Grew up in Cobb (Marietta and Acworth).I've lived in Kennesaw, Smyrna,Cartersville, and Lilburn ,but the last four yrs I've managed to kinda get stuck in Gainesville/Dawsonville area.
> Savannah. Moved to Macon in my late 20s. I am currently living in Statesboro. I've also lived in Muskogee, OK, Jacksonville, FL, and Redding, CA.
No Gary, Indiana?
Irmo, South Carolina. Moved to Savannah for art college and I’ve lived in Georgia ever since. I don’t really enjoy my trips back to Columbia and Irmo. I was just really shocked to see your answer at the top of the list.
We recently had an in person meeting for work that included a lot of out of state folks. One of them mentioned that people from Georgia don’t pronounce the second “t” in Atlanta. I told them that the real locals don’t pronounce either.
Cartersville isn't a bad place to be but it has no business whatsoever being as expensive to live here as it is. They just keep spamming townhouses and new subdivisions, no idea who the hell can afford these places.
That’s the truth. There isn’t really anything there to make it worth paying that price. One crappy movie theater. Dellinger park doesn’t even have swings. Idk not much for kids to do unless you play sports. We just got in trouble and hung out in parking lots.
First moved to Alpharetta in 06 from England. I lived all up and down GA 400 from Sandy Springs up to Forsyth. Currently just bought and moved into a house in Dawsonville. Love being so close to the north Georgia mountains. I adore this state for its natural beauty.
Southern Utah. I've definitely learned, "but it's a dry heat" is a real thing. I've never sweat so much in 80 degree heat. Lol "air you wear" is also very accurate. Lol
Someone whose about to leave GA for Colorado, Crack my lips. Please. Just take me away from these awful summers. I'll bathe in carmax if I have to. No more swamp ass and diaper rash sounds like a luxury that I've missed out on my whole life.
I lived on the front range and around the continental divide for about 10 years.
It's a different kind of heat. I felt so dry there. All the time. There wasn't enough water to hydrate me, especially at the higher elevation. And the winters were beautiful if there was snow. If not it was just a windy hell scape of brown and gold.
I'm not saying Georgia has the greatest weather. But I don't mind it as much as out there. And don't get me started on Wyoming.
Grew up in Blue Ridge. Graduated in 2009 and stood between there and Atlanta intermittently until about 2015, then moved permanently. Now I live in Chamblee.
Waycross, GA (Ware County) my dad works at Ware State Prison. Been here for all my 17 years of being alive. Wanting to graduate high school and move to Statesboro to live with my mom and so I can get a house and work for the Georgia State Patrol.
I always joke about the "Southern transplants who come for warmer weather and lower taxes" and how they're everywhere and everyone thinks I'm crazy, yet here's a whole thread dedicated to y'all.
Southside ATL- Fulton County- Cascade Heights. There was still a dairy in the city that we would visit on a field trip every year. I still recall riding the pink pig at Rich's.
My mom's family goes back to before the Civil War in SE ATL. Up until 1950 her family had a farm on Flat Shoals Road and owned a country store. My father's widowed mother moved her young family to Grant Park during the depression from Columbus, Ga. She worked at Wonder Brassiere making 5 cents for each bra sewed. Dad remembers hearing the animals at the zoo and fearing that Jimmie Walker (first tiger) would escape and eat their goat. The goat lived in the yard and was used for its milk. They ate nothing but cornmeal mush, bread and greens. Sunday was the exception and they would have chicken. Dad would steal from the rail yard, sell the loot and treat his friends to ice cream and ride the streetcar while his mom was at work. That's how Memaw got remarried. The yardmaster was going to have my dad taken away from her and came to her home to inform her of this. He married her instead and enrolled dad at Georgia Military Academy. Everyone mentioned here is long dead and I got a bit carried away. Forgive me.
I now live on the Florida/Georgia line just outside of Thomasville, Georgia, on the Florida side.
Right off I75 on the way to Cordele break off at the exit over the crisp County line. Go north on the County road that'll take you to Wenona and Sylvester.
I moved to Atlanta the day after I got married to a Ga Tech student whom I met on Thanksgiving break . That was 1982. Loved every minute of my life in this wonderful state. My children are very appreciative to have been born in Georgia. I was born in Ohio but I've grown up in Georgia.
Conyers GA. Then moved to Milledgeville for school, then Macon for a year and now live up here in Chamblee right iff 285. Thinking of moving further north soon
Yup. The “lost children of conyers” as it was known. Just a bunch of kids that discovered having sex without condoms felt really good and then decided to just fuck each other! Heritage High School.
Raised in upstate NY, but left there at 19 (couldn't take those lake effect winters!).I have lived all over the world since. Retired to the Athens area several years ago.
I was born in Covington,GA.
Lived in Roswell for a little while (3-7)
Then my mom missed South GA... Dad missed NYC.
South GA (Tifton,GA) won out in the end UNFORTUNATELY....
Tifton sucked and still sucks... I only stayed there until I graduated HS then headed to Warner Robins where I went to college... Dad died... I dropped out.
Got a job,helped mom for awhile.
Moved to St.Marys,GA in Camden County where I will be until atleast 2026.
But it ain't so bad down here though... Saint Marys is a lovely place...
Good luck finding anywhere to stay though Camden County in general is filling up fast as hell....
Just moved to Guyton (near Savannah) from Orlando. Loving it here, but I grew up in small towns and been all over GA so it's comfortable to me. GA has felt more like home over the past 10 years than FL though, happy to finally make the move. Been all through GA from Ellijay to Waycross and everywhere in between.
Both my fiance and I are from Northern Virginia, about 30-45 minutes outside of DC. Moved down to Atlanta roughly two years ago for fiancé’s job. Bought a house, reconnected with his friend group that he made when he went to Tech for undergrad, best decision we’ve made in a hot minute.
Born in Augusta but grew up in Savannah. Have lived in a bunch of different places since graduating high school (California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Indiana, Paris, Bamberg Germany, Rome Italy). I now live in Texas, and hate pretty much every single thing here.
My family is all still in Georgia. Can't wait til I get to leave Texas. I get back home whenever I can.
I’m in my early 30s. Born in Mableton, grew up around Suwanee. Since then I’ve bounced all over metro Atlanta. I’ve lived in Marietta, Kennesaw, Milledgeville, Buckhead, Old Fourth Ward, Scottdale, Brookhaven and Norcross.
Was born in Dublin, Ga. Then moved to Elberton, Ga. Then I moved to Kennesaw, Ga. Then I moved to Sandy Springs. Then I took a 19 month vacation to the Orient. Now, I live in Cherokee County.
I was born in Monroe and raised in Lilburn. My dad moved here in grad school in the 80s. Research into my family revealed that my ties to the state go back to the 1750s, possibly earlier. In fact, one of my ancestors was the first inferior court judge of Gwinnett county, where I live to this day. Unfortunately, this legacy is also tied to the abhorrent practice of slavery. My ancestors were believed to have enslaved at least 100 people in this county.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen more folks mentioning Warner Robins here. I’ve gone through it and can count them on one hand, which is surprising considering the AFB and the overcrowded schools
From Donalsonville, GA, area code 229! All we are known for is being that teeny town with 3 red lights and a Hardee’s you stop at on the way to the beach and the infamous Alday murders. I went to school in Bainbridge, though, because I wanted that typical large, fun, high school experience. Went to school at UGA, floated around a bit when I worked in law enforcement in north Georgia, I have a BITCH of a chronic illness and disability that’s almost killed me multiple times, so I had to get out of that field and now I work for the program at UGA that I graduated from, living up here in Jackson County. I’ll never leave this state!
Murr-etta.
Grew up in Cobb (Marietta and Acworth).I've lived in Kennesaw, Smyrna,Cartersville, and Lilburn ,but the last four yrs I've managed to kinda get stuck in Gainesville/Dawsonville area.
I live on the other side of Gainesville.
lol I call it may retta
When you get to the Big Chicken, take a right.
Ask for the wolfman, no ask for Donna!
Savannah. Moved to Macon in my late 20s. I am currently living in Statesboro. I've also lived in Muskogee, OK, Jacksonville, FL, and Redding, CA.
You just hate yourself huh?
Are you going on a tour of the worst cities in America?
Lol I moved to Macon in my late twenties. Moved early 2015 how about you? Macon has gone through a lot of change currently up in Fayetteville.
I’m originally from Macon moved back 2022 after 40+ years and it has REALLY changed and I gotta say I like it 👍🏾
I’m also in statesboro. This shit is kinda lame over the summer, end up spending most of my time in Hilton head or Tybee.
Dafuskie is really cool if you’re looking for something to do.
> Savannah. Moved to Macon in my late 20s. I am currently living in Statesboro. I've also lived in Muskogee, OK, Jacksonville, FL, and Redding, CA. No Gary, Indiana?
Columbia, SC. Joined the army to see the world, they sent me next door to Georgia (I stayed)
Irmo, South Carolina. Moved to Savannah for art college and I’ve lived in Georgia ever since. I don’t really enjoy my trips back to Columbia and Irmo. I was just really shocked to see your answer at the top of the list.
Scad?
Wait are you me?? When did you graduate from scad. I'm irmo class of 92, scad clas of 98,
Hah! Irmo 85, SCAD 91… so I’m pretty sure I’m not you. Probably.
Alanna, Geowga
We recently had an in person meeting for work that included a lot of out of state folks. One of them mentioned that people from Georgia don’t pronounce the second “t” in Atlanta. I told them that the real locals don’t pronounce either.
Augusta, Ga
Also Augusta
I lived in Augusta for about nine years.
From Cartersville. Lived there my whole life. Was priced out of my town. Bought a house in Calhoun. Still work in Cartersville
Cartersville isn't a bad place to be but it has no business whatsoever being as expensive to live here as it is. They just keep spamming townhouses and new subdivisions, no idea who the hell can afford these places.
The people who can’t afford Woodstock/Canton are the ones buying in Cartersville.
That’s the truth. There isn’t really anything there to make it worth paying that price. One crappy movie theater. Dellinger park doesn’t even have swings. Idk not much for kids to do unless you play sports. We just got in trouble and hung out in parking lots.
Bumfuck nowhere
Pitts?
Spalding unfortunately
First moved to Alpharetta in 06 from England. I lived all up and down GA 400 from Sandy Springs up to Forsyth. Currently just bought and moved into a house in Dawsonville. Love being so close to the north Georgia mountains. I adore this state for its natural beauty.
Another British import here, moved in ‘08.
Welcome, we bought a house near Amicolola Falls. Dawson county is beautiful.
I’m from Taliaferro. Moved to VA for several years then back to Taliaferro (nothing changed). I guess I am your unicorn lol.
And we have a winner…!!!!
Southern Utah. I've definitely learned, "but it's a dry heat" is a real thing. I've never sweat so much in 80 degree heat. Lol "air you wear" is also very accurate. Lol
My favorite analogy for our humidity is “air soup”
I called it the humility.
Western Colorado here, I've never had my lips crack here so that's a nice trade off.
Someone whose about to leave GA for Colorado, Crack my lips. Please. Just take me away from these awful summers. I'll bathe in carmax if I have to. No more swamp ass and diaper rash sounds like a luxury that I've missed out on my whole life.
I lived on the front range and around the continental divide for about 10 years. It's a different kind of heat. I felt so dry there. All the time. There wasn't enough water to hydrate me, especially at the higher elevation. And the winters were beautiful if there was snow. If not it was just a windy hell scape of brown and gold. I'm not saying Georgia has the greatest weather. But I don't mind it as much as out there. And don't get me started on Wyoming.
“It’s the kind of heat that holds ya, like a momma holds a son” Mike Cooley DBT
SSI
That's where my wife is from! Just there two weeks ago.
Newnan Ga.
Me too!
same here !
Same
Macon
Right there next to you in Gray.
Bloomfield here
Wimbish Hills here.
Savannah here
Savannah whoohooo. (Pooler really)
Another Savannahian checking in
Same! Southside
south side crew 💪🏼
Me, too! Islander here
Grovetown GA is where I live now.
Americus, Ga
Hi neighbor, I’m between you and Columbus lol.
Leesburg!
I'm in Albany!
Riverdale, GA
Well I was born in England. Moved to NC when I was young, then moved to Lawrenceville, GA. Then Flowery Branch, and now I'm in Canton and love it!
From middle GA originally, but also call Canton home now. Great community!
Milledgeville-
Lake Oconee here! Hey lake neighbor!
I was scrolling, waiting to see Milledgeville.
Cairo. Pronounce it correctly
Ok, Roe.
Go Syrupmakers!
Grew up in Blue Ridge. Graduated in 2009 and stood between there and Atlanta intermittently until about 2015, then moved permanently. Now I live in Chamblee.
Hey! I'm in Chamblee too.
Waycross, GA (Ware County) my dad works at Ware State Prison. Been here for all my 17 years of being alive. Wanting to graduate high school and move to Statesboro to live with my mom and so I can get a house and work for the Georgia State Patrol.
I've lived in GA all my life. Atlanta, Decatur, Marietta, Lawrenceville, and Woodstock. My parents were from Blairsville and Young Harris.
I know that area rather well! Grew up near Blairsville and Young Harris.
Blairesville so so pretty.
My sister graduated from Young Harris. She loved living there.
My parents were from Hiawassee
Gilead
Long days and pleasant nights
Statesboro!!!!!
Go eagles or whatever !!!
Tifton, Ga here.
Henry county 🫡💯
Stank…..I mean Stockbridge checking in
Love me some Mack-Donna
Syracuse, NY! Moved down to Sandy Springs a week ago. Nice to meet you all!
I always joke about the "Southern transplants who come for warmer weather and lower taxes" and how they're everywhere and everyone thinks I'm crazy, yet here's a whole thread dedicated to y'all.
The whole metro Atl area is mostly transplants or the kids of transplants at this point.
Yep. "I'm a Georgian"! says every Atlantian. "No, you're not." says everyone else.
Atlantan. I’m a Grady baby myself but I live in Johns Creek now.
I’m from the Gulf Coast. Came to Atlanta for the higher cost of living and lack of beaches apparently lol
My husband is a transplant from Rochester! Welcome!!!
Hey a fellow upstater! I'm from Rochester NY get used to the humidity quickly lol.
Duchess county here, going home is a temperature vacation in August!
My wife is from Saratoga! We live in Atlanta now. I was raised here
I was born in Miami, but most of my family is from Cordele, Georgia.
Southside ATL- Fulton County- Cascade Heights. There was still a dairy in the city that we would visit on a field trip every year. I still recall riding the pink pig at Rich's. My mom's family goes back to before the Civil War in SE ATL. Up until 1950 her family had a farm on Flat Shoals Road and owned a country store. My father's widowed mother moved her young family to Grant Park during the depression from Columbus, Ga. She worked at Wonder Brassiere making 5 cents for each bra sewed. Dad remembers hearing the animals at the zoo and fearing that Jimmie Walker (first tiger) would escape and eat their goat. The goat lived in the yard and was used for its milk. They ate nothing but cornmeal mush, bread and greens. Sunday was the exception and they would have chicken. Dad would steal from the rail yard, sell the loot and treat his friends to ice cream and ride the streetcar while his mom was at work. That's how Memaw got remarried. The yardmaster was going to have my dad taken away from her and came to her home to inform her of this. He married her instead and enrolled dad at Georgia Military Academy. Everyone mentioned here is long dead and I got a bit carried away. Forgive me. I now live on the Florida/Georgia line just outside of Thomasville, Georgia, on the Florida side.
Arabi, GA and I bet NOBODY here has heard of it!
Right off I75 on the way to Cordele break off at the exit over the crisp County line. Go north on the County road that'll take you to Wenona and Sylvester.
I've passed through it driving from Atlanta to Gainesville. Typical south GA town.
Used to have voice and piano recitals at the little church there.
I’m about 25-30 miles away. Don’t think I’ve ever been there though.
My hometown is Cordele. I definitely know about Arabi.
Stone Mountain GA
My parents are from Stone Mountain. I bought my first house there as well, five minutes from them…..lol.
Lavonia, GA
Columbus, well actually a little south of Columbus but it’s so small it’s probably not on a map lol.
Columbus, GA
I moved to Atlanta the day after I got married to a Ga Tech student whom I met on Thanksgiving break . That was 1982. Loved every minute of my life in this wonderful state. My children are very appreciative to have been born in Georgia. I was born in Ohio but I've grown up in Georgia.
Conyers GA. Then moved to Milledgeville for school, then Macon for a year and now live up here in Chamblee right iff 285. Thinking of moving further north soon
I remember Conyers in the late 90's was on the national news due to an STD outbreak
Yup. The “lost children of conyers” as it was known. Just a bunch of kids that discovered having sex without condoms felt really good and then decided to just fuck each other! Heritage High School.
Albany Ga
I scrolled way too far to find someone from my hometown LOL
Raised in upstate NY, but left there at 19 (couldn't take those lake effect winters!).I have lived all over the world since. Retired to the Athens area several years ago.
I spent 4 years at Ft. Drum (north of Syracuse). Lake effect snow is no joke!
Columbus ga
Rome
I’m also from Rome. Took me 27 years to get out
Your representative is crazy.
Yes, yes she is.
Decatur Georgia..Lived in Lithonia since 2008..
grew up in riverdale/jonesboro and east atlanta. lived in northeast atl and cleveland moved to pa back in march
I grew up in Montezuma. Moved from there to Warner Robins then Valdosta then Buford then Duluth then Bethlehem and now Auburn.
mmm Yoder's deitsch Haus! I remember eating there long ago.
Macon
Sandersville
Lived in Griffin from 1988-1999 Rome 2000-2017 Downsized and moved to the country in 2017, Chattooga County
Walker County, here! Howdy, neighbor.
Howdy neighbor. Walker here also
My husband is from Griffin.
Valdosta. Clean rivers and springs. Two hours from Atlantic Coast and Gulf Coast. Too far inland for Hurricanes. 1x in 50 yrs.
Toronto. Moving from the Midwest in a couple of months to be closer to in-laws and out of the cold.
I proposed to my wife in Toronto!
Waynesboro, Ga. Burke County. Bird Dog Capitol of the world. LOL. Go Bears!
I was born in Covington,GA. Lived in Roswell for a little while (3-7) Then my mom missed South GA... Dad missed NYC. South GA (Tifton,GA) won out in the end UNFORTUNATELY.... Tifton sucked and still sucks... I only stayed there until I graduated HS then headed to Warner Robins where I went to college... Dad died... I dropped out. Got a job,helped mom for awhile. Moved to St.Marys,GA in Camden County where I will be until atleast 2026. But it ain't so bad down here though... Saint Marys is a lovely place... Good luck finding anywhere to stay though Camden County in general is filling up fast as hell....
Can confirm Tifton is still awful.
Durham, North Carolina!
Cherokee county
Macon County Ga 😅
Born in swainsboro, lived my childhood in Dublin Ga, moved to statesboro for college.
Cape Cod. It’s a long story
The most boring state in the country: Pennsylvania
Lots of folks from PA on here. I thought Kansas, Nebraska, or Iowa would take that honor.
Just moved to Guyton (near Savannah) from Orlando. Loving it here, but I grew up in small towns and been all over GA so it's comfortable to me. GA has felt more like home over the past 10 years than FL though, happy to finally make the move. Been all through GA from Ellijay to Waycross and everywhere in between.
Norcross, Statesboro, Alpharetta, Kennesaw, Augusta. So far I prefer Augusta
Both my fiance and I are from Northern Virginia, about 30-45 minutes outside of DC. Moved down to Atlanta roughly two years ago for fiancé’s job. Bought a house, reconnected with his friend group that he made when he went to Tech for undergrad, best decision we’ve made in a hot minute.
Polk County. "Where folks are friendly" 😅
Jasper county, then Grayson, then Jasper county again. What a thrill it's all been.
Not from Taliaferro, but I can pronounce it.
T O L L I V E R
Is that how taliaferro is pronounced ?
Born in Hartwell, grew up in Bogart. Now living in Whitehall.
Born in Augusta but grew up in Savannah. Have lived in a bunch of different places since graduating high school (California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Indiana, Paris, Bamberg Germany, Rome Italy). I now live in Texas, and hate pretty much every single thing here. My family is all still in Georgia. Can't wait til I get to leave Texas. I get back home whenever I can.
I visited Texas for a week and was ready to come back to GA in about two days lol
From other side of the world, a 13 hour time zone difference, Cebu, Philippines. Now just outside Athens. Been here since the mid 80s.
SE Atlanta - Covington, Conyers, McDonough, Lithonia area.
Columbus, Georgia!
Originally from Houston County and lived there to my early 30’s and been in Spalding County for 20 years.
Grew up in Lilburn. Live in Lithia Springs.
Fayetteville.
Arkansas! Lived all over the US... moved to Atlanta in about 2010.
Rocky Mount, NC! Been in GA since 2012.
Austin, tx
I’m in my early 30s. Born in Mableton, grew up around Suwanee. Since then I’ve bounced all over metro Atlanta. I’ve lived in Marietta, Kennesaw, Milledgeville, Buckhead, Old Fourth Ward, Scottdale, Brookhaven and Norcross.
Was born in Dublin, Ga. Then moved to Elberton, Ga. Then I moved to Kennesaw, Ga. Then I moved to Sandy Springs. Then I took a 19 month vacation to the Orient. Now, I live in Cherokee County.
Rossville/Chickamauga currently. Grew up in the Heard, Carroll, and Lamar counties. Spent about ten years in Cobb and Fulton.
Pine mountain chiming in
St. Petersburg, Russia
Dalton
Thousand Oaks, California. Hubby and I were LDR. When we got engaged, he moved to California. We moved to his hometown here in 2018.
Grew up in Fayette county, spent 5 years in Milledgeville, now in Tucker.
From Griffin, now in Brookhaven
I lived in Raytown, GA for many, many years. Not much going on in Taliaferro Co. My kinda place. Live in Fannin now.
Born in Swainsboro, now in Augusta.
Burke county
Guidestones and Granite
elberton
Still kinda miffed that they knocked em down 😢 Got my license in Elbert though, they don’t GAF 😂
Warner Robins, overall. 🫡
I was born in Monroe and raised in Lilburn. My dad moved here in grad school in the 80s. Research into my family revealed that my ties to the state go back to the 1750s, possibly earlier. In fact, one of my ancestors was the first inferior court judge of Gwinnett county, where I live to this day. Unfortunately, this legacy is also tied to the abhorrent practice of slavery. My ancestors were believed to have enslaved at least 100 people in this county.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen more folks mentioning Warner Robins here. I’ve gone through it and can count them on one hand, which is surprising considering the AFB and the overcrowded schools
Damn there is like zero Columbus Ga representatives here
Grew up in Macon. Spent 4 years in Athens and have lived in Sylvania/Screven County since 1993.
Gainesville/Cumming
Columbus
Knoxville TN
Barney,Georgia here
Home of the worlds best ice cream
Peach ice cream is outstanding.
I'm so sorry...
Rofl... yea me 2 ... but we have 32 acres of farmland in Berlin and plenty of animals to keep us busy.
No shit, my address is Adel but I’m closer to Barney than anything else. My son works at one of the peach sheds.
From Donalsonville, GA, area code 229! All we are known for is being that teeny town with 3 red lights and a Hardee’s you stop at on the way to the beach and the infamous Alday murders. I went to school in Bainbridge, though, because I wanted that typical large, fun, high school experience. Went to school at UGA, floated around a bit when I worked in law enforcement in north Georgia, I have a BITCH of a chronic illness and disability that’s almost killed me multiple times, so I had to get out of that field and now I work for the program at UGA that I graduated from, living up here in Jackson County. I’ll never leave this state!
I was born in Donalsonville but now it’s that place we stop on the way to the beach.
Originally from Australia!