Again, I think cost is relative. When we first moved to Atlanta area we lived in Hampton. Nice sized house, big back yard overlooking a pasture.
We liked the house, but hated the neighborhood. Kids could not play out front unsupervised; no side walks; we had to drive EVERYWHERE. In two years we only got to know one neighbor.
We moved to a smaller house in PTC and where VERY happy. The kids loved it. We could walk or ride our bikes to a park, several pools, grocery stores and restaurants. We actually got to know neighbors and other people in town. It depends on what you want. I grew up in a town where kids rode bikes everywhere (even in high school), you could run around without the fear of being hit by a car. Does PTC cost more? Yes, but one mantra has always been true in real estate. Location, location, location. Better a small house in a nice neighborhood than a large house in a bad neighborhood.
I think Newnan has some of this as well, although it is not as planned as PTC.
The only thing I felt was missing on the south side of ATL was the metro. It would have been nice to take the train to the airport and not have to worry about traffic as you can if you live on the north side.



Management has been poor at ASA for years. I would not say it is worse, however. Any one who says it is worse does not remember how messed up the ramp was back then. Yeah, still not very good, but there was NO ONE in charge back then. And I really mean, no one was in charge of the ramp. I am surprised we never killed a passenger with all the 120 and ATR props spinning and passengers being sent down to the ramp with no one to guide them to the right plane. I would see groups of pax wandering from plane to plane asking if it was the plane going Columbus, Albany or where ever else.
I like to compare ASA management to the management at SWA. The guy who initially replaced Herb at SWA dropped the ball. The FA contract took too long and caused employee bitterness. Herb came out of retirement to take care of the contract. Within a week he had a deal. The next quarterly results came out for SWA and, while they made a profit, they did not meet expectations. Herb came back again and fired his replacement.
This does not happen at ASA. Management screws up, yet gets to stay on. DAL tolerated it, SkyWest tolerates it. Not sure why.

Low time FOs. Most of the ones I had were okay. But the only pilots I ever had to contact a CP about where low time pilots. I literally was teaching one of them how to fly an airplane in the ATR. I mean to the point of teaching him to pull the power back, when to ask for flaps, not to just push the nose down and dive for the runway when we were high. One word about this guy- Waycross. Anyone who has been there for a while knows what I am talking about.
The other person... talk about a bad attitude. First time in over 20 years of flying that I had a mutiny in the cockpit. Yeah, I'm a little quiet and by the book. But... this person argued with me about EVERYTHING.