THE GOOD
- The cost of living is more reasonable. Gas is about 25 cents a gallon cheaper than California, and home prices are way better. Plus you get a lot more house for your money.
- Georgia has awesome thunderstorms!
- People here are generally friendly. Not as many "y'alls" and Gomer-speak as people usually think, but people do say "sir" and "ma'am" a lot more than in California.
- Lots of hills, trees and foliage. I enjoy driving through my neighborhood just to see the scenery.
- It is fun living somewhere totally different.
THE BAD
- The traffic here is famously TERRIBLE. Forbes.com recently rated Atlanta as the nation's worst commute (We're Number One!). In addition to just too many cars on the road, people don't know how to drive. I've commuted in the worst of California traffic, and people weren't crashing all the time like they do here.
- Giant roaches and killer mosquitos
- Humidity
- No In-N-Out Burger (but Five Guys is really good)
- It is totally retarded the way street names change without warning. For example, a major boulevard near our house is Indian Hill Road. Then at one intersection it turns into Killian Hill Road for no apparent reason. This happens everywhere around here.
On balance I really enjoy living in Georgia. Everything is new to us - we haven't even scratched the surface on all there is to see and do. Now if I could just eliminate my daily commute.
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