Thinking about moving..

[dubbs]

Have some family that lives northwest of Atlanta, it seems they're a ton of jobs there as well. I've heard some bad things about the traffic there, but seems like depending on where you live and work depends on how bad it could be.. Right now my commute is 34 miles.. takes me an hour n 20 mins in the summer.. 50 mins in the winter.

[TYEster]

My advice is to NOT move to Austin.

Notice those who suggested it do not live here.

That is all.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by dubbs

Have some family that lives northwest of Atlanta, it seems they're a ton of jobs there as well. I've heard some bad things about the traffic there, but seems like depending on where you live and work depends on how bad it could be.. Right now my commute is 34 miles.. takes me an hour n 20 mins in the summer.. 50 mins in the winter.

Traffic can be really bad in Atlanta. I don't mind Atlanta all that much though. You would have access to a lot of good riding a few hours away.

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by Trip

Traffic can be really bad in Atlanta. I don't mind Atlanta all that much though. You would have access to a lot of good riding a few hours away.

That's what I was thinking.. My uncle and grandfather both ride as well, so wouldn't be a bad deal.. Definitely worth looking into since they both have houses with tons of room for me to leech off of them while I look.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by dubbs

That's what I was thinking.. My uncle and grandfather both ride as well, so wouldn't be a bad deal.. Definitely worth looking into since they both have houses with tons of room for me to leech off of them while I look.

Home pricing/insurance/electricity/gas/CoL in this area sounds very similar to what was talked about in Houston, except you wouldn't have as much in insurance because of hurricanes and shit. Mine runs around 600 a year.

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by Trip

Home pricing/insurance/electricity/gas/CoL in this area sounds very similar to what was talked about in Houston, except you wouldn't have as much in insurance because of hurricanes and shit. Mine runs around 600 a year.

Taxes also seem to be a lot less than Texas.. only about 2200 for a 3500 square foot house on about an acre of land.. Sounds like a damn good deal to me.. I may even be able to telecommute w/ my current job...

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by TYEster

My advice is to NOT move to Austin.

Notice those who suggested it do not live here.

That is all.

Yup. We're full.

That is, unless you're cool. Then we'll tell you all about it.

I'll tell you what though. I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a hot stick than live in or around Houston.

[RACER X]

my gas bill is also my stove and dryer, doesn't seem to rise alot during the winter

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Nothing like living in one of the top 10 polluted cities in the US. It may not be on an official list but its on my list. Also waking up at 4am to have enough time to make it to your 8am job. LOL

lol, i'm getting to work late these last few days as Z is out of town, and i have to drop off son at daycare, at a reasonable hour. 7a

so i live in far outskirts of houston, 20mi , taking the toll road, bumper to bumper, 45min, while i hated it as i'm usually at work by 6 thats normally a 20-25min. commute

but it is a big city, so you have to make decisions.

as for wages, depends on what you do. i'm sure there are sites out ther that will tell you what you need to make

for my ind. we get paid very well vs the rest of the country, and the COL is low, win-win

the only other place we'd consider living is in NC, similar COL and decent jobs.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by dubbs

Have some family that lives northwest of Atlanta, it seems they're a ton of jobs there as well. I've heard some bad things about the traffic there, but seems like depending on where you live and work depends on how bad it could be.. Right now my commute is 34 miles.. takes me an hour n 20 mins in the summer.. 50 mins in the winter.

Depending where you live/work and your work schedule (what times of day will you be commuting) it could be not bad or a nightmare. Just all depends. I live in Cumming and work in Alpharetta and commuting isn't that bad - overall it's better than it was in South Florida.

Cost of living is much less here than SFL, plenty of great riding, change of seasons yet winter isn't harsh.

[dubbs]

Yea.. it seems w/ IT, the salaries are about the same in most states.