Moving to Georgia/Life/car laws!

[Ryan Stewart]

I know its hot and muggy 11 months of the year and full of biting Insects and Snakes. If you can handle all that you should be good to go

Maybe its global warming but in the past few years here its not exceptionally hot.

Are you moving to Atlanta or Georgia?

Truth. Those are two different states.

[GillesBigCowboy]

And for few weeks each Spring, the pollen sucks!
Extremely high pollen right now; worse than the sinus congestion is the yellow dust that gets all over the cars.
But most importantly, we have Road Atlanta!

[delatlanta1281]

You should be ok then!

[rcsoundn1]

I love, love, love my neighborhood. I wouldn't leave b/c of petty theft. I just want you to be informed.


Thanks for the input. I do love the overal vibe of Georgia and I know what it's like to be In an urban area. I currently work in Newark at a jail, and in the community. I see Newark life day and night.

[delatlanta1281]

That's good to hear. You should be able to come down here and enjoy all the city has to offer. As long as you keep in mind it is a major city with major city crime. If I didn't feel safe I wouldn't live here.

[hfabricius]

I live about 40 miles north of Atlanta and go to school about another 30 miles north of where I live. Never had any problem aside from the occasional shitty driver. However, my sister has lived in Lindbergh, Cabbagetown, and currently lives in Grant Park. Shes has only had trouble one time when a homeless guy punched her while she was running but I'm pretty sure she just kept going. I don't think I have ever felt really unsafe in Atlanta with as much as I go down their but I do keep an eye on whats happening around me.

[delatlanta1281]

Whats crazy is that my house isn't on there, but the house down the street that got hit is.... weird.

[agent]

http://spotcrime.com/#atlanta

You can move the map around to see the concentrations of the various types of crime.

[delatlanta1281]

East Atlanta and east of atlanta are not the same thing. Lol.
if you do end up in ATL go to grant park/ormewood park, reynoldstown, candler park, VA highlands, East atlanta. All very chill places to live. I hate the rich parts of Atlanta.

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
And to this guy:

I'm sorry.

Stop acting like a fool. How about expanding as to why you are sorry.

[rcsoundn1]

^ hahahaha why? Insight??

[einhander]

I'm sorry.

[rcsoundn1]

Who has come from like NJ NY CT area to Georgia? What is it like to find/get a job. I have a masters degree and I am a social worker. Any insight in that area??

[mrsleeve]

Over 70? wtf are you a snow miser?
anywho.... atlanta is fun.

lol kinda I just hate hot weather.

[z6ne]

East Atlanta and east of atlanta are not the same thing. Lol.
if you do end up in ATL go to grant park/ormewood park, reynoldstown, candler park, VA highlands, East atlanta. All very chill places to live. I hate the rich parts of Atlanta.

[rcsoundn1]

Yea I have been all over atlanta, im not trying to move there.