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!

 

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.

 

i know its hump day and you guys are probably... well whatever you do on hump day.

but bids close tomorrow.

 

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.

Nu

 

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.

Nu

 

Hey ... who whacked my posts?

I'll just put it back unless you (whoever the anonymous mod is) sends a PM as to what I did wrong.

 

My biggest recommendation is Zillow.com.

Auburn is expensive thanks mostly to the school district and Opelika is cheaper. But Beer just moved there so he knows more.

I live on the north side of town at the bottom of Forsyth Co. I like it here. I really like the county and there are tons of high end homes that help make the school district well funded.

There is plenty of stuff here, you can pretty much hit exit 13 off GA 400 at the Avenues or go north towards the lake.

there's also of course the lake if that literally floats your boat. the funny thing is I spent the weekened with a couple who lives there with three kids but as soon as the weekend or a holiday hits they're gone. we looked it up on zillow, their house is just shy of $2M but they enjoy there north GA log cabin just as much if not more. btw, pharmacy school pays for itself, evidently before you even turn 40.

 

I don't see any posts that got whacked.

 

Zillow is really out of date and just flat wrong.

Advice that will save a buyer at least 15 to 25% ... find a Delta guy who's flipping houses in the area and who does pretty good volume. Most will provide excellent, free, advice.

Be careful with Real Estate Agents. There are some good ones, but most are just trying to make a sale, any sale, and at any cost. I'm constantly surprised at how inexpert they are at Real Estate. There is a lot of ways to save money ... like managing your Title Insurance during the buy that can save several percentage points. It adds up.