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Hello all, I have recently been offered a position in Dublin, GA and have visited. I am coming from Dallas-Fort Worth and thinking that I might make a move to Macon because Dublin is so small, I am afraid it might be a bit of a culture shock to me. I tested out the distance from Fairview Hospital to Macon Malland the time seemed to be at 45 minutes. Does anyone know is that about the average time it takes to get to Dublin from Macon if I choose to say close to I-16? If not are there any midpoint towns between Dublin and Macon that I am unaware of????
I would find something rural in between that gives you an easy drive to Macon or Dublin. Dublin would be quite a shock coming from DFW. For that matter, Macon is going to be quite a shock... If rural is too much, downtown Macon should have something available that's reasonable. The drive is a breeze. I16 is about as empty and boring as any highway you'll ever drive.
Downtown Macon has a lot of potential. I rather like it, though many of the residents on the outskirts are afraid to go there. I've been spending a reasonable amount of time in their downtown on business and am always excited by what I see/experience there.
The other small town I've had the opportunity to explore recently is Milledgeville. It's about 45 miles NW of Dublin and roughly the same distance from Macon. It's a lovely Southern college town with a lot of history and a charming downtown with "classic" little shops and restaurants. It wouldn't improve your commute, but might provide an sense of community that you wouldn't find in either of the other cities.
Of course, if you settled in Dublin for convenience, you'd have both Macon and Milledgeville nearby to give you relief.
Hello all, I have recently been offered a position in Dublin, GA and have visited. I am coming from Dallas-Fort Worth and thinking that I might make a move to Macon because Dublin is so small, I am afraid it might be a bit of a culture shock to me. I tested out the distance from Fairview Hospital to Macon Malland the time seemed to be at 45 minutes. Does anyone know is that about the average time it takes to get to Dublin from Macon if I choose to say close to I-16? If not are there any midpoint towns between Dublin and Macon that I am unaware of????
Try Warner Robins same distance from Macon and a really nice place with lots to do. BTW... I just moved to Dublin from the west coast of Canada (Vancouver) and love it.
I personally think you would love Milledgeville. I lived there and really miss it. I had a friend that moved from Dublin and also loved it, it had a lot more to offer than Dublin--shopping, grocery stores, restauants, and also the lake. Also, nicer homes to choose from.
The traffic in Macon is a nightmare and I also hear there are crime areas you have to look out for.
Good Luck
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hey man, I dont know if you're still looking, but, in Macon, the southern and western parts of the city limits are crime infested. North Macon is technically not in the city limits but its the nicest.
I stay in East Macon and it gets lumped into being just like southern and western Macon when its really not. We just have one bad neighborhood, Ft. Hill.
In the extreme eastern part of the city limits along the bibb county, jones county border...you can find many nice neighborhoods and sub divisions. Also, you could stay in eastern bibb county just out from east macon (Still considered the eastside by some of the residents) out by geico and near the twiggs county border. You would be very close to I-16 and about 10-15 mins closer to dublin than staying deeper into Macon city limits. The bad thing is that this area is rural in itself (probably even more rural than the city of Dublin itself)
So, I'd recommend staying somewhere on the Macon/Bibb County-Jones County line....you'll be close to the city, close enough to work, and in a pretty safe area.
hey this is CochranGA934 and Dublin is a small city but everything you could want or need is right inside of it ,without all of the big city problems and crimes. I live in the cochran area right now but will be moving to the Macon area shortly, and I would say the average time from Dublin to Macon would be about 45minutes ,but I'm not sure because the city just extend a roud that streches out to the Dudley city Limits and this may cut your time maybe about ten minutes. Also dublin is only an hour and a half drive from Savanna, as well as an hour drive from Statesboro. So these two cities may help you feel more at home.
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Cochran, I noticed you mentioned Statesboro and Savannah. You think Statesboro is that much more noticeably different(bigger..more city) than Dublin? I always looked as them both as decent sized "micropolitan" type cities (like Milledgeville) that you probably couldnt tell the difference between.
I know this thread is old but im going through old threads revitalizing topics(nothing else to do lol) @King X: Dublin and Boro are both very similiar in some ways like our Northside Drive and their main shopping corridor(i forgot what the highway is named) looks just alike to me; both have very small malls
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I personally think you would love Milledgeville. I lived there and really miss it. I had a friend that moved from Dublin and also loved it, it had a lot more to offer than Dublin--shopping, grocery stores, restauants, and also the lake. Also, nicer homes to choose from.
