TintoTerra
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Is it a horrible place to live or is it decent? My gf has a job offer there and we are considering it. Pros? Cons?
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A lot of the responses are going to depend upon where, exactly, you're thinking of moving. The Atlanta metro area is enormous, so it's hard to give any detailed input without a more specific location. For what it's worth, I currently live just far enough from Atlanta to not be part of the metro area, I lived there for a couple of years in the 90s, and I have a lot of family/friends in the Atlanta area. That being the case, I know the city relatively well. I would happily move back, but, if I did, I'd really want to be inside the Perimeter (or at least very close to the Perimeter). There are a lot of great things to do in the city, but the suburbs/exurbs, while nice in the right areas, tend to be pretty generically suburban. The real character to Atlanta is ITP.
Some good points here, but ridiculously priced? Atlanta has some of the lowest-priced and lowest-taxed real estate of any major metro area in the US. Does it cost more to live here than say, Kansas City? Sure it does. But compared to Chicago, Philly, DC, Boston and any west coast metropolis, Atlanta is a cost-of-lving bargain.
Is it a horrible place to live or is it decent? My gf has a job offer there and we are considering it. Pros? Cons?
Being a massive metro area, it depends heavily on where you are. For a job near the Aquarium, I'd recommend Midtown (for condos and apartments look to the Peachtree Street corridor, for homes look a bit east of there, and around Piedmont Park), and Buckhead (condos and apartments again on the Peachtree Street corridor, homes a bit farther off of it). Those should be OK for what passes as mass transit in this city (MARTA), provided you're decently close to one of the train stations. For areas where you don't mind driving a bit more, then maybe Brookhaven, Collier Hills, Vinings, Westside/DeFoors area, Perimeter/Pill Hill, and there are some others. I lived in Midtown and Atlantic Station for about 4 years, the last year in Atlantic Station. I would not recommend living in Atlantic Station unless you can't find anywhere else to live. Nor would I recommend Decatur. For an intown area and city, it's a pain ********** to get to and from. The Wife and I currently live in Embry Hills, as both of our jobs are out in the 'burbs, but prior to that lived in Brookhaven, and enjoyed it quite a lot. With the amount of highways here and the busiest airport in the world, you can get pretty much anywhere in a reasonable amount of time, but it's so sprawled out that it can take you a long time to go anywhere. A lot of the people that live here are transplants, and you can tell during football season especially. Then there's the water supply issue, which will be coming to a head over the next year or so, to keep your eyes on. Really, it depends on what's important to you both.