(11-20-2015 02:29 PM)JCGSU Wrote:  

(11-20-2015 12:07 PM)panama Wrote:  

(11-20-2015 11:09 AM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  In all seriousness if any of you Atlanta-ites want to inform on/advocate for any areas of ATL, I'd love to listen. I'm up here by myself currently because I just started a new job, but will be looking for a semi-permanent place for the family after the first of the year. I work downtown and would like to keep the commute to 1/1.5 hours or less, need good public schools, looking to rent a single family home/townhouse to start with. Appreciate any info you have, thanks.

If you work downtown I would look south. The Fayetteville and McDonough areas are nice especially if you have a growing family and you avoid the traffic woes of coming from North Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb and Dekalb to downtown in the morning. Your commute from Fayetteville will be under an hour on most days.

75 near McDonough is as worse as traffic gets in all of metro ATL. They are putting in a reversable Lexus lane though.

I am a NE of the Migos.

My wife has expressed interest in the McDonough/Stockbridge are so that's one place we are checking out for sure. What does the "reversible Lexus lane" mean? Will it help?

(11-20-2015 06:57 PM)CatMom Wrote:  My cousin lives in Alpharetta. His wife does interior decorating and he works from home. Doesn't help the commute issue but I might be able to get some info from him for you if you like.

FWIW - his step-daughter is a freshman at GS.

I appreciate the offer Catmom, I like the looks of the Alpharetta area and have done some checking but I think it's gonna be out of my price range based on what I've seen.

(11-20-2015 04:49 PM)FLEagle Wrote:  

(11-20-2015 11:09 AM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  In all seriousness if any of you Atlanta-ites want to inform on/advocate for any areas of ATL, I'd love to listen. I'm up here by myself currently because I just started a new job, but will be looking for a semi-permanent place for the family after the first of the year. I work downtown and would like to keep the commute to 1/1.5 hours or less, need good public schools, looking to rent a single family home/townhouse to start with. Appreciate any info you have, thanks.

I work downtown and live on the border of Old Forth Ward and Inman Park. Actually buying a house over here. Shoot me a PM and I can give you a good run down on things.

I'm not even sure where that is. I'm getting familiar with the area around GaTech and I guess "West Midtown" can you tell me where your area is in relation to that?

I spent 26 yrs in metro ATL:
15 yrs near the Hippie Enclave where I graduated HS with the Refugees
College yrs with the Bad Sports teams, lived near Mexicans from Cal
Worked in $$$, Old Whites, Five Flags, Vegan areas
10 more yrs living amongst the Walking Dead (not pictured)
I would say having worked in ALL areas of the city the southside commutes to Fayette and Coweta are by far the best but if I had to move back, I'd choose Decatur WIFI.
I've been back in my native home of Waycross for 5 years now where my home cost 1/6 of what my bestfriend just paid for his new home in Decatur and my commute to work yesterday was literally one ELO song long.
I miss many things about ATL but costs of living and commuting are not among them.

Appears my hotel is located in "Ratchet". From what I've seen over the last 18 or so hours, I'd say aptly named thus far... haha!

(11-21-2015 09:27 AM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  

(11-20-2015 04:49 PM)FLEagle Wrote:  

(11-20-2015 11:09 AM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  In all seriousness if any of you Atlanta-ites want to inform on/advocate for any areas of ATL, I'd love to listen. I'm up here by myself currently because I just started a new job, but will be looking for a semi-permanent place for the family after the first of the year. I work downtown and would like to keep the commute to 1/1.5 hours or less, need good public schools, looking to rent a single family home/townhouse to start with. Appreciate any info you have, thanks.

I work downtown and live on the border of Old Forth Ward and Inman Park. Actually buying a house over here. Shoot me a PM and I can give you a good run down on things.

I'm not even sure where that is. I'm getting familiar with the area around GaTech and I guess "West Midtown" can you tell me where your area is in relation to that?

I'm exit 248c off 75. Opposite side of 75 from west midtown. Probably about a 10 minute drive. I'm really close to little five points

(11-19-2015 04:57 PM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 04:40 PM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  Thank you gentlemen. I'm staying with a friend near "Cleaning Facilities" right now, but thinking about making my permanent home out East of "Racism Mountain" or South of "Turning Left Considered a Sport"

While staying in the Cleaning Facilities area you should check out P. Reds BBQ on Chattahoochee Ave as well as Nuevo Larado Cantina

Eating Steak Diablo from Nuevo Laredo as I type this, thanks for the recommendation, it is phenomenal!

Any time. Funny. I was just down the street at Top Golf with the In Laws last night.

(11-23-2015 08:31 PM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 04:57 PM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 04:40 PM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  Thank you gentlemen. I'm staying with a friend near "Cleaning Facilities" right now, but thinking about making my permanent home out East of "Racism Mountain" or South of "Turning Left Considered a Sport"

While staying in the Cleaning Facilities area you should check out P. Reds BBQ on Chattahoochee Ave as well as Nuevo Larado Cantina

Eating Steak Diablo from Nuevo Laredo as I type this, thanks for the recommendation, it is phenomenal!

Also there is a bar on that side of town called Ormsbys. It is kinda a speakeasy. It is under Room & Board. Has a big O on the door. It is the only thing that identifies it. Ormsby's Always a good date place, but has bocce, sand shuffleboard, darts, pool, skee ball and a hand full of pinball games downstairs. Was always a good time.
And if you challenge every Tech kid to darts all night, buying shots for anyone who walks up, and challenges the bartender and bouncer to arm wrestling contests... they give you a free shirt.
Oh my single late 20s.

(11-24-2015 10:46 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 08:31 PM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 04:57 PM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 04:40 PM)boroeagle2 Wrote:  Thank you gentlemen. I'm staying with a friend near "Cleaning Facilities" right now, but thinking about making my permanent home out East of "Racism Mountain" or South of "Turning Left Considered a Sport"

While staying in the Cleaning Facilities area you should check out P. Reds BBQ on Chattahoochee Ave as well as Nuevo Larado Cantina

Eating Steak Diablo from Nuevo Laredo as I type this, thanks for the recommendation, it is phenomenal!

Also there is a bar on that side of town called Ormsbys. It is kinda a speakeasy. It is under Room & Board. Has a big O on the door. It is the only thing that identifies it. Ormsby's Always a good date place, but has bocce, sand shuffleboard, darts, pool, skee ball and a hand full of pinball games downstairs. Was always a good time.
And if you challenge every Tech kid to darts all night, buying shots for anyone who walks up, and challenges the bartender and bouncer to arm wrestling contests... they give you a free shirt.
Oh my single late 20s.

Was at Ormsby's Sunday night playing shuffleboard. It is a pretty cool place, rotating taps, and they make a pretty good burger too.