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I moved to north Ga ten years ago, and it was a culture shock for the locals. You see, I'm black, and my wife is from east Africa, I moved their after I retired from the military after 30 years. our children are all grown now with families of their own. my son married woman from eastern Europe, and my daughter married a guy from Montreal Canada. The looks and the stairs we get when we all go to is amazing, it has changed but not that much. Other than that, I love north Georgia, it's beautiful in the fall, and spring, best trout fishing in the state. So come on up, there's plenty of room for everyone, I will set an extra plate out for you.
That's bullshit dude. You act like we've never seen a black person. We kick it with all kinds of black folks around here. Gainesville has a large Liberian population that goes to my church.
I'll add 10 more... #11- CARPENTER BEES. If your siding, eaves, or porches are made of wood, North Georgia has a little friend in abundance to make your life a living hell. In late spring and early summer, female carpenter bees will burrow into your wood. Making things worse if you live in a forested section (which most of North Georgia is), is the pileated woodpecker, which then tries to eat the bees and bee larvae burrowed in your wood/siding by pecking them out. You'll come back from an hour lunch and it'll look like Scarface went to town on your house because of a cocaine debt. #12- HOUSE DAMAGE FROM TREES. North Georgia is densely forested, and very hilly. As a result, a huge percentage of North Georgia homes have large trees within roof-smashing distance. And smash they do, from old age, hidden rot, wind storms, land erosion exposing their roots, etc. #13- WILDLIFE WILL DICTATE YOUR LIFE. Even if you can find a (rare) yard with enough unforested canopy to grow grass and enough distance from woods to not have your yard be an smattering of exposed roots, you still have to accept that the deer population will decimate 95% of flowers and plants you try to grow. Go ahead and try planting "deer resistant plants". The ones here will eat damn near anything. Add in a large black bear population, plenty of rattlesnakes and copperheads, an insane number of yellow jackets, wasps, and hornets, and tell me how you feel about "letting your young kid play outside in the yard" unsupervised. Try having birdfeeders or outdoor trash cans and enjoy the bear-magnet your property will become. #14- SUMMER = EVER-PRESENT THUNDERSTORMS. From late May until early late August, the forecast for North Georgia is almost the same every day. "Today it will get real hot and humid then between about 2pm and 8pm, a few violent thunderstorms will roll through sometimes hitting you and sometimes barely missing you." The wind in them isn't too bad, but the lightning is INTENSE. Which is a challenge, because it's hard to plan a fishing, kayaking, hiking, or picnic day when lightning-filled storms will be rumbling all around you or developing flat out over your head. #15- NEED HOME REMODELING? GOOD LUCK. Portions of North Georgia are VERY slim-pickings on quality, reliable home contractors. You'll get some backwoods yokels of a clear step down professionally from Atlanta contractors, OR, you can hire and Atlanta contractor and pay an exorbitant fee for them to trek up to your remote mountain town each day during work. If you're planning to flip a home in most parts of North Georgia, and you're planning to find a bunch of nearby, affordable, high quality contractors? You're in for a rough surprise. #16- NOT WHITE OR CHRISTIAN? GET READY FOR THE OLD-SOUTH. Not everyone in North Georgia is a hillbilly cliche. For example, a few towns (Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Dahlonega, etc.) have enough people that have moved in that they're fairly moderate. But there's other parts (Chatsworth, Clayton, Calhoun) where being Muslim, Jewish, atheist, etc., is like being a space alien to locals, and in some cases an evil space alien. And if you're black? Get ready for the confederate flag to be flying loud and proud left and right in a neighborhood near you. #17- LIVE IN A BIG CITY? GET READY FOR A TIME WARP. If someone is coming from Atlanta expecting to find a bunch of restaurants real up to date on their vegan and gluten-free options, or a ton of homes for sale with sleek, modern interiors, get ready for a time portal back to about 1995. #18- 50% OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AREN'T NEIGHBORS. The nice part about towns like Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Helen, and Blairsville, is they're nice fun towns with lots to do with lots of pretty rustic homes. The negative, is about half those homes are either Airbnb rentals, or seasonal homes for rich Floridians and lowland Georgians to escape even worse heat to the south. So if you're a full time resident in a lot of nice rustic North Georgia communities, half your "neighbors" aren't even full-time residents. #19- COPS! COPS! COPS! AND COPS! You'd think these cute North Georgia tourist towns would realize they'll get less tourism with constant speed traps and an almost military-level presence of cops, but for some reason, the cop-to-citizen ratio of North Georgia makes a trip around town turn into a need to be a textbook-driver the whole way or some cop will appear from behind a wall of weeds to bust you for being 8mph over or barely rolling a stop sign. #20- YOU AIN'T GONNA BE FROM ROUND THESE PARTS!!! 95% of people born and raised in North Georgia have an extra-extreme accent. It's like southern accent and appalachian accent had a baby and they put they baby on accent-steroids. As a result, if you sound presentable to any communications job in America, you're immediately outing yourself as a city slicker to a non-local. So those 10 things too. That said, north Georgia is one of the most lush, naturally beautiful, unspoiled areas in the Eastern US. And even to this day, the type of house and surroundings 400K still buys someone in North Georgia is the envy of 90% of America. The freshwater streams everywhere with wild trout, the wildflowers in the spring, the epic fall color, the hiking trails, the plentiful huge lakes, the vistas, the wineries, the fall festivals, the apple orchards, etc. It's just lovely. The winters are short and weak (even in the mountains!) compared to the rest of Appalachia. Far enough from the coasts for hurricanes to not be much of an issue. No major earthquake concerns, low wildfire risk compared to out west, and even though it rains a good bit, it also has a lot of sunshine, and not a lot of gray or drear compared to the northeast. So yes, it's great, but everywhere has their problems, so I thought I'd mention 10 more that can catch people off guard.
That's a full fledge real deal list I appreciate it. I live in Florida's west coast right where hurricane Ian hit, every year it feels like we have a target on our backs. I am not stranger to hurricanes, seven major ones and counting from both sides of Florida. We use to own a place in Murphy NC so I know a little bit about "wood life" either way great list.
Excellent addendum, especially the carpenter bees that get worse every year. We could add the Formosan Termite for those from areas without significant termites; by comparison, they are termites on steroids.
As a long time resident of North Georgia, who spent lots of time on Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, going to Apple orchards in Ellijay, and driving through Blue Ridge, you give such a great explanation of north Georgia. The good and the bad.
I live in North Georgia. I live in Northwest , Georgia. I've lived on Fort Mountain, Dalton, Tunnel Hill and Rocky Face. Your never 45 minutes away from a town square in this part of the state. The mountains are beautiful. I love the history. This was native Cherokee land. There's lots of natural resources here. I like it here. Love these North Georgia mountains, rivers, creeks and bubbling brooks.
My mom was born and raised in N. Georgia. In Ranger, which is a tiny little place. I used to love to go visit my grandmother there. It was very different than Alabama and was very peaceful and my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandmother were real people and didn't act like they were better than everyone else. Beautiful land there and so laid back. RIP Eva and the rest of my wonderful family.
@peg'S I know Ranger and it is not far from Fort Mountain, Chatsworth, or Carter's Lake. It's small yes and peaceful. Youre right. Everybody are real people down to earth. They know their worth and never seem to make it more or better than others yet they don't accept being treated as less either. A lot to learn from these people. They worked hard, never wasted anything and took care of what they had and always welcomed you in and were glad to see you. There's a lot to be learned from them. Too many take for granted what they appreciated. Especially the value of family and friends. Thanks for sharing that memory with me. It brought back a lot of the same familiar memories. God Bless you and yours.
This guy is not telling the truth. I do not live in North Georgia, but I am wanting to move there in a couple years, after I retire, and no, I am not a Democrat, and yes, I like guns 😃
Yup trained here in the 80 camp f rank d Merrill,great then, now a rich, yuppie arogant mecca of assholz n attitudes .lumpkin county SO CATERS TO THESE BSTRDS WAYY TO MUCH
16:54... I work with a gal that's from Georgia. Everytime she opens her mouth, I just MELT. I'm never sure if she's talking or singing a lullaby. My knees go weak, my heart races a little. I could listen to her read the phone book. I'm originally from London, England and thinking about moving to small town Georgia in retirement (currently living and working in New York City for the past 24 years). That southern hospitality really appeals.
Eight of the reasons you gave for NOT moving to N. Georgia are reasons I would relocate back there. Pollen, yeah, it's rough sometimes but I can deal with it. High real estate prices is the only real downer. Guns, hunting, politics, college football, pickup trucks! Hey, that sounds like a subdivision of Heaven to me. BTW, I'm a native of N. Georgia. Rome, GA.
I just moved to Houston TX 2 months ago to look after a family after spending 11 years living in ATL metro area Coweta County. I contracted for a corporate limo firm and I had many clients in North GA. Many of my clients became close friends so I spent much time in areas like Jasper, Elijay, Cleveland, Helen, Hiawasee, Blairsville, Dawsonviille, Dahlonega, Gainesville, etc... I know the area like the back of my hand. I absolutely love nature, love mountains, the falls, and the people are for the most part God fearing friendly people. Im a black independen who leans more right so I have no issue with their politics. I cant stand Biden😂...anyways after I finish grad school i definitly plan on returning to Ga and buying a modern cabin style home nestled up in the mountans. Ill never get use to these flat streets and humidity of TX.... oh yeaaa...goooo DAWGS!!
The second amendment does NOT "allow for" gun ownership. The second amendment, and many of the Bill of Rights, prohibit the government from infringing on our natural, God given, rights.
Freedom is good! So are guns, hunting, pickup trucks. and patriotic people who know how to survive and defend themselves. I do not like people who feel entitled to handouts and the right to steal from others without penalty.
We let our pets roam free and love to shoot our guns on our property. We also love the military aircraft that fly at 5 to 600 ft above the ground . God bless America.
Lived in Georgia all my life and N. Georgia for 20 years. Do us all a favor and don't move to Georgia from another state, especially a blue state. We like our way of life and don't want people here who will change that.
Don't let them! I hear from sources that good old George Soros has his sights on the state of TN to change...been here over 20 years don't want to see that happen!
@J. F. obviously you've not spent much time in traffic or watched beautiful wooded areas being torn out to put up homes so close together you can stand between them touching both houses. Yes I am speaking for myself when I say Georgia is full don't come here.
So much for southern hospitality and friendliness. I moved to north Georgia from Atlanta (where I lived my whole life) and got the cold shoulder from the locals simply because I was from the evil city of Atlanta. Local elections had those vying for public office emphasizing how far back their families were in the county, the further back the better they were qualified so they thought; you could not even think to run for office if you had no family history here. In recent years all that has changed a bit; we now have better, more sophisticated leadership, better infrastructure, less government corruption, more far-sighted and organized decisions, and lots of grant money that no one 15 years ago ever thought to apply for though the county was desperately poor. School performance has gone from less than half graduating to 98% doing so. That has enticed lots of newcomers and new subdivisions being built.
I have lived in south Georgia for about 46 years and until recently we have started spending some time up in north Georgia. My son ended up going to college in Young Harris so we made a few overnight trips up there during the past year. My family did its first ever Christmas vacation up there last Christmas. We rarely see temps below 32 down here in Fitzgerald (or Fitz Vegas as we call it) but we experienced a few days in a row below 10 degrees and woke up one morning to -1 degrees. I've never, even in Germany, ever been in single digit temps much less below zero weather. Me and my closest friends from high school held a reunion in a mountain cabin for a few days last year. And between work and soccer, we've had to make a few trips up that way. So between Young Harris, Hiawassee, Blairsville, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Dalton, Helen and all the attractions in those areas, we have fell in love with north Georgia. I am less than 10 years away from being able to retire from work. My plan is to live somewhere up in those mountains. I will take cold weather, mountain roads (which I'm not crazy about), long distance driving to get somewhere (which I hate), politics, college football, real estate prices and anything else some may say is undesirable over these gosh dang gnats and 100 degree months (not days) and skeeters 9 months out of the year any day of the week. As soon as I can, I'm moving 😊
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.
We just sold our house in Paulding County, and we're looking in N GA. Your videos are so helpful! We are using our long-time Realtor for the sale but you are awesome. Also, GO GATORS! I feel your pain. I grew up in Cape Coral, FL and I have friends here that will never let me hear the end of it. 🐊
Just don't wave that damned flag. We have enough orange flags around here as it is. Lived in Ocala for years but never had the idea to plant a Bulldogs flag in my yard.
Weather in Georgia can be summer used by a single sentence regardless of your geographical location: Give it 5 minutes, it'll change. Best way to deal with allergies in the spring, get 5 pounds of the local honey filtered but not pasteurized and take a tablespoon everyday for 30 days. You will not have an allergy again in that area. I moved to middle Georgia 22 years ago, did exactly that and haven't had so much as a sneeze since. I am thrilled I live in a red state. That means God, 'Merica, peach cobbler, and pecan pie. A winning combination if you ask me.
You had me crying at #9. I've lived 1/2 my life in Washington, DC and the other 1/2 in North Carolina and Florida (I"m 52) and I love the laid back Southern style. I live in jacksonville, so I can relate.
GA weather is in general pretty crazy and all over the place. We've had a weekend in January where it was 70 on Thursday, snowed 6"+ on Friday and we all got off work, warmed up that Saturday and Sunday and all the snow melted and caused floods, and then Monday it was back in the 70s with Tornado warnings. It's been 20 degrees with snow flurries on Christmas some years, and others 75+ with many of us BBQ'ing X-mas dinner. The seasons here are more like a month of Fall, a month of Spring, and then 10 months of humidity. GA drivers also don't know how to drive in general, not just in snow, lol. You will learn to become the most aggressive defensive driver when you move here. Go the speed limit and you'll get honked at/flipped off, turn signals are optional, you can make u-turns everywhere, GA-400 is basically the Autobahn where people do 75-80 in the slow lane, people tailgate here like it's a NASCAR race and everyone can't wait to be first in line at the next red light or traffic jam. Everyone is in a hurry to go nowhere here with our insane traffic. Best time to go anywhere is on Saturdays when UGA is playing because the crowds will be down and you can actually get shopping and errands done. UGA fans are crazy, as bad/annoying as the Steelers fans were when I lived up north. My only saving grace is WVU is 1-0 against them all time after we beat them in the Sugar Bowl ages ago and they are still upset about it, lol.
I'm considering getting a vacation home in N. Georgia in the near future. I'm a black female from St. Lucia living in Louisiana. Hiawassee & Dahlonega seems like a good fit.
Thank you so much for doing this honest video. I am African-American and live in Auburn, GA. I’m not a native Georgian, but Atlanta is not my speed. I absolutely love the GA mountains for most of the reasons you just mentioned. My only concern is people tend to view conservatism with color and not beliefs.
If you love the rural life and do not wish to change it, if you are a Conservative who loves God, Guns, and Family, your color will not be an issue here ( Blairsville, most N. Ga ). We love Black Conservatives frankly, quite refreshing, and welcome them. Rural folk do not like liberals - they are anathema to our way of life, regardless of one's color. If you are liberal in any way, this is not the place for you. If you have a victim mentality, this is not the place for you. If you are for big govt, this not the place for you. If you are in anyway supportive of sexual perversion and current social justice warrioring issues, like the transperv crap. this ABSOLUTELY is not the place for you. If you are 100% personal accountability, and you do not blame anyone but yourself for where you are, or are not, in life, you will be fine here. If not, you will not be. If you are an independent type person, you rather do things for yourself than pay someone else to do it, you're already halfway there! And one thing Mr. Gibson failed to mention: GOD If you are not Christian and God is not the center of your life, yeah, this DEFINITELY is not the place for you. If you are, welcome. He mentions the plethora of Dollar Generals; they PALE in comparison to Churches. There is literally several in every mile, you can drive down no street, no road, regardless of how remote, without running across multiple churches, mainly Baptist. On Sunday, the towns are literally ghost towns. No one is open.....before 1pm, and after 1pm, some restaurants, NO retail. Christmas and Thanksgiving, yeah, you'd think the Apocalypse had happened - ghost town does not even begin to describe it. In the winter the place is literally shut down from Christmas to April. It is COLD and it RAINS ( or snows ) almost all winter. You can go nowhere nor do anything outdoors, even if anything was open, which it is not. Winters are brutal here, you will rarely see the sun in the Winter. One thing I did notice, was your use of the phrase "African-American". Rural folk tend to take a dim view of divisive monikers and hyphenated classifications of "Americans". If you were born here, you are an American. I do not refer to myself as a Germanic-French-Irish-Welsh American, as it serves no purpose, and is inaccurate. "African-American" is rejected by most Conservatives Blacks across the country, as most conservative Blacks view it as a "wretched sub-culture" of Black America, and so your use of the term "African-American" would lend most to think you are of that 'sub-culture', which is liberal, based on victimhood. I'd avoid that term in any rural America, Southern or not. Only if you were born in Africa and subsequently legally immigrated and naturalized here would that term be accepted - otherwise you are American; hyphenating yourself by color will not serve you here. We have several Black families here in Blairsville....except that when we are all together, we do not see each other as Black or White, frankly the subject never comes up. We are all neighbors and extended family here, no one cares what your color is, what we care about, is your behavior and your worldview, THAT is what rural folk object to in outsiders, NOT their color. Oh, and most rural counties do not have leash-laws, and do not ( refuse to ) enforce state laws on the matter. Dogs and animals run free in northern rural areas, and locals take a REAL dim view of outsiders coming here and trying to change things, or tell us we are doing things wrong. If you are a fearful soul and a dog running loose causes you stress, you really gonna flip out when your neighbors goats and cows come traipsing through your property, which is nothing compared to the bears, coyotes, and cougars that WILL be roaming through your yard. Many things to consider when moving to rural America, especially the rural mountains of N. Ga. And DO NOT find yourself on the wrong side of the law in these backwoods Georgia counties, especially if you are an outsider, of any color - you done lost before you enter that courtroom.
Liberals lie about conservatives and racism. I'm going to be totally honest with you, Shestudios; conservatives don't gives a rat's patooty what race people are. They care only if a person is a good person or a rotten person. That's it.
That's an untrue statement, clearly told from your biased opinion of the people. Strange that you prefaced your comment with skin color before using that offensive point of view.
I live in northern mountains of Georgia and the weather is different than the one near Atlanta. There can be a 10 to 15° difference. Atlanta mimics more of northern Florida many times. I don’t recall too many days in the 90s this past summer. We have cooler nights here many times and after living in Florida which was too hot I find I don’t always have to run my air but I can tolerate more than other people because I was raised by European parents and we didn’t have the air on continuously.
People from all over the US are moving to N Georgia. The market is so hot, homes don’t last on the market. There are not enough homes and the homes go quickly.,
We call most of you Half Backs. Yanks that moved to Florida but got tired of crowds, traffic, heat, humidity and hurricanes. Decided to move north but not into real snow. There are many, many of your tribe here. If you're a Fla Native then fewer, but still some...esoecially southern and central Florida. Shop at Ingles Supermarkets. Closest you'll get to Publix if you're moving north of Canton/Gainesville. Halfbacks and Florida expats all seem to shop there.
The first 20 seconds of this vid tells me not only are you not ready, you're probably not welcome. If you do or did move there recently, do everyone a favor and stay out of local politics. It's a great way to avoid making enemies.
Those 3 counties are essentially northwest Georgia (think Marjorie Taylor Green) which is different culturally from the rest of north Georgia (called northeast Georgia) which is more influenced by Atlanta and interstate 85. Also, rural south Georgia is more like northwest Georgia but not as extreme. The cities are more liberal, like Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus, Macon and Athens (UGA). Any place you go, if it's nice, it's extremely expensive so you have to balance that everywhere.
I just need to find myself a nice deep southern Georgia man . I’m from PA and I met a man the sexiest accent ever . He worked in a union and had been working in PA . 🤤💎 God what a gem . Idk if I’ll ever see that dude again .
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.
Is north Georgia up in the mountains? I’m thinking of moving! I visited your beautiful state 10 years or so ago. I was very impressed with how friendly the people were. ❤
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 thank you but I just got back after a week and a half visit. And found a lot that will have a house start going up in two months.
This was a great, honest video. I appreciate you making it. We’ve been debating going to a warmer climate from our northern town. You gave us some things to think about.
I disagree with you, North Georgia is an awesome place to live and I am so thankful my ancestors thought so too!! Oh Yeah GO DAWGS!! National Champs two years in a row!!! ❤🐾❤🐾❤️
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.
One thing us REAL North Georgians can't stand, is people who think Atlanta and it's perimeter is North Georgia. Anything below Gainesville or Jasper is NOT 'North Georgia'. Gainesville is only marginally 'North Georgia'.
I'm moving back to cartersville in August, where I was born and my family are there, was raised in Scotland though and I worry I'll be an outcast because of my accent 🫣
My kids went to UNG so we spent a lot of time in that area. The people are friendly and for the most part, respectful. I move up there in a second. I’m not sure what people would have against trucks nor do I understand a realtor dissing a place where he is a realtor.
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.
I figured this was gonna be another Southern Dissing Presentation, but was pleasantly surprised to find a more "Tongue In Cheek" take on Georgia, Georgians and our "Proclivities". I don't see the issues with any of the Problems in North Georgia, but then again, I live in South Georgia, well below The Gnat Line, and a trip to North Georgia is a welcome respite from "Them Evil Little Critters". I spent almost 20 years in Southern Oregon and loved the mountains, and living in that area. I've been back Home in Georgia for over 20 years, and it will always be Home, Pollen, Crawly Critters and slapping myself Silly, Fanning Gnats, aside. Your warnings to prospective residents are more than a little apt and accurate. I would suggest that folks take your "Cautions" to heart and if they can't assimilate, I'd suggest they go Anywhere But Georgia. We like our lives and lifestyle, and we're gonna keep them. My compliments for your effort, and words of caution
I had to survive the 1993 blizzard that we had with drifts that was up to 10 feet deep on top of the 3 feet of snow. We was getting around just fine 3 days after it started snowing.
You don't have the salt tracks and you don't have the grading so there's no lack of ability to drive in the snow or the ice. It's a lack of equipment and resources. Just stay home when it snows okay!
First thing first, GO GATORS!!! Next thing, I miss the North Georgia area a lot. Grew up there, and due to work currently I have to move around a lot, and have since left the area. Can't wait to come back.
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've really enjoyed the videos you've posted. I'm looking at retiring to N. GA/TN in about 2 years and this information is great to know. You've got another subscriber. Cheers!
I'm from TEXAS so everything you mentioned sounds very normal to be except maybe the pollen. We're drier and do not have as many plants. But, hey, GO DAWGS!!! WOOF!!! WOOF!!! WOOF!!! SIC EM!!! btw, UGA has now won their SECOND National Championship in a row, so I'm guessing you are NEVER gonna hear the end of THAT!
We visited dahlonega last summer. It was nice temperature in july. We are from central florida. Pollen is horrible here. Temps are 99 from june to end of September. Housing prices are even worse now and no option for a basement. Insurance is 4x what it was 2 years ago. We live in a small town as well. Your other video said you play music. What kind? I play rock ( was in a band down in st. Pete and Clearwater back in the late 90s. I also play banjo and bluegrass music. We would love to move up there and have a 3-5 year plan to do it.
Glad to see a fellow musician on here! I toured and played rock, country, bluegrass and with corporate bands. Also did a fair about of studio work. Keep me in mind when you plan on making a move up to North GA
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 we are planning to come up again this summer and go to the Atlanta zoo. Would like to to hit the dahlonega area again. Kids love the park with the splash pad and I want to take them to the gold mine this time. We will probably stay at the smith house again.
I was thinking about moving to Georgia, but I’m not sure. I wanna be close to Panama City Beach, Fl and been looking at areas to move to. Don’t want to move into Panama City because hurricane, but be within a 500 mile or less radius. A lot of places are so conservative down south though. I’ll be moving from Missouri and it’s conservative here. All about Trump. I don’t want to fall into the same trap. I thought about Atlanta, but I don’t want to live where there is too many people. it would be nice to find somewhere rural where people are more open minded. Was looking at Thomasville, GA also.
I know I would love the weather, scenery, and nature, but the fact that it’s primarily a red state would go against my political views. I am tolerant of others, and I don’t flaunt my political views, but I do have to really think about this.
lots of bible thumpers that support trump. So if you are a good god-fearing Christian, how in the world can you support the anti christ wanna be trump? Just because he had an r next to his name? Im no biden fan, so let me be clear, but trump is waaay to far to the extreme right and his crazy. I love n ga but..
This realtor must really hate his job and selling property in North Georgia! But I could see him selling a lot of real estate in Midtown he would be very popular there.
I'm a construction guy who has a small business and he's looking to move to Georgia. I don't like sports whatsoever does that play a factor on people's ideologies?
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 What about eating spaghetti off my naked belly, cause when I shower I'm doin the dishes? Jokes like that maybe frowned upon
One of the running jokes about Georgia is: "What did one snowflake say to the other snowflake?" (I don't know) ' Let's fall on Atlanta and screw up the traffic!" I was born and raised in Georgia. I hate the humidity there! I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming now. Even "cowboy country" has it drawbacks. Winter her lasts from about the middle of September to the middle of June, sometimes, May! It is so cold here that it makes my bones hurt! I lived in New Mexico for 16 years. Winters there are way too cold, too! Summers are hot, but, when you sweat, it evaporates as fast as it exits your skin! IF I ever moved back to Georgia, I would head for the mountains! I hate the beach! If I wanted to look at naked bodies, I'd stand in front of a mirror (a horrible thought!). I am NOT a fan of getting sand in my behind! Or, even in my shoes. This is my first time watching you and I enjoyed it! So, I just may "LIKE" and "SUBSCRIBE"!
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 , Way back when I was living in Griffin, Ga, it had snowed and the roads were a bit icy. I was standing on my front porch, just looking at the beauty, when, I hear a car coming down the road. I was at the bottom of a slight downhill incline, and, the guy was maybe 20-25. I get all interested in watching him maneuver his car. So, here he comes, slipping and sliding, and, came right in my front yard, missing one tree, came around, missing the second tree. You could see the terror in his eyes. When he got closer to the porch, I waved and told him tanks for dropping in! I just know that ride scared the stew out of him! I still laugh when I tell someone about that!
@@marknewton6984 I'm sorry, but, I wouldn't live in Florida if they gave me the entire state! I know there are so pretty neat people who live there, but, the water (where my sisters, Mom, and, aunt lived) was nasty! Worse than nasty! It was horrible! Suffer is real nasty! Mainly, my dad's nephew lives there and I refuse to be anywhere close to where he lives! He is a T-Total jerk, with a capital ERK! Once, I thought the sun rose and sat on him, but, when, for no reason at all, he slapped the hell out of me, I have hated him since. Well, hate is a bit strong, so, I immensely dislike him!
#1. Good reason to move to Georgia👍. #2. 85% in North northern Georgia voted GOP 👍. #3. Pickup Trucks. What's the problem? #4. Personal nutritional responsibility #5. No tornados or hurricanes or wildfires. The rest is just weather. No biggie. #6. No allergies. Next. #7. Seriously? #8. Don't follow college football but I can learn. Go Bulldogs! #9. Hard to understand but I like a good challenge. #10 Ya, that's a problem I'm still moving there in 2025
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I would never live below the Macon line because the knats are unbearable in south Georgia.
@@tracytuten5116 Not so bad in North Georgia. Especially the mountains.
@@tracytuten5116 We had them bad where I grew up in Florida too
@@tracytuten5116 We used to get those in Florida. Terrible!
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 Maureen dalton
thanks for telling me all the reasons I want to live in N. GA!
Me too William and I'm Australian LOL.
Right lol I’m in
@@martynohara8101 I still need to visit Australia sometime
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 I've never been to Australia but for some reason I believe it's not all that different than Georgia 😄
I moved to north Ga ten years ago, and it was a culture shock for the locals. You see, I'm black, and my wife is from east Africa, I moved their after I retired from the military after 30 years. our children are all grown now with families of their own. my son married woman from eastern Europe, and my daughter married a guy from Montreal Canada. The looks and the stairs we get when we all go to is amazing, it has changed but not that much. Other than that, I love north Georgia, it's beautiful in the fall, and spring, best trout fishing in the state. So come on up, there's plenty of room for everyone, I will set an extra plate out for you.
@@mirib5007 Maybe, my wife is a beautiful woman from Ethiopia, that looks VERY good for her age. I'm 6'3", she's 6'1".
I wanted a log cabin for vacation getaway now decided not to
@@bluejay6323why?
@@bluejay6323why?
That's bullshit dude. You act like we've never seen a black person. We kick it with all kinds of black folks around here. Gainesville has a large Liberian population that goes to my church.
I'll add 10 more...
#11- CARPENTER BEES. If your siding, eaves, or porches are made of wood, North Georgia has a little friend in abundance to make your life a living hell. In late spring and early summer, female carpenter bees will burrow into your wood. Making things worse if you live in a forested section (which most of North Georgia is), is the pileated woodpecker, which then tries to eat the bees and bee larvae burrowed in your wood/siding by pecking them out. You'll come back from an hour lunch and it'll look like Scarface went to town on your house because of a cocaine debt.
#12- HOUSE DAMAGE FROM TREES. North Georgia is densely forested, and very hilly. As a result, a huge percentage of North Georgia homes have large trees within roof-smashing distance. And smash they do, from old age, hidden rot, wind storms, land erosion exposing their roots, etc.
#13- WILDLIFE WILL DICTATE YOUR LIFE. Even if you can find a (rare) yard with enough unforested canopy to grow grass and enough distance from woods to not have your yard be an smattering of exposed roots, you still have to accept that the deer population will decimate 95% of flowers and plants you try to grow. Go ahead and try planting "deer resistant plants". The ones here will eat damn near anything. Add in a large black bear population, plenty of rattlesnakes and copperheads, an insane number of yellow jackets, wasps, and hornets, and tell me how you feel about "letting your young kid play outside in the yard" unsupervised. Try having birdfeeders or outdoor trash cans and enjoy the bear-magnet your property will become.
#14- SUMMER = EVER-PRESENT THUNDERSTORMS. From late May until early late August, the forecast for North Georgia is almost the same every day. "Today it will get real hot and humid then between about 2pm and 8pm, a few violent thunderstorms will roll through sometimes hitting you and sometimes barely missing you." The wind in them isn't too bad, but the lightning is INTENSE. Which is a challenge, because it's hard to plan a fishing, kayaking, hiking, or picnic day when lightning-filled storms will be rumbling all around you or developing flat out over your head.
#15- NEED HOME REMODELING? GOOD LUCK. Portions of North Georgia are VERY slim-pickings on quality, reliable home contractors. You'll get some backwoods yokels of a clear step down professionally from Atlanta contractors, OR, you can hire and Atlanta contractor and pay an exorbitant fee for them to trek up to your remote mountain town each day during work. If you're planning to flip a home in most parts of North Georgia, and you're planning to find a bunch of nearby, affordable, high quality contractors? You're in for a rough surprise.
#16- NOT WHITE OR CHRISTIAN? GET READY FOR THE OLD-SOUTH. Not everyone in North Georgia is a hillbilly cliche. For example, a few towns (Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Dahlonega, etc.) have enough people that have moved in that they're fairly moderate. But there's other parts (Chatsworth, Clayton, Calhoun) where being Muslim, Jewish, atheist, etc., is like being a space alien to locals, and in some cases an evil space alien. And if you're black? Get ready for the confederate flag to be flying loud and proud left and right in a neighborhood near you.
#17- LIVE IN A BIG CITY? GET READY FOR A TIME WARP. If someone is coming from Atlanta expecting to find a bunch of restaurants real up to date on their vegan and gluten-free options, or a ton of homes for sale with sleek, modern interiors, get ready for a time portal back to about 1995.
#18- 50% OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AREN'T NEIGHBORS. The nice part about towns like Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Helen, and Blairsville, is they're nice fun towns with lots to do with lots of pretty rustic homes. The negative, is about half those homes are either Airbnb rentals, or seasonal homes for rich Floridians and lowland Georgians to escape even worse heat to the south. So if you're a full time resident in a lot of nice rustic North Georgia communities, half your "neighbors" aren't even full-time residents.
#19- COPS! COPS! COPS! AND COPS! You'd think these cute North Georgia tourist towns would realize they'll get less tourism with constant speed traps and an almost military-level presence of cops, but for some reason, the cop-to-citizen ratio of North Georgia makes a trip around town turn into a need to be a textbook-driver the whole way or some cop will appear from behind a wall of weeds to bust you for being 8mph over or barely rolling a stop sign.
#20- YOU AIN'T GONNA BE FROM ROUND THESE PARTS!!! 95% of people born and raised in North Georgia have an extra-extreme accent. It's like southern accent and appalachian accent had a baby and they put they baby on accent-steroids. As a result, if you sound presentable to any communications job in America, you're immediately outing yourself as a city slicker to a non-local.
So those 10 things too.
That said, north Georgia is one of the most lush, naturally beautiful, unspoiled areas in the Eastern US. And even to this day, the type of house and surroundings 400K still buys someone in North Georgia is the envy of 90% of America. The freshwater streams everywhere with wild trout, the wildflowers in the spring, the epic fall color, the hiking trails, the plentiful huge lakes, the vistas, the wineries, the fall festivals, the apple orchards, etc. It's just lovely. The winters are short and weak (even in the mountains!) compared to the rest of Appalachia. Far enough from the coasts for hurricanes to not be much of an issue. No major earthquake concerns, low wildfire risk compared to out west, and even though it rains a good bit, it also has a lot of sunshine, and not a lot of gray or drear compared to the northeast.
So yes, it's great, but everywhere has their problems, so I thought I'd mention 10 more that can catch people off guard.
These are great! Also..carpenter bees are the WORST
That's a full fledge real deal list I appreciate it. I live in Florida's west coast right where hurricane Ian hit, every year it feels like we have a target on our backs. I am not stranger to hurricanes, seven major ones and counting from both sides of Florida. We use to own a place in Murphy NC so I know a little bit about "wood life" either way great list.
Excellent addendum, especially the carpenter bees that get worse every year. We could add the Formosan Termite for those from areas without significant termites; by comparison, they are termites on steroids.
As a long time resident of North Georgia, who spent lots of time on Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, going to Apple orchards in Ellijay, and driving through Blue Ridge, you give such a great explanation of north Georgia. The good and the bad.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Thank you!
I live in North Georgia. I live in Northwest , Georgia. I've lived on Fort Mountain, Dalton, Tunnel Hill and Rocky Face. Your never 45 minutes away from a town square in this part of the state. The mountains are beautiful. I love the history. This was native Cherokee land. There's lots of natural resources here. I like it here. Love these North Georgia mountains, rivers, creeks and bubbling brooks.
Northwest GA is beautiful!
My mom was born and raised in N. Georgia. In Ranger, which is a tiny little place. I used to love to go visit my grandmother there. It was very different than Alabama and was very peaceful and my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandmother were real people and didn't act like they were better than everyone else. Beautiful land there and so laid back. RIP Eva and the rest of my wonderful family.
@peg'S I know Ranger and it is not far from Fort Mountain, Chatsworth, or Carter's Lake. It's small yes and peaceful. Youre right. Everybody are real people down to earth. They know their worth and never seem to make it more or better than others yet they don't accept being treated as less either. A lot to learn from these people. They worked hard, never wasted anything and took care of what they had and always welcomed you in and were glad to see you. There's a lot to be learned from them. Too many take for granted what they appreciated. Especially the value of family and friends. Thanks for sharing that memory with me. It brought back a lot of the same familiar memories. God Bless you and yours.
This guy is not telling the truth. I do not live in North Georgia, but I am wanting to move there in a couple years, after I retire, and no, I am not a Democrat, and yes, I like guns 😃
You must be my neighbor lol
Dear everyone. Please don't move here regardless.
Sincerely, everyone that lives here that isn't rich like y'all
What do you consider to be rich?
Yup trained here in the 80 camp f rank d Merrill,great then, now a rich, yuppie arogant mecca of assholz n attitudes .lumpkin county SO CATERS TO THESE BSTRDS WAYY TO MUCH
16:54... I work with a gal that's from Georgia. Everytime she opens her mouth, I just MELT. I'm never sure if she's talking or singing a lullaby. My knees go weak, my heart races a little. I could listen to her read the phone book. I'm originally from London, England and thinking about moving to small town Georgia in retirement (currently living and working in New York City for the past 24 years). That southern hospitality really appeals.
Eight of the reasons you gave for NOT moving to N. Georgia are reasons I would relocate back there. Pollen, yeah, it's rough sometimes but I can deal with it. High real estate prices is the only real downer. Guns, hunting, politics, college football, pickup trucks! Hey, that sounds like a subdivision of Heaven to me. BTW, I'm a native of N. Georgia. Rome, GA.
Come on back to North GA!
A lot of my relatives moved from Ranger over to Rome. Its a great place.
I'm hoping to move there for those same reasons. And from what I'm seeing, Real estate is EXTREMELY reasonable.
What do you mean? The houses are a lot cheaper in Georgia!! Where are you comparing it to?
@@michaelmull2067 I’m going back to SoFlo
I just moved to Houston TX 2 months ago to look after a family after spending 11 years living in ATL metro area Coweta County. I contracted for a corporate limo firm and I had many clients in North GA. Many of my clients became close friends so I spent much time in areas like Jasper, Elijay, Cleveland, Helen, Hiawasee, Blairsville, Dawsonviille, Dahlonega, Gainesville, etc... I know the area like the back of my hand. I absolutely love nature, love mountains, the falls, and the people are for the most part God fearing friendly people. Im a black independen who leans more right so I have no issue with their politics. I cant stand Biden😂...anyways after I finish grad school i definitly plan on returning to Ga and buying a modern cabin style home nestled up in the mountans. Ill never get use to these flat streets and humidity of TX.... oh yeaaa...goooo DAWGS!!
We'll be glad to have you back in North GA after grad school!
The second amendment does NOT "allow for" gun ownership. The second amendment, and many of the Bill of Rights, prohibit the government from infringing on our natural, God given, rights.
100% correct Sir!!!!
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Sadly, the distinction between granting a right and forbidding government from infringing on a right is lost on most people.
That pretty much the same in all rural United States. The large cities swing left normally everywhere in the states.
Pretty much all of these reasons were why I was considering moving to north Georgia, except for allergies and snow
Come on up!
Just stay out if you don’t wanna adjust to the way we live. We don’t need suburbia and big city centers. If you wanna city slick stay in Atlanta.
Thany you 22 year resident of Lumpkin. Left metro bcause of all th shitz i. The 1990s.now the atl azzhole r commin here way tooo many.
he is not kidding about the pollen and the people in Georgia are the greatest people you will ever meet.
watch out for the lazy eye in people, it is very off putting until you get used to it
Agreed!
Freedom is good! So are guns, hunting, pickup trucks. and patriotic people who know how to survive and defend themselves. I do not like people who feel entitled to handouts and the right to steal from others without penalty.
We let our pets roam free and love to shoot our guns on our property. We also love the military aircraft that fly at 5 to 600 ft above the ground . God bless America.
It’s a great place to live!
All y'all are weird; somethings wrong with y'all.
Lived in Georgia all my life and N. Georgia for 20 years. Do us all a favor and don't move to Georgia from another state, especially a blue state. We like our way of life and don't want people here who will change that.
Don't let them! I hear from sources that good old George Soros has his sights on the state of TN to change...been here over 20 years don't want to see that happen!
@J. F. Everyone IS coming into the country - hope you are hospitable and your doors unlocked!
@J. F. obviously you've not spent much time in traffic or watched beautiful wooded areas being torn out to put up homes so close together you can stand between them touching both houses. Yes I am speaking for myself when I say Georgia is full don't come here.
So much for southern hospitality and friendliness. I moved to north Georgia from Atlanta (where I lived my whole life) and got the cold shoulder from the locals simply because I was from the evil city of Atlanta. Local elections had those vying for public office emphasizing how far back their families were in the county, the further back the better they were qualified so they thought; you could not even think to run for office if you had no family history here. In recent years all that has changed a bit; we now have better, more sophisticated leadership, better infrastructure, less government corruption, more far-sighted and organized decisions, and lots of grant money that no one 15 years ago ever thought to apply for though the county was desperately poor. School performance has gone from less than half graduating to 98% doing so. That has enticed lots of newcomers and new subdivisions being built.
Who wants to live in Georgia?
Thank you for letting me know why to move to N Georgia. Your reasons not to move are exactly the reasons why people are moving to N Georgia.
Mission accomplished!
You just made North Georgia even more appealing to me!
I have lived in south Georgia for about 46 years and until recently we have started spending some time up in north Georgia. My son ended up going to college in Young Harris so we made a few overnight trips up there during the past year. My family did its first ever Christmas vacation up there last Christmas. We rarely see temps below 32 down here in Fitzgerald (or Fitz Vegas as we call it) but we experienced a few days in a row below 10 degrees and woke up one morning to -1 degrees. I've never, even in Germany, ever been in single digit temps much less below zero weather. Me and my closest friends from high school held a reunion in a mountain cabin for a few days last year. And between work and soccer, we've had to make a few trips up that way. So between Young Harris, Hiawassee, Blairsville, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Dalton, Helen and all the attractions in those areas, we have fell in love with north Georgia. I am less than 10 years away from being able to retire from work. My plan is to live somewhere up in those mountains. I will take cold weather, mountain roads (which I'm not crazy about), long distance driving to get somewhere (which I hate), politics, college football, real estate prices and anything else some may say is undesirable over these gosh dang gnats and 100 degree months (not days) and skeeters 9 months out of the year any day of the week. As soon as I can, I'm moving 😊
Those gnats are no joke! We used to get them in FL too.
Keep talking man...maybe they will quit coming and ruining our beautiful mountains
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.
We just sold our house in Paulding County, and we're looking in N GA. Your videos are so helpful! We are using our long-time Realtor for the sale but you are awesome. Also, GO GATORS! I feel your pain. I grew up in Cape Coral, FL and I have friends here that will never let me hear the end of it. 🐊
Glad to help! Go Gators!
Don't move. Go Gators.
Just don't wave that damned flag. We have enough orange flags around here as it is. Lived in Ocala for years but never had the idea to plant a Bulldogs flag in my yard.
Weather in Georgia can be summer used by a single sentence regardless of your geographical location: Give it 5 minutes, it'll change. Best way to deal with allergies in the spring, get 5 pounds of the local honey filtered but not pasteurized and take a tablespoon everyday for 30 days. You will not have an allergy again in that area. I moved to middle Georgia 22 years ago, did exactly that and haven't had so much as a sneeze since. I am thrilled I live in a red state. That means God, 'Merica, peach cobbler, and pecan pie. A winning combination if you ask me.
Good call about local honey. I’ve heard that works for a lot of people
You had me crying at #9. I've lived 1/2 my life in Washington, DC and the other 1/2 in North Carolina and Florida (I"m 52) and I love the laid back Southern style. I live in jacksonville, so I can relate.
Ha! Glad you enjoyed it!
GA weather is in general pretty crazy and all over the place. We've had a weekend in January where it was 70 on Thursday, snowed 6"+ on Friday and we all got off work, warmed up that Saturday and Sunday and all the snow melted and caused floods, and then Monday it was back in the 70s with Tornado warnings. It's been 20 degrees with snow flurries on Christmas some years, and others 75+ with many of us BBQ'ing X-mas dinner. The seasons here are more like a month of Fall, a month of Spring, and then 10 months of humidity.
GA drivers also don't know how to drive in general, not just in snow, lol. You will learn to become the most aggressive defensive driver when you move here. Go the speed limit and you'll get honked at/flipped off, turn signals are optional, you can make u-turns everywhere, GA-400 is basically the Autobahn where people do 75-80 in the slow lane, people tailgate here like it's a NASCAR race and everyone can't wait to be first in line at the next red light or traffic jam. Everyone is in a hurry to go nowhere here with our insane traffic. Best time to go anywhere is on Saturdays when UGA is playing because the crowds will be down and you can actually get shopping and errands done.
UGA fans are crazy, as bad/annoying as the Steelers fans were when I lived up north. My only saving grace is WVU is 1-0 against them all time after we beat them in the Sugar Bowl ages ago and they are still upset about it, lol.
Yep! Today the weather is 78/55. Wednesday will be 56/32
The worst drivers i have ever seen ! I have been many many places and I stand by this opinion .
I'm considering getting a vacation home in N. Georgia in the near future. I'm a black female from St. Lucia living in Louisiana. Hiawassee & Dahlonega seems like a good fit.
Lots of great options for vacation homes in North GA! Feel free to give me a call to talk details
Great choice. I wish you the best and welcome.
Stating your skin color isn't necessary. No one really cares, except you, I guess.
Thank you so much for doing this honest video. I am African-American and live in Auburn, GA. I’m not a native Georgian, but Atlanta is not my speed. I absolutely love the GA mountains for most of the reasons you just mentioned. My only concern is people tend to view conservatism with color and not beliefs.
If you love the rural life and do not wish to change it, if you are a Conservative who loves God, Guns, and Family, your color will not be an issue here ( Blairsville, most N. Ga ). We love Black Conservatives frankly, quite refreshing, and welcome them.
Rural folk do not like liberals - they are anathema to our way of life, regardless of one's color. If you are liberal in any way, this is not the place for you. If you have a victim mentality, this is not the place for you. If you are for big govt, this not the place for you. If you are in anyway supportive of sexual perversion and current social justice warrioring issues, like the transperv crap. this ABSOLUTELY is not the place for you.
If you are 100% personal accountability, and you do not blame anyone but yourself for where you are, or are not, in life, you will be fine here. If not, you will not be. If you are an independent type person, you rather do things for yourself than pay someone else to do it, you're already halfway there!
And one thing Mr. Gibson failed to mention: GOD
If you are not Christian and God is not the center of your life, yeah, this DEFINITELY is not the place for you. If you are, welcome. He mentions the plethora of Dollar Generals; they PALE in comparison to Churches. There is literally several in every mile, you can drive down no street, no road, regardless of how remote, without running across multiple churches, mainly Baptist.
On Sunday, the towns are literally ghost towns. No one is open.....before 1pm, and after 1pm, some restaurants, NO retail. Christmas and Thanksgiving, yeah, you'd think the Apocalypse had happened - ghost town does not even begin to describe it.
In the winter the place is literally shut down from Christmas to April. It is COLD and it RAINS ( or snows ) almost all winter. You can go nowhere nor do anything outdoors, even if anything was open, which it is not. Winters are brutal here, you will rarely see the sun in the Winter.
One thing I did notice, was your use of the phrase "African-American". Rural folk tend to take a dim view of divisive monikers and hyphenated classifications of "Americans". If you were born here, you are an American. I do not refer to myself as a Germanic-French-Irish-Welsh American, as it serves no purpose, and is inaccurate. "African-American" is rejected by most Conservatives Blacks across the country, as most conservative Blacks view it as a "wretched sub-culture" of Black America, and so your use of the term "African-American" would lend most to think you are of that 'sub-culture', which is liberal, based on victimhood. I'd avoid that term in any rural America, Southern or not. Only if you were born in Africa and subsequently legally immigrated and naturalized here would that term be accepted - otherwise you are American; hyphenating yourself by color will not serve you here.
We have several Black families here in Blairsville....except that when we are all together, we do not see each other as Black or White, frankly the subject never comes up. We are all neighbors and extended family here, no one cares what your color is, what we care about, is your behavior and your worldview, THAT is what rural folk object to in outsiders, NOT their color.
Oh, and most rural counties do not have leash-laws, and do not ( refuse to ) enforce state laws on the matter. Dogs and animals run free in northern rural areas, and locals take a REAL dim view of outsiders coming here and trying to change things, or tell us we are doing things wrong. If you are a fearful soul and a dog running loose causes you stress, you really gonna flip out when your neighbors goats and cows come traipsing through your property, which is nothing compared to the bears, coyotes, and cougars that WILL be roaming through your yard.
Many things to consider when moving to rural America, especially the rural mountains of N. Ga.
And DO NOT find yourself on the wrong side of the law in these backwoods Georgia counties, especially if you are an outsider, of any color - you done lost before you enter that courtroom.
Democrats try to force that image on country people who for the most part just want to be left alone to live their lives
Liberals lie about conservatives and racism.
I'm going to be totally honest with you, Shestudios; conservatives don't gives a rat's patooty what race people are. They care only if a person is a good person or a rotten person. That's it.
So if I’m a black atheist Biden supporting homosexual on welfare who doesn’t believe in the second amendment and have a white wife I’m in right?
That's an untrue statement, clearly told from your biased opinion of the people. Strange that you prefaced your comment with skin color before using that offensive point of view.
I live in northern mountains of Georgia and the weather is different than the one near Atlanta. There can be a 10 to 15° difference. Atlanta mimics more of northern Florida many times. I don’t recall too many days in the 90s this past summer. We have cooler nights here many times and after living in Florida which was too hot I find I don’t always have to run my air but I can tolerate more than other people because I was raised by European parents and we didn’t have the air on continuously.
Great info!
People from all over the US are moving to N Georgia.
The market is so hot, homes don’t last on the market.
There are not enough homes and the homes go quickly.,
I want to move to west Ga because Fla is getting too crowed and kind of want to move out in nature and mountain area. Have been there and love it.
West GA is great! What area did you visit?
I live in Florida also, but looking to move to GA in the next year or so but need to learn more about the entire State.
We call most of you Half Backs. Yanks that moved to Florida but got tired of crowds, traffic, heat, humidity and hurricanes. Decided to move north but not into real snow.
There are many, many of your tribe here. If you're a Fla Native then fewer, but still some...esoecially southern and central Florida.
Shop at Ingles Supermarkets. Closest you'll get to Publix if you're moving north of Canton/Gainesville. Halfbacks and Florida expats all seem to shop there.
You'll be sorry.
The first 20 seconds of this vid tells me not only are you not ready, you're probably not welcome. If you do or did move there recently, do everyone a favor and stay out of local politics. It's a great way to avoid making enemies.
Those 3 counties are essentially northwest Georgia (think Marjorie Taylor Green) which is different culturally from the rest of north Georgia (called northeast Georgia) which is more influenced by Atlanta and interstate 85. Also, rural south Georgia is more like northwest Georgia but not as extreme. The cities are more liberal, like Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus, Macon and Athens (UGA). Any place you go, if it's nice, it's extremely expensive so you have to balance that everywhere.
Most importantly if your coming here from a democrat run city or state…leave those dumb ideas there, never forget what your running from.
Thanks for the info. N Georgia seems like a good fit !!
Glad to hear it!
lucky us! we had horrible allergies when we lived in Westcoast, moved to NORTH GA, and NO MORE!
and Yazzz, GO DAWGS!!!!!!
I just need to find myself a nice deep southern Georgia man . I’m from PA and I met a man the sexiest accent ever . He worked in a union and had been working in PA . 🤤💎 God what a gem . Idk if I’ll ever see that dude again .
I'm ya hokibeery
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.
Is north Georgia up in the mountains? I’m thinking of moving! I visited your beautiful state 10 years or so ago. I was very impressed with how friendly the people were. ❤
Yes it is!
I’m from NJ and moving to Dahlonega. Yeah you won’t get many friendly people in NJ.
I’d be happy to help you find a home in Dahlonega!
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 thank you but I just got back after a week and a half visit. And found a lot that will have a house start going up in two months.
@@american_chevy616 Congrats!
Dahlonega no longer has many native people from Dahlonega so you should fit right in if you aren't from there
@@michaelmerck7576Same in Ellijay
This was a great, honest video. I appreciate you making it. We’ve been debating going to a warmer climate from our northern town. You gave us some things to think about.
Glad to help!
You're good stay where you're at we don't need your liberalism here anyways
It looks like 10 reasons to move to north Georgia 😊nice people, guns , Trump fans and hunting, looks like paradise
I disagree with you, North Georgia is an awesome place to live and I am so thankful my ancestors thought so too!! Oh Yeah GO DAWGS!! National Champs two years in a row!!! ❤🐾❤🐾❤️
I love North GA!
If you have allergies take some local honey every day! It will help you adapt to the local pollens.
Great advice!
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.
Mission accomplished!
I love this guy. He tells it like it is. It's great!
Thank you!
You described heaven to me. Except for the real estate prices.
One thing us REAL North Georgians can't stand, is people who think Atlanta and it's perimeter is North Georgia. Anything below Gainesville or Jasper is NOT 'North Georgia'. Gainesville is only marginally 'North Georgia'.
Agreed!
Take this man's advice, don't come to North Georgia. The less people we have from other states the better we like it.
I'm moving back to cartersville in August, where I was born and my family are there, was raised in Scotland though and I worry I'll be an outcast because of my accent 🫣
@@Baileytheuberdriverbetter not be a Democrat 😂😂😂
@@Hunkerdown_101oh hell no. I didn't say I was stupid 😂
My kids went to UNG so we spent a lot of time in that area. The people are friendly and for the most part, respectful. I move up there in a second. I’m not sure what people would have against trucks nor do I understand a realtor dissing a place where he is a realtor.
Sierra, people love accents here. You’ll find loads of friends.
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.
This is great!!! I would love to live there!!!
I figured this was gonna be another Southern Dissing Presentation, but was pleasantly surprised to find a more "Tongue In Cheek" take on Georgia, Georgians and our "Proclivities". I don't see the issues with any of the Problems in North Georgia, but then again, I live in South Georgia, well below The Gnat Line, and a trip to North Georgia is a welcome respite from "Them Evil Little Critters". I spent almost 20 years in Southern Oregon and loved the mountains, and living in that area. I've been back Home in Georgia for over 20 years, and it will always be Home, Pollen, Crawly Critters and slapping myself Silly, Fanning Gnats, aside. Your warnings to prospective residents are more than a little apt and accurate. I would suggest that folks take your "Cautions" to heart and if they can't assimilate, I'd suggest they go Anywhere But Georgia. We like our lives and lifestyle, and we're gonna keep them.
My compliments for your effort, and words of caution
If I had a dollar for every time I've slapped myself sill because of gnats or mosquitoes...
You just gave me 10 reasons. To want to move to Georgia, thank you.
Glad to hear it!
I like rural living I am a gun guy and I love my truck.
Sounds like some Good Reason to move to North GA to me Wow
Don't do it.
I had to survive the 1993 blizzard that we had with drifts that was up to 10 feet deep on top of the 3 feet of snow. We was getting around just fine 3 days after it started snowing.
I bet it felt like the world was ending during that blizzard!
You don't have the salt tracks and you don't have the grading so there's no lack of ability to drive in the snow or the ice. It's a lack of equipment and resources. Just stay home when it snows okay!
True!
First thing first, GO GATORS!!! Next thing, I miss the North Georgia area a lot. Grew up there, and due to work currently I have to move around a lot, and have since left the area. Can't wait to come back.
Good to hear from a fellow Gator fan! We'll be ready for you when you come back to North GA!
He is also describing South Ga
The picture said "Are you ready for Georgia in 2023?"
I live in Georgia. I wasn't ready then, and I sure don't want to do 2023 again.
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😊
Had some great food over the years traveling to NY. Delmonico’s was fantastic
All the reasons I want to live there 😂🤣😂🫶🏻
Legal gun ownership = safe community. Suggesting otherwise is dishonest.
Everything you said was bad thing is WHY i would want to move there!!
Mission accomplished
I've really enjoyed the videos you've posted. I'm looking at retiring to N. GA/TN in about 2 years and this information is great to know. You've got another subscriber. Cheers!
Thanks!
YOU ARE BRUTALLY HONEST, AND I LOVE IT! YOU'VE GOT MY SUBSCRIPTION!👍✋✊👌👊👋👏
Gotta tell the people the truth!
U r right on. Our vacation home was in Ellijay. Loved it there but very conservative and have a Confederate parade down main street every year.
You chose the location. Do not complain about the customs
@@joanyow7952 damn right
The honesty!!!! Sarah from Alpharetta did not get this SPICY!!! I love it!
Haha thanks!
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 she’s good though, watching your vid for tips on my own channel 😁
Thanks for giving me every reason to move to North Georgia.
Glad to help!
North Georgia sounds like a perfect place to live☺️
Agreed!
It is not.
I'm from TEXAS so everything you mentioned sounds very normal to be except maybe the pollen. We're drier and do not have as many plants. But, hey, GO DAWGS!!! WOOF!!! WOOF!!! WOOF!!! SIC EM!!! btw, UGA has now won their SECOND National Championship in a row, so I'm guessing you are NEVER gonna hear the end of THAT!
I’ll definitely never hear the end of it LOL!
I hope we never hear the end of it. Go Dawgs!
Second or Third Winter is also when the snow storm usually comes.
Yep! Wouldn’t be surprised if we get one out of nowhere before spring
What about Granville? On there prices n the area itself thanks
I don't know of a Granville in GA. There is a town called Grantville located Southwest of Atlanta. Is that the town you're referring to?
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 yes sorry I misspelled it but yes, that is the one I am referring to is that a nice town to live in friendly people?
Sounds a lot better than florida where the weather is 10x more unpredictable
Agreed!
Most people don't understand the Confederate flag or what it stands for.
I find them offensive.
@@travellingcats1047 But no one cares what other find offensive or not.
@@eskieman3948 speak for yourself. You don't care, clearly, it doesn't mean other people don't.
@@travellingcats1047 your attitude is offensive.
@@joanyow7952 okay bigot.
Cant wait!! I'll be there in Sep.
Great!
It’s paradise. I wish everywhere could be like it
Agreed!
We visited dahlonega last summer. It was nice temperature in july. We are from central florida. Pollen is horrible here. Temps are 99 from june to end of September. Housing prices are even worse now and no option for a basement. Insurance is 4x what it was 2 years ago. We live in a small town as well. Your other video said you play music. What kind? I play rock ( was in a band down in st. Pete and Clearwater back in the late 90s. I also play banjo and bluegrass music. We would love to move up there and have a 3-5 year plan to do it.
Glad to see a fellow musician on here! I toured and played rock, country, bluegrass and with corporate bands. Also did a fair about of studio work.
Keep me in mind when you plan on making a move up to North GA
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 we are planning to come up again this summer and go to the Atlanta zoo. Would like to to hit the dahlonega area again. Kids love the park with the splash pad and I want to take them to the gold mine this time. We will probably stay at the smith house again.
I appreciate the way you have shared this information.
We vacation in North Georgia almost every year and love it.
Thanks for the positive feedback!
I was thinking about moving to Georgia, but I’m not sure. I wanna be close to Panama City Beach, Fl and been looking at areas to move to. Don’t want to move into Panama City because hurricane, but be within a 500 mile or less radius. A lot of places are so conservative down south though. I’ll be moving from Missouri and it’s conservative here. All about Trump. I don’t want to fall into the same trap. I thought about Atlanta, but I don’t want to live where there is too many people. it would be nice to find somewhere rural where people are more open minded. Was looking at Thomasville, GA also.
PCB is a popular vacation spot for North GA residents. You can check datausa.io or census.gov for demographic info on specific locations
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 thank you 🙏🏽
Spent a weekend in Thomasville in October. If I were to move back to South Georgia, I’d move there.
dont worry about Trump he'll be out of the limelight soon, Desantis is coming in
Love them Dawgs, reason to move to N. Ga.
It’s pretty sweet to move here from socal. Home prices for us here are ASTONISHING. IM LOVINGGTHE HECK OUT OF N. Georgia.
Glad you like it!
Where in So Cal
Go back
@@bobsmitth497 no
I know I would love the weather, scenery, and nature, but the fact that it’s primarily a red state would go against my political views. I am tolerant of others, and I don’t flaunt my political views, but I do have to really think about this.
lots of bible thumpers that support trump. So if you are a good god-fearing Christian, how in the world can you support the anti christ wanna be trump? Just because he had an r next to his name? Im no biden fan, so let me be clear, but trump is waaay to far to the extreme right and his crazy. I love n ga but..
Thanks for the video especially about guns and politics
You’re welcome!
2nd amendment baby🎉🎉 stand your ground
I love this very honest indeed. Well done! you have a new subsciber 😃
Much appreciated!
Mountain talk. Moonshiners and bootleggers are still alive in these here hills😊
Handgun hunters also exist in North Georgia because i happen to be one.
I have bad allergies but some reason i dont have allergy in Georgia
Glad to hear it! The pollen usually wreaks havoc on people with allergies here
This realtor must really hate his job and selling property in North Georgia! But I could see him selling a lot of real estate in Midtown he would be very popular there.
Who in the world would have a problem with someone having a gun in their home to protect themselves? Especially when the cops can't get there in time.
I'm a construction guy who has a small business and he's looking to move to Georgia. I don't like sports whatsoever does that play a factor on people's ideologies?
College football is a big deal in Georgia, but you’re not required to like sports if you live here!
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 What about eating spaghetti off my naked belly, cause when I shower I'm doin the dishes? Jokes like that maybe frowned upon
It is important but I do pest control so I just play neutral because not everybody in Georgia are Georgia Bulldog fans
The weather is amazing in North Georgia…I can’t believe you listed that as a negative 🤷🏻♂️
One of the running jokes about Georgia is: "What did one snowflake say to the other snowflake?" (I don't know) ' Let's fall on Atlanta and screw up the traffic!" I was born and raised in Georgia. I hate the humidity there! I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming now. Even "cowboy country" has it drawbacks. Winter her lasts from about the middle of September to the middle of June, sometimes, May! It is so cold here that it makes my bones hurt! I lived in New Mexico for 16 years. Winters there are way too cold, too! Summers are hot, but, when you sweat, it evaporates as fast as it exits your skin! IF I ever moved back to Georgia, I would head for the mountains! I hate the beach! If I wanted to look at naked bodies, I'd stand in front of a mirror (a horrible thought!). I am NOT a fan of getting sand in my behind! Or, even in my shoes. This is my first time watching you and I enjoyed it! So, I just may "LIKE" and "SUBSCRIBE"!
Thanks Suzi! And...that snowflake joke is PERFECT. People lose their minds as soon as snow is on the forecast
@@livinginnorthgeorgiawtimgi2664 , Way back when I was living in Griffin, Ga, it had snowed and the roads were a bit icy. I was standing on my front porch, just looking at the beauty, when, I hear a car coming down the road. I was at the bottom of a slight downhill incline, and, the guy was maybe 20-25. I get all interested in watching him maneuver his car. So, here he comes, slipping and sliding, and, came right in my front yard, missing one tree, came around, missing the second tree. You could see the terror in his eyes. When he got closer to the porch, I waved and told him tanks for dropping in! I just know that ride scared the stew out of him! I still laugh when I tell someone about that!
@@suziboggus5206 😂😂😂
No snow in Florida
@@marknewton6984 I'm sorry, but, I wouldn't live in Florida if they gave me the entire state! I know there are so pretty neat people who live there, but, the water (where my sisters, Mom, and, aunt lived) was nasty! Worse than nasty! It was horrible! Suffer is real nasty! Mainly, my dad's nephew lives there and I refuse to be anywhere close to where he lives! He is a T-Total jerk, with a capital ERK! Once, I thought the sun rose and sat on him, but, when, for no reason at all, he slapped the hell out of me, I have hated him since. Well, hate is a bit strong, so, I immensely dislike him!
Well, you don’t want to live in North Georgia if you are chronically ill or retired. Healthcare is very bad here 😢
#1. Good reason to move to Georgia👍.
#2. 85% in North northern Georgia voted GOP 👍.
#3. Pickup Trucks. What's the problem?
#4. Personal nutritional responsibility
#5. No tornados or hurricanes or wildfires. The rest is just weather. No biggie.
#6. No allergies. Next.
#7. Seriously?
#8. Don't follow college football but I can learn. Go Bulldogs!
#9. Hard to understand but I like a good challenge.
#10 Ya, that's a problem
I'm still moving there in 2025
Thanks for the comments!
I went to school at young Harris many years ago. I loved it. Thank God Trump wasn't in the picture then. It was a friendly, less divisive time then.
Love that red North Georgia!!!
I dont want to see anything Biden. FJB
@@UnlockingCentralFlorida
FJB and his libtard voters!
yep, youll fit right in.
MAGA 2024@@UnlockingCentralFlorida
Long live the DON. MAGA 2024 @@icu64x
@@icu64xso normal people.
There is one thing that will serve anyone well; and particularly in the southeastern United States (and southwestern US for that matter): yes sir/yes ma'am, no sir, no ma'am, please and thank you will result in much positive feedback. Perhaps consider adding that to future videos.
Agreed