skankinande All American 28213 Posts user info edit post |
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Malagoat All American 7117 Posts user info edit post |
i live in sandy springs. it's ok i guess. i ride the train into work downtown so i don't have to deal with the traffic, so that aspect is good. it does sorta seem like cary to me, only bigger. 3/8/2007 1:32:09 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
i'll fucking sound snobby - don't live outside the perimeter (OTP)...dunwoody is a scary place...dated a girl from there - nothing but a strip mall. the closer you live to downtown the better imo - it's a reverse commute just about everywhere 3/9/2007 3:11:28 PM |
joe17669 All American 22728 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "the closer you live to downtown the better imo - it's a reverse commute just about everywhere" |
agreed. and its even better if you both live and work downtown 3/9/2007 5:42:22 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
fairly certain we're buying a place in mableton - right off of S Cobb Dr SE 3/13/2007 5:19:52 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
enjoy the burbs 3/14/2007 8:21:48 AM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
yeah we looked in the city and we're just not city people 3/14/2007 9:39:36 AM |
DZAndrea All American 26939 Posts user info edit post |
jesus christ we're literally 2 miles from the permiter. it's hardly the burbs. 3/15/2007 9:30:19 PM |
Chop All American 6271 Posts user info edit post |
if you want the burbs, drive north on peachtree, continue north when it turns into peachtree- indstrial/141 outside the perimeter, and just keep going north. nothing but suburbia-land and strip malls for mile and miles and miles. 3/16/2007 7:50:30 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
looks like I may be taking a job in Smyrna... any thoughts? Is the Village Green there worth a damn? sounds nice, lots of stuff in walking distance etc 3/20/2007 6:46:48 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
or should I get something down near Little Five Points or downtown and just commute? 3/21/2007 3:34:57 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
after having just done the house hunt in ATL - each area has an entirely different feel to it - it's not something that one can easily convey to you - just have to drive around and spend some time down there 3/21/2007 3:49:21 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
smyrna is outside the perimeter...vinings is nearby, and is nice in its own right (i work up there)...but i go out in the midtown/highlands/little 5 area most of the time
you DO NOT want to commute into town...traffic is a bitch 3/21/2007 9:20:23 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, I think I would like Little 5 Points a lot, and Buckhead was fun back in the day even though I heard its died off some... what about living there and commuting OUT to Smyrna? 3/21/2007 11:08:24 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
commute out isn't bad at all...i live in inman park and work in vinings...other than a little bit of slow-down on the downtown connector, it's clear and open. coming home i take the surface streets thru GT and midtown to get home...about 20-25 mins to work, 25-30 mins home...well worth living in the inman/highland/little 5 area 3/21/2007 11:14:04 PM |
Nrallen All American 13239 Posts user info edit post |
^ yeah, i second that easy comute out to smyrna from intown. i live in the highlands and work out in smyrna (kinda, southern most edge of smyrna where 75 and 285 intersect).
20min drive to work, 30min drive home using surface streets (75S, get off at that 17th,14th,10th exit) and use surface streets to cross over to the highlands
every once in a while 75 will get back up to past northside/howell mill, but its pretty rare and in the end adds only another 10-15min max to my commute, so not bad at all. 3/22/2007 10:46:04 AM |
DZAndrea All American 26939 Posts user info edit post |
you would like little 5! i'll catch you on aim tonight? 3/22/2007 4:34:46 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
goalielax do you rent or own in inman park? - if you own is it a condo?
heh and dzandrea did you ignore my PM from a few days ago ] 3/22/2007 6:14:45 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
unfortunately i am renting at the moment...i inherited a house near Blowing Rock, NC that is one big headache right now. Until I can get that place take care of, I'm not buying down here in Atlanta. 3/23/2007 7:53:49 AM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
i only asked because i'm fairly certain that jaybee is looking to buy and wasn't sure of the market in that area to buy - i haven't looked but i imagine it's in the low 200s for a 2br condo and goes up from there 3/23/2007 10:06:22 AM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
no, was looking to rent for a year probably just to get used to the area and see what I like, but if there was some really really good deal then I would consider buying, but probably just rent 3/23/2007 1:07:30 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
oh i thought you said to me you wanted to buy - must not remember correctly 3/23/2007 2:11:55 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
going to live at Eclipse on Pharr in Buckhead 3/31/2007 6:01:15 PM |
joe17669 All American 22728 Posts user info edit post |
^ that's where my girlfriend lives 3/31/2007 6:04:57 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
haha, oh shit, I will "check up on her" for you does she/you like it?
actually, could you put me in contact with her, got a TON of questions (moving in, cable/direct tv, etc.) 4/1/2007 1:29:33 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
holy christ, my head is spinning... sold the house in one day! atlanta here I come 4/1/2007 5:05:22 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25069 Posts user info edit post |
congrats - i'm closing in ~20 days 4/1/2007 5:10:39 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
good luck 4/1/2007 7:17:56 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
anyone in Atlanta have experience with Purdigital's phone service? 4/2/2007 3:34:12 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
????????????/ 4/3/2007 5:28:03 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
never heard of it...if you have a mobile there really is no need for a landline unless your place can't link buzzers to cell phones. it's voip, so i really don't know jack about that 4/3/2007 11:54:36 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
going with Bellsouth to be safe haha
tried this little hole in the wall bar next to the building I will be moving into when I get down there, called Elbow Room, had a really really fucking good sandwich, Italian Club, thing was huge. They had lottery tickets you could fill out at your table haha 4/4/2007 8:14:18 PM |
Wlfpk4Life All American 5613 Posts user info edit post |
How can y'all stand the traffic? I drive through atlanta 3-4 times a month and it blows. 4/4/2007 9:07:23 PM |
DZAndrea All American 26939 Posts user info edit post |
i moved so i wouldn't ever drive in the traffic
and i'm hella pissed you don't call a sista when you drive through town.
lunch. something?! 4/4/2007 9:08:04 PM |
Wlfpk4Life All American 5613 Posts user info edit post |
I'll see what I can do the next time I drive through hotlanta.
I actually drove through today, 285 is a bitch. 4/4/2007 9:20:18 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
yeah I dont think my commute will be too bad, living in Buckhead, working in Smyrna 4/5/2007 12:16:03 AM |
juggernaut Veteran 343 Posts user info edit post |
ATLANTA HAS BEEN...
CRUSHED 4/5/2007 2:45:45 AM |
0EPII1 All American 42536 Posts user info edit post |
^ oh damn, you updated from the previous one!!!
CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH!!!
this is trapezius btw 4/5/2007 2:50:12 AM |
DZAndrea All American 26939 Posts user info edit post |
did anyone go to the concerts in centennial this past weekend? 4/5/2007 9:13:17 AM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
so, what places are fun in buckhead? and let me preface things by saying that I prefer dive bars and clubs, but real clubs, not bars or lounges that happen to have a dance floor, I fucking HATE "martini lounges" or any place with fucking "tapas"... 4/5/2007 6:31:09 PM |
PacoTaco Veteran 471 Posts user info edit post |
I went on Sunday to see Sugarland and Maroon 5, wanted to see Panic on Friday but was recovering from a stomach virus. 4/5/2007 11:16:40 PM |
Malagoat All American 7117 Posts user info edit post |
^smiths olde bar is pretty fun i think, i like dive-ish bars too. its dark and laid back. i think they always have bands playing in the upstairs section that you can pay to see, but the bottom level is free to get in. 4/6/2007 8:06:33 AM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
wheres that? 4/8/2007 6:50:42 PM |
Nrallen All American 13239 Posts user info edit post |
yeah - i like smiths as well.
its at the intersection of monroe and piedmont next to cowtippers 4/9/2007 9:16:13 AM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
thats not in buckhead 4/9/2007 12:47:54 PM |
spooner All American 1860 Posts user info edit post |
^ in buckhead you're pretty much just gonna find either a) lounges, b) mediocre dance clubs or c) ultra-fratty UGA bars full of white oxford shirts and boat shoes.
that being said, i enjoy some of the places in buckhead. but you're not gonna find any dive bars or legit nightclubs. if you like to dance, though, tongue and groove isn't too bad (a bit overpriced for my tastes, but the DJ is pretty good).
[Edited on April 9, 2007 at 8:52 PM. Reason : ..] 4/9/2007 8:50:08 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
all dive bars have fratty contingents - just deal with it. otherwise you're going to find yourself hanging out on buford highway with mexicans and asians 4/9/2007 9:18:11 PM |
DZAndrea All American 26939 Posts user info edit post |
Nah - just go to Little 5. Corner Tavern, Yacht Club, Brewhouse, Star Bar - etc 4/9/2007 9:42:05 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ I went to a few places while there, and Mike N Angleos seemed laid back, as did the Elbow Room... 4/9/2007 11:23:04 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
i hate to tell you, but the emory undergrads love little 5...you can't tell me you've never seen a frattastic person in star bar on disco tuesday 4/10/2007 9:08:14 AM |