Moving to Georgia/Life/car laws!

[ST1G]

Who told you there are no mountains in GA? That's what makes up the entire northern third of the state.

I like Georgia most of the time. Motor Vehicle laws aren't too burdening, lots of nice driving roads. Worst part is the erratic weather. Could be seriously cold (for Georgia weather, to keep you northerners from bitching) for a week in November and then be unseasonably warm. Thats my only complaint.

Uhhh. Mountains in the north huh. That's good for a laugh. Those are hills mate.

[LJ851]

25 years and older have zero restrictions, no emissions, no inspection, just buy a tag once a year. My '89 had it's last emission inspection this year.

[rcsoundn1]

I know there are mountains out there, maybe not as common as jersey but I don't need a mountain to have fun. It's trivial to many but is tint illegal? Can you lover a car, swap motors etc? We have bigger issues to worry about like jobs and housing which are the primary concern. I'm just in for any and all info

[hfabricius]

Hot and humid, no mountains, Southern accents, no snow. It's hell.

Who told you there are no mountains in GA? That's what makes up the entire northern third of the state.

I like Georgia most of the time. Motor Vehicle laws aren't too burdening, lots of nice driving roads. Worst part is the erratic weather. Could be seriously cold (for Georgia weather, to keep you northerners from bitching) for a week in November and then be unseasonably warm. Thats my only complaint.

[ST1G]

Hot and humid, no mountains, Southern accents, no snow. It's hell.

[rcsoundn1]

Explain!

[ST1G]

Soooo I am moving to Georgia. Not sure of the exact area, I know it is a big state. I live in NJ and was wonder what you all knew about Georgia? Any advice, areas to go or avoid? I'm looking for general insight here. I will update where I am looking as things zero in. So hit me with what you have!

Avoid Georgia.

[rcsoundn1]

Also savannah is amazing. Awesome place to be, not sure we can live there though

[rcsoundn1]

So I'm bumping this up again to get more info on jobs, housing and the laws regarding old cars, tint, modified cars etc. we will start off living in loganville with family and want to move anywhere within about an hour of there. WHAT YALL GOT!

[z6ne]

You couldn't pay me enough to live in Atlanta! I was in Alpharetta last week for a training class for work. We got out of class on Wednesday at 4pm. I was heading to Columbia. It took me over 2 hours just to get out of Atlanta! I can't stand that place. It's like a city built for 1 million people that 10 billion people live in.

If you're scared go to church.

And whatever you do, DO NOT leave the house in a motor vehicle between the hours of 7-9 am and 5-7pm if you can help it hahaha

I hear Savannah is cool.

[randomtask37]

If you can choose anywhere in ga to live., move to savannah. You will not regret it. Awesome small city. I lived there for a little over 1 year and miss it big time.

[klavender1]

You couldn't pay me enough to live in Atlanta! I was in Alpharetta last week for a training class for work. We got out of class on Wednesday at 4pm. I was heading to Columbia. It took me over 2 hours just to get out of Atlanta! I can't stand that place. It's like a city built for 1 million people that 10 billion people live in.

[z6ne]

I agree with this, HOWEVER. Keep in mind that all of these neighborhoods are an urban environment. Having lived in most of them (I still live in zone 6 actually) for 10+ years I will give you some advice. There are ALOT of smash and grab style break ins down here in city of atlanta. I live in a great area of Kirkwood, and it's still plagued with kids breaking windows and doors to grab laptops and other quick, pawnable items. Even if you have dogs, or an alarm (which I do) they have no problem forcibly entering your home if they think it's un-occupied and there are things to steal. In my part of Kirkwood there have been 6+ break ins over the past 2 weeks. My house was one of them. It comes with the territory, and you need to be aware of your surroundings. The thieves made off with a laptop in my case and were scared off by our alarm system quickly. They didn't care that we have two dogs, and the dogs were not hurt. There are no "safe" neighborhoods in Metro Atlanta, I understand that. But you need to be aware that East Atlanta isn't "chill". Many people are robbed while walking home from bars, restaurants are robbed periodically, and break ins occur daily. If you want to take a look at what happens in my neighborhood, sign up on this forum and read a bit. http://www.historic-kirkwood.com/
Also, check this out. This happened less than a mile from my house.

http://decatur.patch.com/articles/armed-robbers-hit-wahoo-grill-c232c3d1

Not a strange or rare occurrence though. @ 6 years ago a bartender was gunned down in this area after being robbed while closing up. He was a great guy and an awesome person in our community. They caught some of the perps who did it, but largely most robbers go un-caught here.
I love, love, love my neighborhood. I wouldn't leave b/c of petty theft. I just want you to be informed.
Rich

I don't deny any of this. There have been a couple of break ins on my street: next door neighbor who my family has been close to since moving into this house (1995) got a bunch of jewelry stolen, across the street 2 doors down the hill folks had a monte carlo or impala or some shit pull behind their house and break in the back and jacked laptops and other stuff, since then they had a gate installed, me and my neighbor and brother actually witnessed this one, we were little kids so we only realized what was going on until after the fact. Since all that shit they've gotten off duty cops to do the 'trolley patrol' thing for grant and ormewood park areas, and the neighborhood watch is pretty good. People do get robbed coming home from bars, and that's because they are 8 times out of 10 being drunk mark idiots, I've been in Atlanta in the same area for my whole life and know it quite well. To protect yourself get a concealed carry, dont be too big of a waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles to stand up to random people who fuck with you on the street, etc. To protect your house, get dogs ( i know you said you had them but it can't hurt), alarm system, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, buy guns and clean them on the porch lol, leave lights on at night, and don't live your life in a way that is ultra routine based, in which someone could case you out and learn the times where they could break in. That sucks your house got busted into man, I'm sorry. And the crazy thing is, that robbery at Wahoo I was told about by 2 of my friends who work there, they think it was an ex employee because they knew the layout quite well.

tldr; Atlanta is way cool if you know what you're doing and have common sense.

edit: my street is super calm. It's by the kroger on moreland, not edgewood but the one like 1 more mile further south with zestos and BK. Check out this place JJs country cookin right by there, its rad. At night cars go by maybe every 30 minutes to an hour, rarely will you see a person besides a dog walker or someone coming home with groceries or whatever. I love it.

[rcsoundn1]

I don't want to live in Atl. I hope to move 30-40 min outside of ATL. & I just came back from Georgia, more specifically the Loganville area, and the Pollen was def out in full force.

[Ryan Stewart]

And I can understand that, but to me the heat you guys have most of the year is not something I could deal with. I hate it when it gets much over 70 degrees, I have family that live in the SW and fuck I dont know how they hell they do it.

Your blood thins quickly. After a couple of years 70 feels like jeans weather.