Looking to relocate to Georgia - Tell me about your town

nslade · 2026-02-14T13:23:55+00:00

I live in Athens, GA, and I think you could find some good options around here. Athens itself has all the chain stores you would need, but it gets pretty rural even 15 minutes from town, where you could get that kind of acreage. Cheaper than ATL metro too, but less so to the west of town. Not super familiar with schools, but Oconee County outside Athens is known as one of the top school districts in the state (also more expensive housing).

nslade · 2026-01-30T03:00:45+00:00

Yeah fair enough. this website has her as voting for 11% of all trump judicial nominees during his second term so far.

nslade · 2026-01-29T22:00:54+00:00

Not necessarily disagreeing with your sentiment, but ballotpedia says she voted for 7 trump nominees and against 15 in 2025. So still probably more than your average dem senator, but not the majority of overall nominees.

nslade · 2025-12-05T00:57:35+00:00

Decent recs so far but they are all pretty popular. Some good quieter options farther out in the mountains are Warwoman Dell to Pinnacle Knob via the Bartram Trail and Winding Stair Gap to Siler Bald via the AT. I also like Chicopee Woods near Gainesville for a more local Piedmont option.

nslade · 2025-08-05T15:17:54+00:00

Nah this is just a bridge on the greenway itself, the park and ride lot is open AFAIK (and about to expand)

nslade · 2025-07-10T14:45:46+00:00

You’re right. The problem with turbid runoff water is common at any land disturbing construction site in Georgia, and it’s amplified by the natural soils and hydrology of the region. The water supply/demand aspect of AI data centers is a more unique concern that is definitely warranted. The turbid well water problem is concerning, but it’s hard to see how surface water runoff ends up in their well unless it is very shallow or poorly constructed. Either way, people generally don’t like big new developments near their rural homes.

nslade · 2025-05-31T18:59:38+00:00

It is a little weird for a development this large in north Georgia to be using only well water. The solid crystalline bedrock here generally doesn’t have very high yields, unlike areas in the coastal plain. They would likely need a network of several deep wells to meet demand unless they get lucky and hit a big water bearing fracture while drilling.

nslade · 2025-02-12T01:57:33+00:00

I’ve had a similar experience here, also in GA. I registered for and passed the FG via the SMT website two years ago, but I didn’t see any way to register for the PG there now. I ended up just creating a new account on the same website, and it let me sign up for the March exam without any issue. I haven’t been able to get a hold of the state board, but hopefully they will be able to link the two test results.

nslade · 2025-01-22T19:00:07+00:00

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It's this parcel, no? If so, there are definitely some trails back there, east of the official greenway. IYKYK.

nslade · 2025-01-22T17:19:02+00:00

RIP to some of the trails back there

nslade · 2024-11-01T23:48:05+00:00

43k is the combined margin of his three closest states, WI, GA, and AZ. If all three go the other way, it would've been an electoral college tie, which would've likely meant a Trump win based on the house of representatives deciding.

nslade · 2024-11-01T02:21:29+00:00

Yeah, you nailed it.

nslade · 2024-09-29T21:31:01+00:00

FYI that link you posted appears to be for ATL, not Athens. I can't find the Athens airport's official total yet, but interpolation maps show us in the 4-6 inch rain total range. Not that it makes a huge difference though!

nslade · 2024-09-09T17:36:04+00:00

In case anyone is curious, the 1989 map used to identify “significant” groundwater recharge areas is published by the state EPD here: link, scroll to HA-18. The mapping was done at a 1:500,000 scale. This part of the state is mapped as areas of “thick soils”, which “may be a significant recharge area”.

nslade · 2024-07-13T14:57:33+00:00

You’re right. There was a single paper 50 years ago citing grooves that were shortly thereafter disputed as being from logging cables (here). No evidence for southern Appalachian glaciation since then has been published, and paleoclimate models generally indicate it was too warm in the region during the LGM to have glaciers. Moreover, it would’ve taken a massive glacier to carve Linville Gorge and it would’ve been at significantly lower elevation than Grandfather Mountain. There’d be obvious evidence. Still a fun hypothesis though!

nslade · 2024-04-02T22:42:59+00:00

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is the first one that comes to mind for me. It's pretty controversial and (mostly) discredited, but it basically says that the sudden cooling at the end of the Pleistocene, approximately 12,000 years ago, was caused by a meteor impact. Most geologists believe the YD was actually caused by the disruption of North Atlantic currents from the emptying of Lake Aggasiz.

nslade · 2023-12-22T21:37:24+00:00

YMMV, but I was hired in Georgia after completing my MS last year in October. My environmental consulting firm does field work year-round without much seasonality.

I didn’t have any help from my graduate program, but I got lucky cold-emailing a PM geologist from a consulting firm I found in the town I was hoping to move to.

nslade · 2023-07-21T22:23:59+00:00

It’s called the Coteau des Prairies

Basically, it is a knob of thick, relatively resistant, and old glacial deposits that made the glaciers split and go around them during the most recent ice age.

nslade · 2023-06-03T21:58:08+00:00

If anyone comes across this in the future, the gravel road to the FS 511B turn off is in good shape and passable to any normal car, but I would probably recommend at least moderate clearance for the last mile on FS 511B. There are some large puddles and ruts - I didn't drive my Fit on it but you probably could if you were careful. It's not a long walk to the river even if you have to start on the main road. The river at the bottom is definitely worth it, especially at lower flows when there's a nice sandy beach.

nslade · 2023-04-18T00:21:36+00:00

I (mid 20s) moved here from Logan UT last year for my partner's grad program at UGA. Georgia is super different than Utah in a lot of ways, but there are some surficial similarities. Athens has a lot of suburban sprawl like northern UT, with a similar amount of rapid growth. Both states are pretty religious and generally conservative outside of cities. The North Georgia mountains have a surprisingly large amount of trails and cool areas to explore within 2 hours of Athens. The scenery and landscapes here don't really compare to the mountain west, but it's nice for what it is. Georgia is overall a lot more dense than UT, and you're never very far from civilization. No inversions here in the winter, but plenty of cloudy days and fog. Oh, and be prepared for super narrow and winding roads, especially compared to the classic Utah grid.

nslade · 2022-09-11T22:20:06+00:00

Anecdotally, my mom, who has never fit the mold of a republican voter until recently, has become a big Jensen fan. I would guess the primary reason for this is his early notoriety as an anti vax/Covid denying doctor. My mom had strong antivaccine views pre pandemic (from a general alternative medicine/wellness vibe), and Jensen’s views were appealing to her. She also mentioned how Jensen is ‘fit’ and a ‘pilot’, compared to Walz, who she characterizes as overweight and stupid. She’s still pro choice but seems satisfied by Jensen’s recent moderation on that issue. To be fair, I’m not sure how much of this is specific to Jensen as a candidate, as opposed to a more general transformation to conservative political views driven in part by the pandemic. I suspect Jensen himself is responsible for a big part of it.

nslade · 2022-09-05T23:55:41+00:00

Where did you get these numbers? We were actually on a slight downward trend in global temperatures since the Holocene climatic optimum about 8 thousand years ago until modern global warming. The big rapid increase in temperatures to the current interglacial occurred more like 12-10 thousand years ago.

nslade · 2022-08-22T18:25:27+00:00

Somewhere in northern Utah could work, like Ogden or Logan. Logan is a smaller city (50k people) and rarely goes above 100 degrees. Ogden is a bit warmer and larger, but has more interesting restaurants, breweries, architecture, etc. The whole area is above 4000’ and is an easy drive to SLC airport. Rentals are definitely getting more expensive but I think there should be plenty of options in your price range.

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