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gabwife · 11-04-2005, 12:02 PM

We need to move by the first of the year to be closer to DH job,as it is we only see him on the weekend.

What do you know if you live in the area about houseing around there?We know next to nothing but we do know we want to be out of the metro vicinity.South and south east areas are good.TIA

Jami · 11-05-2005, 03:00 PM

South east of the city you can find lots of hip little urban areas... Little Five Points... Decatur... East Lake... Grant Park...

What is your price range?

branwyn · 11-05-2005, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by gabwife

We need to move by the first of the year to be closer to DH job,as it is we only see him on the weekend.

What do you know if you live in the area about houseing around there?We know next to nothing but we do know we want to be out of the metro vicinity.South and south east areas are good.TIA

how far south or southeast, i mean just out of the metro area (which extends down to jonesboro) or south like macon?

the places jami listed are cool-looking but not very good places for raising children (of course thats my opinion) and are still in the metro atlanta area (little 5 and grant park are considered atlanta city proper as well as super high crime areas).

so if you could be a bit more specific about how far south you are needed to go then all us GA mamas could help ya out

gabwife · 11-06-2005, 12:24 PM

Dh works out of Conley,he's a truck driver ,we need something within a 1/2 hr drive.I need a safe neghborhood since DH is gone most nights out from there.I would love someplace with siewalks so that we could walk and not use much gas.My price range is 600-750 mo.This is crazy I grew up off of confederate avenue till I was 7,then we moved to Augusta.There are few sidewalks here in the sub-burbs.Thanks brawnwyn and jami

branwyn · 11-06-2005, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gabwife

Dh works out of Conley,he's a truck driver ,we need something within a 1/2 hr drive.I need a safe neghborhood since DH is gone most nights out from there.I would love someplace with siewalks so that we could walk and not use much gas.My price range is 600-750 mo.This is crazy I grew up off of confederate avenue till I was 7,then we moved to Augusta.There are few sidewalks here in the sub-burbs.Thanks brawnwyn and jami

wow 6-750 is pretty cheap, i have no idea where you would find housing for your entire family for that little an amount. conley is close to riverdale and jonesboro - not as crimefilled as atlanta but still not super safe but riverdale might be in the 6-750 area

EMTonya · 11-06-2005, 01:15 PM

i would avoid riverdale. my aunt & uncle lived there & said the crime was horrible. check out stockbridge or other places in henry county. stockbridge is only 10 miles from conley http://www.mapquest.com/directions/m...ge&2s=ga& 2z=

henry co. is growing like mad right now so i dont know if your amount for housing will be found there...but worth a look

branwyn · 11-06-2005, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by colesmama

i would avoid riverdale. my aunt & uncle lived there & said the crime was horrible. check out stockbridge or other places in henry county. stockbridge is only 10 miles from conley http://www.mapquest.com/directions/m...ge&2s=ga& 2z=

henry co. is growing like mad right now so i dont know if your amount for housing will be found there...but worth a look

stockbridge is just like riverdale in the crime area. maybe mcdonough - i have heard good things about mcdonough. if you could go to griffen/upson county (30 min from downtown atlanta) there are nice places in griffen (victorian houses etc) of course there is a bad part of town. and just about anywhere, safe, just outside of atlanta is going to be more than $600. maybe a real estate agent could help? i am sure my idea of safe is different from others, personally i wouldnt feel safe in riverdale but i suggested it bc of the money issue. now if you could come north, then i can tell ya lots of places lol

but even the podunk town my parents live in (and its and hour and a half from atlanta) charges at least $1000 a month for housing. basically anything within 2 hours from atlanta is either going to be full or crime or kind of expensive. one reason i cant wait to get the hell away from atlanta.

gabwife · 11-06-2005, 04:21 PM

Kay thanks,We live in Augusta for just that reason,cheap rent.I loved when we were in NC.I found a Apt for 650 mo.nice area too.DH works his @$$ off for what we make now;for my family I'd go farther torward Macon if you might know;I just need to save as much as we can on fuel.The boonies is fine but I need somplace where the chance of home invasion is low.So what is in north Atlanta?My main reason for wantin south is GAS.Gotta cut costs somewhere.

peachymomma · 11-11-2005, 08:22 PM

I am a former Griffin mama

!!! I loved it... it really is about 40-45 minutes through to the ATL. I would look at Griffin, Maybe at Mcdonough, JAckson(really like Jackson).

Good Luck mama<
Carla

Twisti · 11-11-2005, 08:29 PM

Lord i could never afford to live anywhere around there lol....

gabwife · 11-12-2005, 11:41 PM

Thank you to all of you mamas who responed!

We have had a change.DH's job tranfered him here.YAY!!! There were no openings in Augusta when I started the thread but one opend up this last week.YAY! No far away moves.On top of that it's a job where he's home every day,no more $80 week to keep him running.His budget is half that now.Yay.And I don't have to buy him separate groceries every week either,just fix him a lunch and add a few drinks.Much better.Who ever prayed for me or sent good thoughts my way,Thanks.You know who you are and it will come back to you ten fold.

tracey · 11-25-2005, 05:37 PM

that's wonderful news! i just caught the end of this thread but housing in atlanta IS really high.

my first apartment out of college in 96 was a 2 bedroom and cost 800/m...my first apartment with my husband in 97 was also a 2bd and was over 900. i don't think we've been below 1000/mo since about a year into our marriage. it's just super pricy here...(i've lived nearly all over the northern end of the city)