[ale] Heya folks! Any suggestions for a geek moving to/near Atlanta?

[msmith at mikeandmel.com (Michael Smith)]

I live in Roswell and like it with the exception of the property tax of fulton county.  I have pretty easy access to most parts of town and theres a frys about 15 minutes away on Windward Parkway.  Since you have kids I would recommend looking along the east cobb / fulton border.  You can still find nice houses in that area for less than 300,000 and they have the highest school scores.  That's just my 2 cents.  Traffic is pretty bad everywhere so try to see if you can get your company to work with you on hours.  I work 7 to 4 to avoid the traffic.  Anyways, good luck on your house hunting and welcome.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Joe Bayes" <jbayes at spoo.mminternet.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: 6/10/07 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] Heya folks! Any suggestions for a geek moving to/near	Atlanta?

Brian Schenken typeth:

>I'm wondering if you locals might recommend areas that a geeky family
>should (or shouldn't) consider settling down in.

I lived in Doraville and hated it, at least in part because there was
no neighborhood: just condos and a shopping center nearby, and nothing
that was safe to walk to. I liked Midtown better, but it's not exactly
in Northern Atlanta. 

>Proximity to a Fry's is a consideration - so Duluth sounds kewl.

You'll be going to work 5x a week at rush hour, and to Fry's (I
expect) much less often (and probably outside of rush hour), so I
would think that proximity to work would be much more important than
proximity to Fry's. But YMMV.

>I keep hearing about Atlanta traffic - is it really that bad?

Depends. Where are you now? Compared to the Bay Area or LA, it'll be
(somewhat) better than you're used to. But not much. hth.

Joe
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