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Old 04-11-2012, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by cni187 View Post
Yeah don't move to the north side. My neighborhood has no Delta employees which is really nice(Can't really convey sarcasm in print). I'm the only person with a beard walking around pulling weeds in my yard in a bathrobe and jelly sandals while drinking a white Russian. I live on the north side of Marietta off 575 and it only takes me 35 min no traffic to get to the parking lot. Whenever there is traffic I avoid 75. Only takes an hour to the parking lot via surface streets and 285.
My 2 cents - I've lived here most of my life (E.Cobb/N.Fulton). Like it a lot - government schools here are about as good as it gets in GA (Walton, Pope, or Lassiter district). Houses are plentiful and Delta guy affordable and run the spectrum in price, depending on what you want. Upside is it's not base housing. Golf carts don't do much for me if I'm not golfing. 45 mins to parking lot, no matter which route I take.
Traffic stinks during AM and PM rush hours. But I also understand there's usually traffic in places where people want to live.
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Old 04-11-2012, 04:08 PM
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Well, you probably didn't send them enough Under Boob shots first!

They did it for me a few years back, I was on reserve, based in ATL, and got -rerouted- in ATL, we were supposed to go to RDU or someplace for a layover but because we were running late, they cut us loose, but we had to pick up the rest of our trip 'tomorrow'. So maybe because it was an 'in base layover' type thing, (not sure what qualifies for that, my F/O went home!) but they gave it to me.

I did say, "Hey baby, how You doin'" when she picked up the phone, and as she was looking for a room, I followed that up with, "What are you wearing right now? You want to stop by my room tonight when you...get off?"

You gotta give a little if you want to get a little, and if she's not up to your standards...lower your standards! Or just turn off the lights, I've found they all look alike with the lights off.
Well, that is mostly true, I agree they all look alike with the lights out. But I will say this: in the dark u can't feel ugly....but you damn sure can feel fat!
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Old 04-11-2012, 04:16 PM
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Another place where it's always great competing against the government - anyone looked at the Federal Budget subsidies for Amtrak - no wonder we have a $15 TRILLION dollar deficit with no end in sight.
No no no... we are gonna tax anybody that makes over $1M a year, and that will add $47Billion over 10 years to the treasury. I think they have the problem well in hand.
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Naw, he is fed up with the slavery that exists at that level while on reserve. He has made up his mind. I tried to convince him to see if he could get a part time gig 135, (he is citation typed ) just to stay in the game a bit.. I think he is right though, he will make more money in the next 20 years flipping houses, course he will have to work much harder than I do for it!
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Old 04-11-2012, 04:28 PM
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No no no... we are gonna tax anybody that makes over $1M a year, and that will add $47Billion over 10 years to the treasury. I think they have the problem well in hand.
Oh, you mean that 30% tax rule will bring in 00.1% of the $45.43 Trillion we'll spend over those ten years? Well, hell, sounds brilliant. I mean as long as we're doing it for all the right reasons, let's go!
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Actually if you take the ACELA from BOS to NY Penn Station, it is easy to get to JFK. Get off ACELA, get on LIRR to Jamaica, then get on Air Train to Terminal 2/3.

LGA and ERW are a different story. ERW you can still get on a train to the Air Train there, but I think you usually have to switch somewhere in NJ, either secacus or newark. LGA is the real gem, know why there is not metro or train to LGA? The taxi unions. That is also why the Air Train only goes to JFK-Jamaica, and not all the way to LGA.
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Old 04-11-2012, 05:26 PM
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i know its hump day and you guys are probably... well whatever you do on hump day.

but bids close tomorrow.
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Old 04-11-2012, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Brocc15 View Post
Here's my favorite parts of Atlanta, I used to live there. Great weather there I miss it. It totally depends on what you are looking for. If you are young and no kids I can probably be of more help yo you because that was my situation when I lived there. If you have kids I have no idea.

Virginia Highlands (Neighborhood in Atlanta)- My favorite area...Lots restaurants and bars, nice but older homes. Houses are very expensive there, but it is a great location. Close to downtown, 17 minute drive to the airport, close to Buckhead, Grand Park, Decatur. Also close to Piedmont park which has festivals and events and it is just a nice huge park in general. There is some theft and some crazies walking around because of it's proximity to downtown, but I always felt safe walking around by myself even at 2 am.

Anywhere north of the city of Atlanta you will have to deal with horendous traffic to get to the airport, but if you don't mind traffic I think there are some nice areas up there too, I am less familiar as the traffic was so bad I avoided that direction usually.
Just spent a weekend looking at places in Virginia Highlands and Little Five Points.

It's got the freaky deaky urban hipster thing going on, where people made their mad coin selling their "sustainable compost" operation to the local waste management place to use as a tax writeoff, or the back room app developer who just sold out for a jillion dollars to Google. Others inherited their houses from their Great Aunt.

The place is nice and has a lot of young urbanite hipsters and other young professionals wandering around. Lots of lofts built in abandoned factories and auto garages. If I bought there, I'd be extra sure to get a place with off street parking.

Like similar places around the country, everything is way, WAY overpriced for what you get, on a cost versus value scale. Last time I saw prices like this for what you got was in the lake area of uptown Minneapolis, and the Summit Hill area of St. Paul.

VERY convienent to the airport, though. Lots of fun stuff to do. If you've got the jack burning a hole in your pocket, or making you a vast %0.25 on CDs, it might be a decent option.

OTOH, I looked up in Gwinette. A zillion miles from everything (except Waffle House). Between the soccer moms and the traffic (which will make you faint), it's an hour to anywhere, no matter how near or far. Unless you're married with some kids, there's not much for single folk other than a big fuel bill.

South Atlanta is very meh. A lot fewer trees and pretty darn flat. You could probably skate as far south as Macon, and do better with home prices and you might get some local character with only a marginally longer drive.

I also traveled down the I-85 Corridor as far south as Auburn, and I didn't see anything that blew my skirt up. Auburn itself is ridiculously overpriced, as would be expected in a college town. You either get way overpriced housing, or college/student housing slums.

If anyone lives in any of these places and likes it, my apologies. Just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Jughead View Post
My 2 cents - I've lived here most of my life (E.Cobb/N.Fulton). Like it a lot - government schools here are about as good as it gets in GA (Walton, Pope, or Lassiter district). Houses are plentiful and Delta guy affordable and run the spectrum in price, depending on what you want. Upside is it's not base housing. Golf carts don't do much for me if I'm not golfing. 45 mins to parking lot, no matter which route I take.
Traffic stinks during AM and PM rush hours. But I also understand there's usually traffic in places where people want to live.
Another vote for East Cobb (taxes less than Fulton and Delta 767 LCA is our Commissioner). What the other poster's have not mentioned is the quality of local amenities. Around my house we have a running track, thee playgrounds, an aquatic center (indoor, nice), tennis, baseball and about any other sort of sports you can imagine. 45 minutes to the airport, 45 minutes to Amicoloa Falls, 5 general aviation airports within a 45 minute drive, two within 15 minutes. Hangars run $300 to $400 depending on what you want and how far you'll drive. As others have mentioned the schools are the best ranked in the State.

Roswell and Marietta have nice districts with restored city squares and pleasant (middle of the road) restaurants. Marietta actually has an old Theater that was recently restored and has stuff that you and your family will probably enjoy seeing. You might even catch your Dudeness playing a little guitar.

One of the other posters mentioned Decatur, Inman Park, Virginia Highlands and Symrna / Vinnings. All those can be nice places to live, but as he mentioned they have issues, particularly if you don't plan on sending the kiddos to a private school. I really like Decatur, but the local political situation is nuts and heaven help you if you or a family member ever receive any attention from their government.

This Spring there are a lot of home tours and festivals. One of my favorite is Inman Park's:

Inman Park Festival | Inman Park Festival and Tour of Homes – April 27 – 29, 2012

Check it out, you'll really have a lot of fun. Try to catch the "Seed and Feed Marching Abominables" if you can.

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Old 04-11-2012, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar View Post
Another vote for East Cobb (taxes less than Fulton and Delta 767 LCA is our Commissioner). What the other poster's have not mentioned is the quality of local amenities. Around my house we have a running track, thee playgrounds, an aquatic center (indoor, nice), tennis, baseball and about any other sort of sports you can imagine. 45 minutes to the airport, 45 minutes to Amicoloa Falls, 5 general aviation airports within a 45 minute drive, two within 15 minutes. Hangars run $300 to $400 depending on what you want and how far you'll drive. As others have mentioned the schools are the best ranked in the State.

Roswell and Marietta have nice districts with restored city squares and pleasant (middle of the road) restaurants. Marietta actually has an old Theater that was recently restored and has stuff that you and your family will probably enjoy seeing. You might even catch your Dudeness playing a little guitar.

One of the other posters mentioned Decatur, Inman Park, Virginia Highlands and Symrna / Vinnings. All those can be nice places to live, but as he mentioned they have issues, particularly if you don't plan on sending the kiddos to a private school. I really like Decatur, but the local political situation is nuts and heaven help you if you or a family member ever receive any attention from their government.

This Spring there are a lot of home tours and festivals. One of my favorite is Inman Park's:

Inman Park Festival | Inman Park Festival and Tour of Homes – April 27 – 29, 2012

Check it out, you'll really have a lot of fun. Try to catch the "Seed and Feed Marching Abominables" if you can.
Heyas Bar,

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look around there the next time I'm in town.

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