where to live in georgia

December 30, 2006 9:32 AM

i'm moving to georgia with my fiance in may. he's from augusta and wants to move there but i think i would like to be closer to atlanta. i don't want to live in the city. i want to live in a fun town with culture and be able to have about an acre of property. (and low crime rates) any ideas?
posted by lilafain (28 comments total)

Ask, and ye will receive.
posted by AwkwardPause at 9:34 AM on December 30, 2006

Yes: try AskMetaFilter.
posted by y2karl at 9:35 AM on December 30, 2006

walk at the green not in between....
posted by nj_subgenius at 9:36 AM on December 30, 2006

who the hell marks this as a favorite?!
posted by papakwanz at 9:36 AM on December 30, 2006 [2 favorites]

jayder
posted by localhuman at 9:37 AM on December 30, 2006

Somebody wants a wii.
posted by srboisvert at 9:37 AM on December 30, 2006

DeletedpostFilter
posted by localhuman at 9:38 AM on December 30, 2006

Yeah, I know it was jayder, I guess it was more of a "what the hell is wrong with jayder?" question.

img tag?
posted by papakwanz at 9:38 AM on December 30, 2006

*sigh*
posted by keswick at 9:40 AM on December 30, 2006

Has the world gone mad?
posted by ColdChef at 9:41 AM on December 30, 2006

You'll never survive in Georgia without capital letters.
posted by found missing at 9:42 AM on December 30, 2006

This is the second time this has happened in the last week.
posted by c:\awesome at 9:42 AM on December 30, 2006

papakwanz - "favorite" is, in this case, just jayder's way of remembering a funny thread. And that's what this is; see, it's funny because someone heard about metafilter, signed up & posted without ever bothering to find out about that place.
posted by jonson at 9:43 AM on December 30, 2006

I suggest Seattle.

The commute kind of sucks (I'd suggest first going south and then cutting east on the 10 rather than just immediately going east on I-90 and cutting south later) but it is better than Georgia in almost every way.
posted by obfusciatrist at 9:45 AM on December 30, 2006

Batumi seems nice.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 9:46 AM on December 30, 2006

They call me an old fart because I'm silent but deadly.
posted by Afroblanco at 9:47 AM on December 30, 2006

I'm sorry. We're going to need a YouTube or Wikipedia link in order to help you.
posted by veggieboy at 9:48 AM on December 30, 2006

This doesn't work without an .mpeg link.
posted by bardic at 9:48 AM on December 30, 2006

But seriously, why not Athens? That's the only reason to live in GA, I've been told.
posted by bardic at 9:49 AM on December 30, 2006

Yeah, send this to the green, but you're not going to find "a fun town with culture" outside of Atlanta. Sure you can own an acre in Cumming or Lawrenceville, be near, but outside the city, but if you call that culture............
posted by cklennon at 9:54 AM on December 30, 2006

Seattle is not the place to go if you don't like year-round rain, Athens is crawling with college kids and you'll feel like an old fart if you're over 30, and Augusta will bore you to tears if you're specifically looking for fun with culture. However, James Brown's home could well be for sale soon at nearby Beech Island. I'd wait, and after purchase at least keep that as a vacation home if you can afford the upkeep.
posted by raysmj at 10:00 AM on December 30, 2006

Marietta, b*@$%!
posted by phaedon at 10:03 AM on December 30, 2006

Well, fuck. I just now noticed the Wii contest on the side bar. Now I know what the hell ya'll have been talking about all month about tring to win a Wii. I think I'll have another beer.
posted by BeerFilter at 10:04 AM on December 30, 2006

This is the second time this has happened in the last week.

Yes it is. My backside is still too sore to snark at Lilafain.
posted by edverb at 10:06 AM on December 30, 2006 [1 favorite]

I think I'll have another beer.

then you'll have a wii soon enough anyway
posted by pyramid termite at 10:07 AM on December 30, 2006 [1 favorite]

Savannah.
posted by raysmj at 10:09 AM on December 30, 2006

This may or may not help...
posted by The_Auditor at 10:17 AM on December 30, 2006

I hear they let you eat paste in Georgia, so you got that goin' for ya.
posted by 2sheets at 10:19 AM on December 30, 2006