?!
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Old 07-23-2008, 11:17 PM
 
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Question thomasville

any replies about thomasville? We are wondering what the
area is like...? Any comments out there?
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Old 08-23-2008, 09:58 AM
 
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personally, i think it's a great town for kids. just bought our first house here after living here for the last 6 years... family oriented, good proximity to larger cities and still has a small town feeling. fits my bill.
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Old 08-23-2008, 11:53 AM
 
Location: doerun, ga
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yes thomasville is about as safe a town as you will find. there are a few retirees that have got tired of fl but not that many.
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Old 03-09-2009, 08:58 AM
 
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I am a lifetime resident of Thomasville (all but 10 of my nearly 40 years) and I can honestly say that this is a town all about the kids! We have the best YMCA around. The Y and the City have merged for an amazing sports program. The parks and sports park are beautiful. Every Church has great programs and there are a variety of para-church organizations for the Youth. The Cultural center has art, music, and drama programs year around. The Music and Drama Troupe trains kids to sing and perform. There is an amazing Boys and Girls Club and a Resource Center--and I'm just scratching the surface! Come on down--you won't ever want to leave!
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Old 03-09-2009, 04:47 PM
 
Location: sowf jawja
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thomasville has been marketing itself for quite some time as a retirement city.

i've worked in several neighborhoods where 95% of the residents were retirees who moved from florida.


the ymca in thomasville isn't bad, but its not the best either.

other than sports, there aren't a lot of options for kids. luckily its not far from tallahassee, and you can find plenty for them to do there.


there are good schools in thomasville. our son went to st. thomas day school for pre-k and kindergarten; we thought it was an awesome school. brookwood is good school for k-12. he would've went there next but is now at a private school in valdosta.

thomasville has a really nice victorian Christmas festival downtown every year.

i would say the proximity to tallahassee is the best thing about living in thomasville.
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Old 07-10-2010, 08:32 PM
 
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it's a black hole! if you try to leave it sucks you back in... and really the schools used to be great, but now jerger elementary is the only good school really left. there's nothing to do, so kids get into trouble a lot. it's an "old money" kinda town. nice and quaint, and the folks with money want it to stay that way. it's almost impossible to get any new stores (we only just got a lowes a few years ago) and the nearest city with things to do is tallahassee fl which is nearly 40-45 mins away. i wouldn't recommend thomasville, unless you plan to live at a church (because that's pretty much the only thing kids have to do...go to church). i have two kids, and will be moving out when they're getting into school.
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