Atlanta?!

Weird fact #1 Very few people actually live "in" Atlanta. Most people live in outlying towns, commute 45 minutes, and b*tch about the price of gas. They then still say they live "in Atlanta."

The traffic sucks.

DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!

I live in Georgia. I almost moved to Atlanta until I spent a lot of time there. (tons of friends there, i live not far from it, and everyone I know that lived there moved away or is in the works of moving away). the appeal only lasts a year or 2

Pros- Big city, lots of people, wam weather, good hair salons, fast paced, parks, measuems and such (but seriously.. meausems and aquarium stuff tahts really cool- is only cool once, it has a lot of funs tuff for visitors)

Cons-
living IN ATLNTA is almost imossible its expensive
living outside of atlanta means you'll be in the gridlock for at least an hour one way
ALOT of racism
ALOT of poverty
****ty job market - few jobs, high unemployment, very low pay
its trendy to get way too dressed up, way too tight, way to slutty, wear sun glasses at night and pretend to be really cool because you go to x bar and y resturant.
there are a lot of people there that are just nasty. The southern "hospitality" is a myth. people down here are nice to your face yes, but they judge you and are nasty behind your back. and if you dont yes ma'am no ma'am and kiss *kitten* they are super rude to you.

i'll leave it at that. because I know I will lots of nasty grams for not liking it.

I live about an hour and a half away from Atlanta. Personally, my husband and I love to go visit Atlanta (Braves Games, Museums, Aquarium, Zoo, etc.). I do not know if I would ever move there though. A lot of drug activity and gangs. School systems there aren't that amazing either. There is a ton to do there though and honestly, for what I am in college for there are tons of jobs there. I am not too sure about jobs in other fields though. It is really expensive as well. Moving to the outskirts is always a good idea, but then as others have mentioned you will have a longer commute to work. Rush hour traffic there is terrible as well. You can be at a complete stop for hours. It all depends on what you are looking for really.

I live an hour and a half away too. If Atlanta has lost any of it's Southern Charm it's because more and more people that live there aren't from the South. The greatest 'con' to me would be traffic. My friends that live and work up there just put up with 10+ hours a week in their car commuting as a part of life. I'd rather have those hours w/my family. But, if that's where the work was, then I'd be there too.