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It’s b. s. that people drive slower. Tourists drive slower but natives drive faster and often recklessly (passing on curvy roads with double yellow lines). Due to lack of police there isn’t any speed enforcement on most roads.

I watched a yt video about all the gangs and gang activity/crimes in Georgia. It seemed pretty scary. Some videos say some towns are safe, and videos say the same towns are not. What is the crime rate and overall safety like in n Georgia? How soon do police respond? What about 911 emergencies? Is there a reasonable response and enough resources for the citizen population? When you say north Georgia, is this both the west side and the east side? Thank you for your time!!

I live in Atlanta and recently purchased a second home in Fannin County. I love it!!! People are freindly and it is quiet. I spend haf the week there. Neighbors came by proactively to welcome me in. I'm from Minnesota so I am 100 percent used to being the sole minority. I could care less what others think.

Thank you for this information you say your not about that Trump mess from what my ears just heard you through a dab out please correct your words from one of your followers

Great info Tim, thanks.

Atlanta is in NORTH GA, I live like 1 hour northwest from there!

Just keep the blacks out and everything will be OK.

North Georgia is WAAAYYYYYY overpriced, from land (especially) to houses. Unless you want a small house on 1/16th acre with an 18x18 storage unit (called a "garage" but no vehicle is going to fit in there, so they will end up parked on the driveway), and it's just 10 feet apart from the neighbor's house, you should count on a range of $600K-$850K on average. And while the rest of the overpriced states may be experiencing a crash, Georgia is where rich people from California, Texas, and New York are moving to, with 100% CASH offers that will outbid anyone else else (they will even forego the inspections or other conditionals). 95% of vacant land is owned by investors, with only about 10% of them in-state, and they are asking ridiculous prices. ($75K an acre, for example, for property they paid $10-12K an acre to buy. And if you overpay for land, a bank will only let you use the actual value towards a construction loan too, so keep that in mind. Nearly all neighborhoods are HOA's with architectural committees that are dictatorships. They will blacklist cheaper builders too, so if it's a gated community, expect them to REQUIRE a high-end custom home builder. Deed restrictive communities (which have reasonable design and size requirements but no HOA telling you what you can and can't do) and are few and far between. And there's a company that buys up huge tracts, builds roads and runs utilities, then sends out the "Mountain Land" flyers. They sell all the good lots to out-of-state (or even out-of-country) investors and what's left is mostly unbuildable crap. So those places end up having all these lots with no one building on them, and the ones that do are for weekend rentals (PARTY!). I don't understand the N. GA governments either. All these investment properties mean MINIMAL tax revenues. If they made those investors pay near FULL taxes on the lots (as though there was a comparable average size home on it), they'd actually sell it to people who wanted to RESIDE there. That in turn would bring in more tax revenue and more businesses. (A Publix or Kroger will only get built if there's a lot of F/T residents living there.). By allowing these properties to sit unbuilt and vacant, all it does it keep the areas overall poor with everything old and falling apart, while rich people live on big estates. It's common sense. Get these communities to BUILD OUT on the lots they intended, and your county has more money. Sorry to vent, but I've been looking for 10+ years, and I can truly tell you every issue and HIDDEN PROBLEMS (assessments coming, EPA restrictions on building, etc.) with almost every region and community in N. GA.

Internet speeds are hit and miss. While there are fiber lines running all along the main state roads, they haven't really pushed into anywhere other than gated communities or along those state roads. Most of North Georgia internet connectivity is cable based, and has max speeds of 100-Mbps. In the rural areas (and even some gated communities like Sharp Mountain), they only have ADSL (speeds of about 30-Mbps). Be wary of realtors claiming cable when they really mean Dish and DirectTV (it connects with a cable, right?). Finding out what speed a home or property is also difficult. Windstream/Kinetic can tell you that you have fiber when they don't even serve that neighborhood in actuality, and Etc and TDS have poor maps as well. And the official GA broadband maps are horrible and entirely unreliable and meaningless. In some places, you can use T-Mobile or other cell providers for internet, but it's really sparse in the beautiful wooded areas (no cell towers). And in a lot of North GA communities, internet connectivity seems to be the last thing they care about, since most of the homes are second/weekend homes for the Atlanta rich, and they intentionally want a break from the internet. Of course, now we have the option of StarLink, for 80-100+ Mbps speed.

Great info! Thanks Tim 😊

You gave me all the reasons for moving to north Georgia!😊 Retired...healthy, hiking gal doesn't need much!

This is such a great overview! Thanks for the info!

I'm a retired, single gal looking to move to north Georgia. I've done lots of hiking in most of the north and love it! Do you cover the Blairsville area? Yes, I prefer a small, "country" feel. I am also looking for a cowboy to hike with😂

You dont want to move to North Georgia. It sucks so much i hate it. I wish i never moved here and want to get out. Its been a horrible nightmare thats never ending!!! Think really hard before you want to move.😢

The average house in Cobb county is 400k to 500 k, the average is brought down by extremes. In some areas you are looking at an average of 600-800k like in north Fulton, those numbers are deceiving. If someone was to leave Tennessee and come here, they will be sadly disappointed. GA has a higher median income per capita and much higher gdp than Tennessee. I find that hard to believe that it’s “cheaper” than Tennessee . The highest gdp contributors on the eastern seaboard are NY, Pennsylvania,GA, and FL

Dude left out a lot of key differences, besides mountain and the Appalachian valleys, an obvious is GA has an Atlantic Coast, barrier islands,major swamps, and a fall line to name a few. Georgia has 4 distinct topographical regions. The piedmont fall line is the shift to the coastal flat plains in South Georgia, and a coastline of 100 miles isn’t exactly small or the smallest . The entire state of GA is on East Coast time zone, where as only the far east of Tennessee shares east coast time. GA has higher population density, and a population of over 11 million people, while Tennessee is just over 7 million, this is critical. GA is less conservative than Tennessee as a whole, and is the 6th most diverse state in terms of ethnicity tied with Florida. The state is strategically located, and operates as a nexus to the northeast corridor, the gulf, Florida and the Great Lakes by air or its extensive interstate network. This includes I-95, 85, 20,75 . GA overall is a lot more urban/suburban than Tennessee ; with some rural areas which can be a negative to some people who prefer less people, and that is increasing every year due to growth/development. Both have their pros though.

Wanting to buy up north...I've lived in Newnan for almost 30 years and is turning into Atlanta. Additionaly, I love all the hiking up north and am tired of the insane traffic trying to get there! Definitely thinking Cleveland, Jefferson, Ellijay, or Jasper?!? Any recommendations for a retired, single gal? Oh, love Mount Yonah!

I have lived in Cave Spring, Ga. all my life. My mother was a school teacher at Georgia School For The Deaf for over 30yrs. and now the school after my mother retired has less than 100 students. Two years ago the Floyd County Board Of Education closed our Elementary school and just recently in 2024 United Community Bank closed the Cave Spring branch. If you love Floyd County I would stay in Rome, Ga. But be careful Rome is trying so hard now to become more Liberal and less conservative. Moving from Cave Spring to Rome was the best thing that has ever happened to me. Cave Spring with no Education and bank in their community the town will slowly die and if Georgia School For Deaf closes for good in the future the town will eventually become a dead town. I always thought the city of Cave Spring owned the property where our school was I found out I was wrong. I read the local news paper and the article it self sated that the Cave Spring city coucil had to pay the Floyd County Board Of Education 60,000 dollars for the former school and property. If you want to live in Georgia find a place you are comfortable with and live there for a while, to see if you like it. Just do not live in a small town where there is no education for your children and no local bank to start a checking account with. I really think other communities in the state of Georgia want to see the city of Cave Spring slowly dying. Well, where ever you live I hope you are happy there.

Another great video...good to know what we'll need to do from our end. And the Buyer/Broker Agreement is good info as well. Cheers.

Update: We found a great house in the foothills, and have made an offer.

Love your videos... thanks to you we have decided to move to the foothills.

Yes, Libtards are a quiet rarity in North Georgia. Native Georgians grew up in families with historical ties far back before the War Between the States. So the Confederate flag is part of their heritage. They weren't slave owners, they were farmers and blacksmiths. Shop keepers and cattlemen. When the hotheads in Charleston and DC started a war, the locals took up arms on BOTH sides to protect their families. The Blairsville Cemetery lists in granite 17:30 these heroes from all of our wars since the American Revolution. After the Civil War, the KKK commandeered the Confederate Battle Flag and therein damaged its noble reputation forever.

Thank you for the information

Too much babble before the hook. I'm out.

The video I didn’t know I needed! Thanks. Probably going to move to Georgia. I’ve got good friends out there. Lived in Democrat run cities on my life. No more!

White Lightening must be moonshine lol

Oh no, are you saying Dalonega is about to have alot of growth and traffic? I was looking at Dalonega when I retire. I live in Henry County and the traffic had gotten horrible. There are industrial parks all over the place and it's definitely lost the small town perks. Do you see that happening there? Ty.

In Hiawassee Blue Ridge EMC has fiber throughout Towns county. When we moved here 2 years ago it was established in the front yard in a cable box. Called them to have it installed and they said it would take 2 months before they could have a technician out to install. Come to find out fiber is not something anyone can do. At the time Blue Ridge subcontracts to fiber specialist and that’s why it takes so long. We went with Windstream. They came out the next day and have had excellent service. Thought you would mention the wineries in Dahlonega.

Really fun format and I appreciate a snapshot of what you can get for different price points. And, if it makes you feel any better, my Irish accent is far worse than yours (doesn't help having a flat Florida accent). Cheers!

Blue Ridge! th-cam.com/video/2m5Sj3Nt8XQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XLsmkuLVdsmAfM9u One of my favorite parts of the area are the little festivals and community events that happen every spring and autumn.

Loved Smokey and the Bandit, but I think I've got a hankerin' for some chicken. I really enjoyed the comparison video. Thanks so much!!

Definitely Hulk Hogan over the Nature Boy but I really like hacksaw MC Duggan

Towns County, Georgia, which includes the city of Hiawassee and Young Harris. Construction of many mountain homes for the wealthy retiring should realize that if their home catches fire, it will burn to the ground. No firetruck can make it up these mountains. There are many million dollar homes in the mountains here in Towns County with beautiful views but with no fire protection. Consider that before you move to the mountains of North Georgia.

Moved to SE GA about a year ago. I love it here. I love the very short number of cold days. It’s beautiful here and not nearly so crowded as N GA.

He is also describing South Ga

Holy cow, $450K for a little 2 bdrm house with a gravel driveway and a small lot?? That's sooooo much more than I anticipated, I'm not even watching the rest of the video, lol.

how funny, all these years I've bought guns online from Dahlonega Pawn & now I'm looking to move there from across the US.

This is so helpful and clear. Thank you for giving us a roadmap of what to expect in the buying process.

what are 1 bedrooms rentals?

Yah just don't, run down place over there

As always, a very comprehensive and entertaining video covering small towns in North GA. Thanks for doing so much homework making it easier on folks looking to eventually move to that area. Cheers!

Everything you are describing is pretty much north central Florida if you are coming from south florida. There's lots of country and backwoods to find land or a cheaper living environment. You'll have a well and septic. Hard freeze in winter. 20 minute drive to the nearest city or town. No recycling pick up but there's trash pick up. You'll get cooler weather and more forecast days than south fl. People dont drive like lunatics either. Lots of gun owners and southern accents. Quiter as well. Downsides are yes Florida is a jungle on a giant sand bar. You'll need to maintain your property, unless you lllive in a smaller city.

You no longer need a concealed carry license in Georgia. Georgia now recognizes the Constitution again. These are all good reasons why I live in North Georgia. Liberals stay away. We do not want your scummy, pervert kind here.

We live in Decatur and I'm so over everything. The traffic, high cost, crowded, etc. I've been looking at places WAY outside (more north-ish or east-ish). But everywhere still seems so expensive and I've even been looking far away at jobs and whatnot just to get an idea but it's so hard to figure out where would be a nice place or if it's even realistic for us to be there. I told my Husband we need to write a list of things we can and cannot deal with when trying to find where to live lol. I don't know how else to go about it.

William Faulkner: "The past is never dead; it's not even past". And with this wisdom you can go to places like Stone Mountain and relive in your soul the absolute loss of what you never really had and nurture the resentments about that fact. But it is a beautiful country.

Only 2000 people? Can't wait to move me and my Democrat family of 24 people to beautiful Ellijay Ga!!! We can flip Ellijay blue real fast! Thanks for the video!!! ;)

I'm originally from Hamburg New York south of Buffalo moved down here in 79 and you are spot on but I do love it down here😊 PS the only thing I miss from New York is the food😊

I hope to goodness that this is tongue in cheek. I live in SW Ga and my kids went to UNG. I adore North Georgia. I think you should’ve said why you might not want to move to the South because everything you said could go to every Southern state. You made me giggle especially the end when you put your number up after dissing North Georgia. What a pair you have there, Sir.

About $100,000 overpriced in most of N. ga these days… I’m a Florida native, looking to make my Exodus within the next 2yrs. I spent part of my childhood growing up in Atlanta, with vacation time in the Ga mtns. Naturally, that area is the only place I feel I would want to relocate to, as it already feels like home to me. Particularly my husband and I are drawn to Dahlonega because of it’s small college mountain town feel and friendly people. However, we are both still working. I am in healthcare and he is a contractor though, so we feel these careers can take us anywhere. Dahlonega is growing and should be able to provide some quiet newcomers jobs. Would love to chat with you on the phone sometime soon, to get your thoughts and ideas for how to plan our exit from Florida and find something quiet yet affordable in Dahlonega area.

This kind of advertising is was help drive the local people out of the house market.