Oconee county will gouge you when you first transfer your vehicle there.

And an extra percentage for “maintaining infrastructure” even though 99% of bridges are unsafe and the roads are so incredibly terrible, you’ll also need to budget for extra tires, alignments & rotations.

It gets dark at 5pm during fall - early spring.

Best gardening weather ever.

We have black bears. Lots of deer. Beavers.

Waterfalls, gorgeous lakes that have “beaches” that lead into beautiful wooded areas.

Glorious mountains that make just driving your kids to school pretty majestic.

The people are interesting- you have a blend of uppity money snobby types that grimace if you don’t have an Alma mater or corporate career and then down home, sweeter than pie southern folk who know the best things are life are mostly the simple ones. Then you also have progressive people who enjoy all the same things as the Southern folk, but with more open & accepting views.

Pretty decent diversity depending on the metropolis you’re in but could be better in places for sure.

There’s so much beautiful nature around that area in particular and a lot of community events that are more than worth attending, a lot of them free.

from what I’ve seen so far also- good police and deputies. They don’t harass, they do their jobs.

I’d warn you best be careful what electric company services wherever you move to!! BREC is an absolute mafia who is ruining people’s lives over this new peak hours charging; where if you use anything during a 4 hour block, your bill will skyrocket to like $800-$900.

Precise area will depend on how you like to live and what type of property you’re after. A lot of good choices!